Leonard Bernstein

Sound

Born: 1918-08-25 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA

Died: 1990-10-14

Biography

Leonard Bernstein was an American composer, conductor, pianist, music educator, author, and lifelong humanitarian. He was one of the most significant American cultural personalities of the 20th century. According to music critic Donal Henahan, he was "one of the most prodigiously talented and successful musicians in American history".

Acting

Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution

Self

Joseph Haydn Mass: In Tempore belli

dirigent

West Side Story, le hit de Leonard Bernstein

himself

The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology

Himself

The Unanswered Question II : Musical Syntax

Himself

The Unanswered Question III : Musical Semantics

Himself

The Unanswered Question IV : The Delights and Dangers of Ambiguity

Himself

The Unanswered Question V : The Twentieth Century Crisis

Himself

The Unanswered Question VI : The Poetry of Earth

Himself

The Making Of West Side Story

Self / Conductor

Leonard Bernstein: Reflections

Self

Debussy, Images pour orchestre

dirigent

Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Bach

dirigent

Satchmo the Great

Bernstein Gerhswin & Ives

Himself

Leonard Bernstein: The Gift of Music

Benjamin Britten: A Time There Was…

Himself

Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note

(archival footage)

The Creative Performer

Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide

Self - Conductor

Mozart: Requiem

Self - conductor

Tanglewood: A Place for Music

Self

Tanglewood: So you want to be a conductor

Self

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Self (archive footage)

Night of 100 Stars II

Self

Bernstein | Mahler Lieder

Beethoven Fidelio

Conductor

Mahler Symphony no. 3: Bernstein

Director

Beethoven's Nine: Ode to Humanity

Self (archive footage)

West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic

Self

Man of Three Worlds: Luchino Visconti

Self - Interviewee

Bernstein in Australia: Tchaikovsky

Candide

Commentator

Bernstein in Paris: The Ravel Concerts

Karajan: Beauty As I See It

Self (archive footage)

The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past

Self (archive footage)

Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 1,8,9

Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5

Himself

Brahms Academic Festival, Tragic Overtures/ Variations on a Theme by Haydn/Serenade No. 2

Himself

Bernstein Brahms Symphonies

Himself

Mozart Great Mass in C Minor; Ave Verum Corpus; Exsultate Jubilate

Conductor

Rostropovich Life & Art

Self - Conductor

Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6

Conductor

Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal

Self - Conductor

Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3

Self - Conductor

The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala

Self - Conductor

Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde

Conductor

Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8

Self

Brahms The Piano Concertos

Conductor

The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein

Self

Bernstein: Tchaikovsky: Symphonies No. 4 & 5

Self - Conductor

Bernstein Beethoven Overtures

Conductor

Ode to Freedom

Self / Conductor

Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony

Self / Conductor

Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein

Self / Narrator

Bernstein In Vienna: Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major

Self / Conductor / Pianist

Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Symphony No's 1 & 2

Self / Conductor

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

Self (archive footage)

Leonard Bernstein: Larger Than Life

Himself

Cello Concertos Haydn and Schumann

Self - Conductor

Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould

Self (archival footage)

Glenn Gould: Extasis

Self (archival footage)

Leonard Bernstein: The Rite of Spring in Rehearsal

Das Lied von der Erde: A Personal Introduction

Self (conductor and commentator)

Bernstein's Wall

Self (archive footage)

Leonard Bernstein: A Genius Divided

self

Beatles '64

Self (archive footage)

The Only Girl in the Orchestra

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Best of Bayreuth: Highlights from Three Decades

self

Bernstein in Japan

Self - Conductor

Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Sibelius

Self - Conductor

Schumann: The Symphonies - Leonard Bernstein

Conductor

Leonard Bernstein Conducts Beethoven String Quartet No. 16 & Haydn Missa in Tempore Belli

Conductor

Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 7 - Leonard Bernstein & Wiener Philharmoniker

Conductor

Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 3,4,5

Conductor

Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 2,6,7

Conductor

Leonard Bernstein - Schubert: Symphony No. 9 / Schumann: Manfred Overture

Conductor

Bernstein in Paris: Berlioz Requiem

Conductor

Bernstein conducts Bernstein

Conductor

Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein)

Conductor

Bernstein in Rehearsal & Performance: Shostakovich Symphony No. 1

Conductor

Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, “Resurrection” – Leonard Bernstein – Ely Cathedral

Bernstein in London: Verdi Requiem

Conductor

Mahler Bernstein Das Lied von Der Erde

Self (conductor)

