Leonard Bernstein was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He took piano lessons as a boy and attended the Garrison and Boston Latin Schools. At Harvard University, he studied with Walter Piston, Edward ...

In 1966, the conductor arrived in Vienna with a mission: to restore Gustav Mahler’s place in 20th-century music.

Leonard Bernstein – or Lenny as he was affectionately known – was born ‘Louis Bernstein’ in Massachusetts in 1918. His family weren’t particularly musical so it wasn’t until an ...

(JTA) — From his birthplace in Boston to New York, Berlin, South Africa, China and Israel, Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990), the larger-than-life conductor, pianist, composer, educator and bon ...

Leonard – or 'Lenny' – Bernstein was an American composer, conductor and pianist who had a long and varied musical career. When he was very young, Bernstein first heard someone playing a piano ...

These colossal conductors are played by two of Germany's leading actresses: the American-born Helen Schneider as Leonard Bernstein, and Lucca Züchner as Herbert von Karajan. A Nazi Party member ...

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