Leonard Bernstein’s third and final symphony, known as the “Kaddish,” was first performed in Israel in 1963 and had its U.S. premiere in Boston in 1964. As conductor and Bernstein protégée Marin Alsop ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Leonard Bernstein working on a score at his piano in 1956. “I have to report, albeit a bit reluctantly, that I have fallen in love ...

The life of composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein recently received the Hollywood treatment. “Maestro” attracted a slew of Oscar nominations. The film drew attention to a musical genius who shaped ...

Simon Rattle is returning to the Philadelphia Orchestra after a decade. New works are being unveiled by Spirited Away composer Joe Hisaishi. And a major orchestral piece by Leonard Bernstein is ...

STOCKBRIDGE — When Leonard Bernstein’s "Music for String Quartet" premiered at Tanglewood’s Linde Center for Music and Learning in 2021, the piece's winding journey to public performance came to a ...

Leonard Bernstein was a singular American genius. One of the great orchestra conductors of the 20th Century, he was also a composer of hit musicals like West Side Story, as well as symphonies and ...

He’s considered one of the greatest contributors to American music, and Leonard Bernstein’s net worth reflects that. The 2023 biological drama Maestro recounts the life of this prolific composer, with ...

In 1982, Leonard Bernstein spent six weeks at The Jacobs School of Music of Indiana University in Bloomington, the music conservatory established in 1921, and renamed in 2005 after the school received ...

Usually orchestras perform the last pieces in a composer’s repertoire, not the first. EPIC Concerts will mix things up when clarinetist Sergei Vassiliev and pianist Andrew Staupe perform “Clarinet ...

Leonard Bernstein, the composer, conductor, humanitarian, and one of the most popular contemporary composers, conjures up images of “West Side Story” and the New York Philharmonic. Bruce Moss, music ...

The Leonard Bernstein Scholars Program, named for a founding member of the Brandeis University arts community, is a distinctive and highly selective performance program. The program provides a small ...

Responding to a personal invitation from President Abram Sachar, Leonard Bernstein agreed to serve on the faculty of the Music Department beginning in the spring of 1951. From 1951–1956, Leonard ...