Bernstein's Mahler

Joseph Haydn : Die Schopfung - Leonard Bernstein

Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution

Self

Joseph Haydn Mass: In Tempore belli

dirigent

West Side Story, le hit de Leonard Bernstein

himself

The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology

Himself

The Unanswered Question II : Musical Syntax

Himself

The Unanswered Question III : Musical Semantics

Himself

The Unanswered Question IV : The Delights and Dangers of Ambiguity

Himself

The Unanswered Question V : The Twentieth Century Crisis

Himself

The Unanswered Question VI : The Poetry of Earth

Himself

The Making Of West Side Story

Self / Conductor

Leonard Bernstein: Reflections

Self

Debussy, Images pour orchestre

dirigent

Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Bach

dirigent

Satchmo the Great

Bernstein Gerhswin & Ives

Himself

Leonard Bernstein: The Gift of Music

Benjamin Britten: A Time There Was…

Himself

Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note

(archival footage)

The Creative Performer

Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide

Self - Conductor

Mozart: Requiem

Self - conductor

Tanglewood: A Place for Music

Self

Tanglewood: So you want to be a conductor

Self

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Self (archive footage)

Night of 100 Stars II

Self

Bernstein | Mahler Lieder

Beethoven Fidelio

Conductor

Mahler Symphony no. 3: Bernstein

Director

Beethoven's Nine: Ode to Humanity

Self (archive footage)

West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic

Self

Man of Three Worlds: Luchino Visconti

Self - Interviewee

Bernstein in Australia: Tchaikovsky

Candide

Commentator

Bernstein in Paris: The Ravel Concerts

Karajan: Beauty As I See It

Self (archive footage)

The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past

Self (archive footage)

Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 1,8,9

Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5

Himself

Brahms Academic Festival, Tragic Overtures/ Variations on a Theme by Haydn/Serenade No. 2

Himself

Bernstein Brahms Symphonies

Himself

Mozart Great Mass in C Minor; Ave Verum Corpus; Exsultate Jubilate

Conductor

Rostropovich Life & Art

Self - Conductor

Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6

Conductor

Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal

Self - Conductor

Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3

Self - Conductor

The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala

Self - Conductor

Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde

Conductor

Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8

Self

Brahms The Piano Concertos

Conductor

The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein

Self

Bernstein: Tchaikovsky: Symphonies No. 4 & 5

Self - Conductor

Bernstein Beethoven Overtures

Conductor

Ode to Freedom

Self / Conductor

Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony

Self / Conductor

Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein

Self / Narrator

Bernstein In Vienna: Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major

Self / Conductor / Pianist

Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Symphony No's 1 & 2

Self / Conductor

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

Self (archive footage)

Leonard Bernstein: Larger Than Life

Himself

Cello Concertos Haydn and Schumann

Self - Conductor

Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould

Self (archival footage)

Glenn Gould: Extasis

Self (archival footage)

Leonard Bernstein: The Rite of Spring in Rehearsal

Das Lied von der Erde: A Personal Introduction

Self (conductor and commentator)

Bernstein's Wall

Self (archive footage)

Leonard Bernstein: A Genius Divided

self

Beatles '64

Self (archive footage)

The Only Girl in the Orchestra

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Best of Bayreuth: Highlights from Three Decades

self

Bernstein in Japan

Self - Conductor

Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Sibelius

Self - Conductor

Schumann: The Symphonies - Leonard Bernstein

Conductor

Leonard Bernstein Conducts Beethoven String Quartet No. 16 & Haydn Missa in Tempore Belli

Conductor

Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 7 - Leonard Bernstein & Wiener Philharmoniker

Conductor

Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 3,4,5

Conductor

Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 2,6,7

Conductor

Leonard Bernstein - Schubert: Symphony No. 9 / Schumann: Manfred Overture

Conductor

Bernstein in Paris: Berlioz Requiem

Conductor

Bernstein conducts Bernstein

Conductor

Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein)

Conductor

Bernstein in Rehearsal & Performance: Shostakovich Symphony No. 1

Conductor

Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, “Resurrection” – Leonard Bernstein – Ely Cathedral

Bernstein in London: Verdi Requiem

Conductor

Mahler Bernstein Das Lied von Der Erde

Self (conductor)

