How did Leonard Bernstein influence you?
Tell us your memory of Leonard Bernstein.
Collection: Remembering Bernstein
Celebrities, musicians, and everyday people reflect on Leonard Bernstein’s life and legacy. How did Bernstein influence you?
Candide and a Fortuitous Reunion in Palm Beach
Nina Bernstein Simmons and Maestro David Stern reminisce about their fathers.
Leonard Bernstein, Master Educator
"Leonard Bernstein was the most powerful envoy from the high arts in my lifetime, and arguably in the 20th century," says educator, author, and former broadway actor, Eric Booth.
Becoming “the kind of musician Lenny wanted us to be”
I first encountered Maestro Bernstein as an elementary school kid growing up in Metuchen, NJ, in the 1960's.
Passing the Baton, the Curiosity, and the Passion
Leonard Bernstein, for me, was the greatest risk-taker in 20th century classical music.
Leonard Bernstein’s “ability to teach and connect with a young audience … made a lasting impression”
I remember him at one concert describing Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition" and evoking so vividly the vision of someone walking down the hall at a museum and looking at the paintings.
“Leonard Bernstein reminds me that art matters”
"To me, he will always represent the passionate pursuit of expression and a love for beauty in spite of the pain and tragedy of life," says Matt W. of California in this week's edition of remembering Bernstein.
“Lenny changed my life”
"From the very first moment he stepped on the podium, Lenny changed my life."
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