Towards the end of his life, the great Leonard Bernstein expressed some regrets about not putting more of his time into composing music, as conducting and performing took up so much of his life. He ...

From a young age, Leonard Bernstein attended religious services at Congregation Mishkan Tefila, the first synagogue in Boston to align itself with Conservative Judaism. Geared to young upwardly mobile ...

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 ...

In 1959, Leonard Bernstein took part in a televised celebration of Harry Truman’s 75th birthday. That same year, at the behest of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, he helped thaw the Cold War by ...

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 ...

In 2017, Cynthia Erivo, clad in white like a bride, took the stage at Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy Center to perform “Take Care ...

The 2023 film “Maestro,” directed by and starring Bradley Cooper, will chronicle the life of Leonard Bernstein. The movie focuses the composer's 27-year romance with his wife; less well-known is his ...

The Americans may have been pacified, but the man who actually wrote the song was furious. Asked for his opinion on The Nice’s version, Leonard Bernstein replied: “I utterly loathe what they’ve done.

The Stockbridge Library Association presents World Premiere of Leonard Bernstein's "Music for String Quartet" What: Benefit concert for the Stockbridge Library, Museum & Archives. Concert and dessert ...

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 ...