Leonard Bernstein

Acting / Production / Writing / Creator

Biography

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".

Personal Information

Place of Birth

Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA

About

Sound, Male

Birthday

25 August 1918, 107 years old

Known For

The Only Girl in the Orchestra

Beatles '64

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould

The Making Of West Side Story

Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note

Night of 100 Stars II

West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic

Filmography

Production

Writing

Creator

Beatles '64

Self (archive footage)

2024

Beethoven's Nine: Ode to Humanity

Self (archive footage)

2024

The Only Girl in the Orchestra

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2023

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Self (archive footage)

2022

Bernstein's Wall

Self (archive footage)

2021

West Side Story, le hit de Leonard Bernstein

himself

2018

Leonard Bernstein: A Genius Divided

self

2018

West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic

Self

2016

Leonard Bernstein: Larger Than Life

Himself

2016

Best of Bayreuth: Highlights from Three Decades

self

2013

Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Sibelius

Self - Conductor

2012

Leonard Bernstein Conducts Beethoven String Quartet No. 16 & Haydn Missa in Tempore Belli

Conductor

2012

Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 7 - Leonard Bernstein & Wiener Philharmoniker

Conductor

2010

Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein)

Conductor

2009

Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould

Self (archival footage)

2009

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

2008

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

2007

Mozart Great Mass in C Minor; Ave Verum Corpus; Exsultate Jubilate

Conductor

2006

Bernstein in Paris: Berlioz Requiem

Conductor

2006

Bernstein in Paris: The Ravel Concerts

2006

Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde

Conductor

2005

Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note

(archival footage)

1998

Glenn Gould: Extasis

Self (archival footage)

1993

The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past

Self (archive footage)

1993

Bernstein in Australia: Tchaikovsky

1992

Bernstein in Japan

Self - Conductor

1992

Candide

Commentator

1991

Debussy, Images pour orchestre

dirigent

1991

Ode to Freedom

Self / Conductor

1989

Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide

Self - Conductor

1989

Leonard Bernstein: The Rite of Spring in Rehearsal

1988

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

1985

Brahms The Piano Concertos

Conductor

1984

Joseph Haydn Mass: In Tempore belli

dirigent

1984

Bernstein Brahms Symphonies

Himself

1984

The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala

Self - Conductor

1983

Benjamin Britten: A Time There Was…

Himself

1979

Bernstein Beethoven Overtures

Conductor

1978

Beethoven Fidelio

Conductor

1978

Leonard Bernstein: Reflections

Self

1978

Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Bach

dirigent

1977

Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Symphony No's 1 & 2

Self / Conductor

1977

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

1976

Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8

Self

1975

Bernstein: Tchaikovsky: Symphonies No. 4 & 5

Self - Conductor

1975

Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, “Resurrection” – Leonard Bernstein – Ely Cathedral

1973

Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3

Self - Conductor

1973

Das Lied von der Erde: A Personal Introduction

Self (conductor and commentator)

1972

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)

1970

Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution

Self

1967

The Creative Performer

1960

Satchmo the Great

1957

Leonard Bernstein: The Gift of Music

Unknown

Bernstein | Mahler Lieder

Unknown

Mahler Symphony no. 3: Bernstein

Director

Unknown

Man of Three Worlds: Luchino Visconti

Self - Interviewee

1966