Bernstein's Mahler

Joseph Haydn : Die Schopfung - Leonard Bernstein

Other Credits

On the Waterfront

Original Music Composer

Trouble in Tahiti

Writer

Trouble in Tahiti

Conductor

Paris Opera Ballet: Tribute to Jerome Robbins 2

Original Music Composer

The Making Of West Side Story

Music

Wonderful Town

Music

Wonderful Town

Songs

On the Town

Music

Čas slunce a růží

Music

Wonderful Town

Music

Wonderful Town

Musical

Beethoven: The Piano Concertos

Music Director

Jonas Kaufmann: Arena di Verona 2023

Music

BBC Proms: Bernstein's On the Town

Original Music Composer

Trouble in Tahiti

Writer

Trouble in Tahiti

Music

Leonard Bernstein: Candide

Music

Beyond Picasso

Music

The Creative Performer

Writer

Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide

Lyricist

Leonard Bernstein: Mass At The Vatican City

Writer

Candide

Writer

Candide

Music

West Side Story

Original Music Composer

West Side Story

Songs

Candide

Songs

Candide

Lyricist

Chita: A Legendary Celebration

Songs

Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution

Writer

Candide

Music

A Quiet Place

Conductor

A Quiet Place

Music

On the Town

Songs

Candide

Music

Candide

Lyricist

Maestro

Music

Contender: Mastering the Method

Music

Trouble in Tahiti

Music

Leonard Bernstein's Mass

Writer

Leonard Bernstein's Mass

Music

Candide

Music

Candide

Lyricist

Candide

Writer

Leonard Bernstein: Reflections

Original Music Composer

Wonderful Town

Music

Candide

Music

Candide

Writer

West Side Story

Original Music Composer

Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide

Conductor

Leonard Bernstein Mass

Music

Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein

Conductor

Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein

Musician

Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein

Writer

On the Town

Music

New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve: Bernstein on Broadway

Music

Jonas Kaufmann: The Sound of Movies

Compositor

Bernstein & Gershwin Two Americans in Paris

Compositor

Bernstein & Gershwin Two Americans in Paris

Songs

West Side Story

Musical

On the Town

Musical

The Swingles con l'Orchestra Rai

Original Music Composer

P-FACTOR Piano Musical Duels

Original Music Composer

Wagner - Tristan Und Isolde

Conductor

The New York Philharmonic Orchestra in Pyongyang Great moments in music

Original Music Composer

Copland, Bernstein

Original Music Composer

West Side Story

Musical

The Lark

Original Music Composer

New Year Concert with the Orchestre National de France Conducted by Stéphane Denève

Original Music Composer

The Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde by Richard Wagner

Conductor

Gustavo Dudamel at the Paris Opera With artists from the Académie

Original Music Composer

Bernstein in London: Verdi Requiem

Conductor

The Three Tenors - Birth of a Legend

Original Music Composer

On the Waterfront

Original Music Composer

Trouble in Tahiti

Writer

Trouble in Tahiti

Conductor

Paris Opera Ballet: Tribute to Jerome Robbins 2

Original Music Composer

The Making Of West Side Story

Music

Wonderful Town

Music

Wonderful Town

Songs

On the Town

Music

Čas slunce a růží

Music

Wonderful Town

Music

Wonderful Town

Musical

Beethoven: The Piano Concertos

Music Director

Jonas Kaufmann: Arena di Verona 2023

Music

BBC Proms: Bernstein's On the Town

Original Music Composer

Trouble in Tahiti

Writer

Trouble in Tahiti

Music

Leonard Bernstein: Candide

Music

Beyond Picasso

Music

The Creative Performer

Writer

Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide

Lyricist

Leonard Bernstein: Mass At The Vatican City

Writer

Candide

Writer

Candide

Music

West Side Story

Original Music Composer

West Side Story

Songs

Candide

Songs

Candide

Lyricist

Chita: A Legendary Celebration

Songs

Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution

Writer

Candide

Music

A Quiet Place

Conductor

A Quiet Place

Music

On the Town

Songs

Candide

Music

Candide

Lyricist

Maestro

Music

Contender: Mastering the Method

Music

Trouble in Tahiti

Music

Leonard Bernstein's Mass

Writer

Leonard Bernstein's Mass

Music

Candide

Music

Candide

Lyricist

Candide

Writer

Leonard Bernstein: Reflections

Original Music Composer

Wonderful Town

Music

Candide

Music

Candide

Writer

West Side Story

Original Music Composer

Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide

Conductor

Leonard Bernstein Mass

Music

Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein

Conductor

Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein

Musician

Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein

Writer

On the Town

Music

New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve: Bernstein on Broadway

Music

Jonas Kaufmann: The Sound of Movies

Compositor

Bernstein & Gershwin Two Americans in Paris

Compositor

Bernstein & Gershwin Two Americans in Paris

Songs

West Side Story

Musical

On the Town

Musical

The Swingles con l'Orchestra Rai

Original Music Composer

P-FACTOR Piano Musical Duels

Original Music Composer

Wagner - Tristan Und Isolde

Conductor

The New York Philharmonic Orchestra in Pyongyang Great moments in music

Original Music Composer

Copland, Bernstein

Original Music Composer

West Side Story

Musical

The Lark

Original Music Composer

New Year Concert with the Orchestre National de France Conducted by Stéphane Denève

Original Music Composer

The Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde by Richard Wagner

Conductor

Gustavo Dudamel at the Paris Opera With artists from the Académie

Original Music Composer

Bernstein in London: Verdi Requiem

Conductor

The Three Tenors - Birth of a Legend

Original Music Composer