More than 2,500 celebrations of the Leonard Bernstein Centennial are scheduled through August 2019 around the globe in 60 countries and all 50 states. Here is a sampling of Bernstein performances you won’t want to miss in March 2018.
National
Beverly Hills, California
- March 15, Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts: Nathan and Julie Gunn: Bernstein Cabaret Songs
Stanford, California
- March 4, Stanford Live: Curtis on Tour: The American Sound
Colorado Springs, Colorado
- March 2-3, Colorado Springs Philharmonic Pops: West Side Story, film with live orchestra
Boston, Massachusetts
- March 12, New England Conservatory: Religion and Spirituality in the Music of Leonard Bernstein
- March 15-17, Boston Symphony Orchestra: Giancarlo Guerrero conducts Tchaikovsky and Bernstein
- March 18, Museum of Fine Arts: Leonard Bernstein, in Words and Song
- March 19, New England Conservatory: Disruptor on the Podium: Politics, Race and Sexuality in the Career of Leonard Bernstein
- March 22-27, Boston Symphony Orchestra: Andris Nelsons conducts Bernstein and Shostakovich featuring pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- March 7-11, Curtis Institute/Opera Philadelphia: A Quiet Place
- March 16 – September 2, National Museum of American Jewish History: Leonard Bernstein: The Power of Music
Memphis, Tennessee
- March 3, Memphis Symphony: Symphony No. 3, “Kaddish;” Chichester Psalms; “Simple Song” from Mass
International
Germany
- March 11-19, Houston Symphony Orchestra: European Tour: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story; Serenade
Luxembourg
- March 7, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg: On the Waterfront, film with live orchestra
Netherlands
- March 2-11, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra: Fancy Free
South Africa
- March 7 – April 15, Artscape Opera House, Cape Town: West Side Story
United Kingdom
- March 15-23, University of Chichester: On The Town
Where are YOU celebrating the composer, conductor, educator, performer, and humanitarian — the one and only — Leonard Bernstein this month?
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