Leonard Bernstein
August 25, 1918 (107 years old) in Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA
Leonard Bernstein was an American composer, conductor, pianist, music educator, author, and lifelong humanitarian. He was one of the most significant American cultural personalities of the 20th century. According to music critic Donal Henahan, he was "one of the most prodigiously talented and successful musicians in American history".
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Beatles '64 as Self (archive footage)
- 2024 · Beethoven's Nine: Ode to Humanity as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 · The Only Girl in the Orchestra as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2022 · Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · Bernstein's Wall as Self (archive footage)
- 2016 · West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic as Self
- 2016 · Leonard Bernstein: Larger Than Life as Himself
- 2012 · Leonard Bernstein Conducts Beethoven String Quartet No. 16 & Haydn Missa in Tempore Belli as Conductor
- 2009 · Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould as Self (archival footage)
- 2008 · Bernstein conducts Bernstein as Conductor
- 2008 · Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 2,6,7 as Conductor
- 2008 · Schumann: The Symphonies - Leonard Bernstein as Conductor
- 2007 · Brahms Academic Festival, Tragic Overtures/ Variations on a Theme by Haydn/Serenade No. 2 as Himself
- 2007 · Rostropovich Life & Art as Self - Conductor
- 2007 · Mozart: Requiem as Self - conductor
- 2007 · Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5 as Himself
- 2006 · Bernstein in Paris: Berlioz Requiem as Conductor
- 2006 · Bernstein in Paris: The Ravel Concerts as
- 2004 · 20th Century Greats as Self (archive footage)
- 1992 · Bernstein in Australia: Tchaikovsky as
- 1992 · Bernstein in Japan as Self - Conductor
- 1991 · Candide as Commentator
- 1991 · Debussy, Images pour orchestre as dirigent
- 1989 · Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide as Self - Conductor
- 1989 · Clive James' Postcard from as Self
- 1985 · Night of 100 Stars II as Self
- 1984 · Brahms The Piano Concertos as Conductor
- 1978 · The Kennedy Center Honors as Self
- 1978 · Bernstein Beethoven Overtures as Conductor
- 1978 · Beethoven Fidelio as Conductor
- 1978 · Leonard Bernstein: Reflections as Self
- 1976 · Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal as Self - Conductor
- 1976 · The Unanswered Question - Six Talks at Harvard by Leonard Bernstein as Presenter
- 1976 · Bernstein Gerhswin & Ives as Himself
- 1972 · Le Grand Échiquier as Self
- 1971 · Great Performances as Self
- 1970 · King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis as Self (archive footage)
- 1969 · Das Sonntagskonzert as Self
- 1967 · Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution as Self
- 1960 · The Creative Performer as
- 1958 · New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts as
- 1957 · Satchmo the Great as
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Recipient
- 1952 · Omnibus as
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- 1948 · Bambi as Self
- Future · What Makes Music Symphonic? (Young People's Concert No. 4) as
- Future · Mahler Symphony no. 3: Bernstein as Director
- 2018 · West Side Story, le hit de Leonard Bernstein as himself
- 2018 · Leonard Bernstein: A Genius Divided as self
- 2013 · Best of Bayreuth: Highlights from Three Decades as self
- 2012 · Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Sibelius as Self - Conductor
- 2010 · Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 7 - Leonard Bernstein & Wiener Philharmoniker as Conductor
- 2009 · Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein) as Conductor
- 2008 · Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 3,4,5 as Conductor
- 2008 · Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 1,8,9 as
- 2008 · Karajan: Beauty As I See It as Self (archive footage)
- 2008 · Bernstein in Rehearsal & Performance: Shostakovich Symphony No. 1 as Conductor
- 2008 · Leonard Bernstein - Schubert: Symphony No. 9 / Schumann: Manfred Overture as Conductor
- 2007 · Cello Concertos Haydn and Schumann as Self - Conductor
- 2006 · Mozart Great Mass in C Minor; Ave Verum Corpus; Exsultate Jubilate as Conductor
- 2005 · Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde as Conductor
- 1998 · Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note as (archival footage)
- 1993 · Glenn Gould: Extasis as Self (archival footage)
- 1993 · The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past as Self (archive footage)
- 1989 · Ode to Freedom as Self / Conductor
- 1988 · Leonard Bernstein: The Rite of Spring in Rehearsal as
- 1985 · The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein as Self
- 1985 · Tanglewood: So you want to be a conductor as Self
- 1985 · Tanglewood: A Place for Music as Self
- 1985 · The Making Of West Side Story as Self / Conductor
- 1984 · Bernstein Brahms Symphonies as Himself
- 1984 · Joseph Haydn Mass: In Tempore belli as dirigent
- 1983 · The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala as Self - Conductor
- 1979 · Benjamin Britten: A Time There Was… as Himself
- 1977 · Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Bach as dirigent
- 1977 · Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Symphony No's 1 & 2 as Self / Conductor
- 1976 · Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6 as Conductor
- 1976 · The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology as Himself
- 1976 · The Unanswered Question VI : The Poetry of Earth as Himself
- 1976 · The Unanswered Question IV : The Delights and Dangers of Ambiguity as Himself
- 1976 · The Unanswered Question II : Musical Syntax as Himself
- 1976 · The Unanswered Question III : Musical Semantics as Himself
- 1976 · The Unanswered Question V : The Twentieth Century Crisis as Himself
- 1975 · Bernstein: Tchaikovsky: Symphonies No. 4 & 5 as Self - Conductor
- 1975 · Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8 as Self
- 1973 · Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, “Resurrection” – Leonard Bernstein – Ely Cathedral as
- 1973 · Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3 as Self - Conductor
- 1972 · Das Lied von der Erde: A Personal Introduction as Self (conductor and commentator)
- 1970 · Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein as Self / Narrator
- 1970 · Bernstein In Vienna: Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major as Self / Conductor / Pianist
- 1970 · Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony as Self / Conductor
- 1967 · Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution as Self
- 1966 · Man of Three Worlds: Luchino Visconti as Self - Interviewee
- Future · Leonard Bernstein: The Gift of Music as
- Future · Bernstein | Mahler Lieder as