Leonard Bernstein and American violinist Isaac Stern shared decades of musical collaborations, producing some of the best moments in orchestral history. Enjoy this review in photos, text, and sound on Classical.org.
How well do you know Leonard Bernstein's Chichester Psalms? Explore this Bernstein choral favorite!
Bernstein’s identity as composer and conductor was deeply influenced by a combination of his own Jewish heritage and the place of religion in 20th Century society and culture.
James Conlon, music director of the Los Angeles Opera, explores Leonard Bernstein's Candide.
No piece serves as a better introduction to Leonard Bernstein's compositions than West Side Story.
Bernstein was a conductor, a pianist, a composer, a lyricist, a teacher, a poet, a writer, a father, a friend, a colleague, an activist, a humanist, and a concerned citizen. He was a man of his amazing times, whose echo still resounds, perhaps more loudly today than ever before.
Bernstein—or "Lenny," as he was often affectionately called—was an extravagantly gifted musician with a common touch.
Leonard Bernstein was born as World War I ended. The rest of his life followed a path of similarly momentous events. View the timeline.
