Leonard Bernstein

Known for: Sound
Born: August 25, 1918, Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA
Died: October 14, 1990
Movies: 94

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".

Upcoming Leonard Bernstein Movies

Bernstein | Mahler Lieder

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Mahler Bernstein Das Lied von Der Erde

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Joseph Haydn : Die Schopfung - Leonard Bernstein

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Best-Known Movies

6.5

The Only Girl in the Orchestra

2023

6.6

Beatles '64

2024

6.7

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

2022

7.3

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

1970

6.8

Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould

2009

8.2

The Making Of West Side Story

1985

6.0

Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note

1998

6.8

Night of 100 Stars II

1985

8.0

West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic

2016

9.0

The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology

1976

Filmography

2024	Beatles '64	Self (archive footage)
2024	Beethoven's Nine: Ode to Humanity	Self (archive footage)
2023	The Only Girl in the Orchestra	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022	Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues	Self (archive footage)
2021	Bernstein's Wall	Self (archive footage)
2018	West Side Story, le hit de Leonard Bernstein	himself
2018	Leonard Bernstein: A Genius Divided	self
2017	JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala	Self
2016	West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic	Self
2016	Leonard Bernstein: Larger Than Life	Himself
2013	Best of Bayreuth: Highlights from Three Decades	self
2012	Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Sibelius	Self - Conductor
2012	Leonard Bernstein Conducts Beethoven String Quartet No. 16 & Haydn Missa in Tempore Belli	Conductor
2010	Bernstein's Mahler
2010	Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 7 - Leonard Bernstein & Wiener Philharmoniker	Conductor
2009	Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein)	Conductor
2009	Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould	Self (archival footage)
2008	Bernstein conducts Bernstein	Conductor
2008	Bernstein \| Beethoven Symphonies 3,4,5	Conductor
2008	Bernstein \| Beethoven Symphonies 2,6,7	Conductor
2008	Schumann: The Symphonies - Leonard Bernstein	Conductor
2008	Bernstein \| Beethoven Symphonies 1,8,9
2008	Karajan: Beauty As I See It	Self (archive footage)
2008	Bernstein in Rehearsal & Performance: Shostakovich Symphony No. 1	Conductor
2008	Leonard Bernstein - Schubert: Symphony No. 9 / Schumann: Manfred Overture	Conductor
2007	Brahms Academic Festival, Tragic Overtures/ Variations on a Theme by Haydn/Serenade No. 2	Himself
2007	Cello Concertos Haydn and Schumann	Self - Conductor
2007	Rostropovich Life & Art	Self - Conductor
2007	Mozart: Requiem	Self - conductor
2007	Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5	Himself
2006	Mozart Piano Concerto No. 17, Symphony No. 39 - Leonard Bernstein	Self - Pianist and Conductor
2006	Mozart Great Mass in C Minor; Ave Verum Corpus; Exsultate Jubilate	Conductor
2006	Bernstein in Paris: Berlioz Requiem	Conductor
2006	Bernstein in London: Verdi Requiem	Conductor
2006	Bernstein in Paris: The Ravel Concerts
2005	Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde	Conductor
1998	Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note	(archival footage)
1993	Glenn Gould: Extasis	Self (archival footage)
1993	Leonard Bernstein: The Gift of Music
1993	The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past	Self (archive footage)
1992	Bernstein in Australia: Tchaikovsky
1992	Bernstein in Japan	Self - Conductor
1991	Candide	Commentator
1991	Debussy, Images pour orchestre	dirigent
1989	Ode to Freedom	Self / Conductor
1989	Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide	Self - Conductor
1988	Leonard Bernstein: The Rite of Spring in Rehearsal
1985	The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein	Self
1985	Tanglewood: So you want to be a conductor	Self
1985	Tanglewood: A Place for Music	Self
1985	The Making Of West Side Story	Self / Conductor
1985	Night of 100 Stars II	Self
1984	Brahms The Piano Concertos	Conductor
1984	Joseph Haydn Mass: In Tempore belli	dirigent
1984	Bernstein Brahms Symphonies	Himself
1983	The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala	Self - Conductor
1979	Benjamin Britten: A Time There Was…	Himself
1978	Bernstein Beethoven Overtures	Conductor
1978	Beethoven Fidelio	Conductor
1978	Leonard Bernstein: Reflections	Self
1977	Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Bach	dirigent
1977	Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Symphony No's 1 & 2	Self / Conductor
1976	Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6	Conductor
1976	Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal	Self - Conductor
1976	The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology	Himself
1976	The Unanswered Question II : Musical Syntax	Himself
1976	The Unanswered Question III : Musical Semantics	Himself
1976	The Unanswered Question IV : The Delights and Dangers of Ambiguity	Himself
1976	The Unanswered Question V : The Twentieth Century Crisis	Himself
1976	The Unanswered Question VI : The Poetry of Earth	Himself
1976	Bernstein Gerhswin & Ives	Himself
1975	Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8	Self
1975	Bernstein: Tchaikovsky: Symphonies No. 4 & 5	Self - Conductor
1973	Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, “Resurrection” – Leonard Bernstein – Ely Cathedral
1973	Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3	Self - Conductor
1972	Das Lied von der Erde: A Personal Introduction	Self (conductor and commentator)
1970	Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein	Self / Narrator
1970	Bernstein In Vienna: Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major	Self / Conductor / Pianist
1970	Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony	Self / Conductor
1970	King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis	Self (archive footage)
1967	Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution	Self
1966	Man of Three Worlds: Luchino Visconti	Self - Interviewee
1960	The Creative Performer
1957	Satchmo the Great

Directing, Writing & Producing

2007	Candide	Writer
2004	Leonard Bernstein: Mass At The Vatican City	Writer
2001	Trouble in Tahiti	Writer
1991	Candide	Writer
1986	Candide	Writer
1981	Leonard Bernstein's Mass	Writer
1973	Trouble in Tahiti	Writer
1970	Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein	Writer
1967	Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution	Writer
1960	The Creative Performer	Writer

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