In 1966, the conductor arrived in Vienna with a mission: to restore Gustav Mahler’s place in 20th-century music.

Alone among America's great composers, Leonard Bernstein began his musical life in a synagogue. — by Jonathan D. Sarna '75, MA'75, University Professor and Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun Professor of ...

Leonard Bernstein was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He took piano lessons as a boy and attended the Garrison and Boston Latin Schools. At Harvard University, he studied with Walter Piston, Edward ...

Thousands of events are featured as a part of #Bernsteinat100, including “Leonard Bernstein ... long secretary. “Bernstein arguably was the most prominent music figure in America in the ...

Based on a real-life meeting between two musical greats, the Jewish maestro confronts his adversary, conductor and former ...

"It goes wherever it's going" Leonard Bernstein became the most famous conductor in America at the age of 25, on five hours' notice and even less sleep. On Nov. 13, 1943, Bernstein was celebrating the ...

Leonard Bernstein needs to “see a man about a horse.” After excusing himself from a confrontational meeting with his bête noire, Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan, a genius who joined ...

These colossal conductors are played by two of Germany's leading actresses: the American-born Helen Schneider as Leonard Bernstein, and Lucca Züchner ... It's the perfect play for America ...

PLYMOUTH — The Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra is set to perform a concert featuring works by Leonard Bernstein and Aaron ... The concert, titled "Made in America," will be conducted by Steven ...

One young man was due to go to America to study with Bernstein. ‘Be careful,’ his father warned. ‘Leonard Bernstein is gay.’ The young man looked up in wonder. ‘Is there nothing that man can’t do?’ he ...