“Mr. Classical Music” and Candide
James Conlon, music director of the Los Angeles Opera, explores Leonard Bernstein's Candide.
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Fun Five: Bernstein Rocks, Boston Pops, and Mahler Grooves
Join us as we take a look at this (and recent) weeks’ top stories from the Leonard Bernstein Centennial around the globe. Find more using hashtag: #Bernsteinat100.
“The gift of imagination… the gift of dreams”
Quote | Leonard Bernstein reminds us that even "the dullest of dullards among us has the gift of dreams at night".
How did Leonard Bernstein influence you?
Tell us your memory of Leonard Bernstein.
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.
Favorite Five This Week in #Bernsteinat100: “Glorious Mess” and Travel Tips
This Week in #Bernsteinat100: Rita Moreno reveals the "West Side Story" dance that took her 25 tries to get right, Kelsey Grammer talks "Candide," and more.
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.
Bernstein’s Dilemma: To Conduct or to Compose? (Audio Exclusive)
When Bernstein was offered the New York Philharmonic in 1957, he saw a chance to find the “locus” that he’d been missing. But he knew the cost to his composing would be high.
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