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Leonard Bernstein (/ ˈ b ɜːr n s t aɪ n / BURN-styne; [1] born Louis Bernstein; August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, author, and humanitarian. Considered to be one of the most important conductors of his time, he was the first American-born conductor to receive international ...
Conductor Alfred Savia (center) met Leonard Bernstein (left) while the former was a graduate student at Butler University. Bernstein visited in 1976 to hear part of a festival dedicated to his music.
In 1987, Leonard Bernstein, at the age of nearly 70, plays a sequence on a piano from his opera A Quiet Place while being interviewed in his home. [7] After he finishes, he shares brief details regarding the significant impact left on him by Felicia, his wife of many years, and mentions seeing her ghost.
Bernstein brought the New York Philharmonic to Detroit in 1960 and 1963 and to Ann Arbor’s Hill Auditorium in 1963 and 1967. In 1964, he also added an honorary doctorate from the University of ...
But, Leonard actually had quite the romantic saga himself with his wife, actress Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein (played by Carey Mulligan). Their relationship plays out in front of audiences ...
Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990) was an American composer and conductor. Over the course of his distinguished career he won 16 Grammy Awards (including one for Lifetime Achievement ), 7 Emmy Awards and 2 Tony Awards over his lifetime.
Bernstein had friendly and fraught relationships with U.S. presidents. But his White House musical flopped. Missed was its exploration of race and slavery that's more timely than ever.
Candide stumbles into the scene and is amazed to find Cunegonde still alive ("You Were Dead, You Know"). In a duel, he kills both the Marquis and the Sultan, and flees with Cunegonde, accompanied by the Old Lady. They fall in with a band of devout Pilgrims on their way to the New World and sail with them ("Pilgrims' Procession" / "Alleluia ...