Sound
Leonard Bernstein
Born August 25, 1918 · Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA · Died October 14, 1990
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".
Known for
7.2 TMDB
West Side Story
Original Music Composer
8.1
On the Waterfront
Original Music Composer
6.9 TMDB
West Side Story
Songs, Original Music Composer, Musical
6.2 TMDB
Maestro
Music
7.0 TMDB
On the Town
Songs, Music, Musical
6.5 TMDB
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
6.6 TMDB
Beatles '64
Self (archive footage)
6.6 TMDB
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Self (archive footage)
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Great Performances
Self
6.8 TMDB
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
7.3 TMDB
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self (archive footage)
6.8 TMDB
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
Self (archival footage)
8.2 TMDB
The Making Of West Side Story
Self / Conductor, Music
7.4 TMDB
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
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Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note
(archival footage)
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Wonderful Town
Songs, Music
7.2 TMDB
Candide
Lyricist, Songs
6.8 TMDB
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
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Omnibus
1952 · Series
6.8 TMDB
Startime
Self, Writer
Filmography
- 2026Concerto per Milano 2026 - Hayato Sumino plays GershwinOriginal Music ComposerMovie
- 2026Bernstein's WallSelf (archive footage), Original Concept, SongsMovie
- 2024The Three Tenors - Birth of a LegendOriginal Music ComposerMovie
- 2024Beatles '64Self (archive footage)Movie
- 2024Beethoven's Nine: Ode to HumanitySelf (archive footage)Movie
- 2023MaestroMusicMovie
- 2023The Only Girl in the OrchestraSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)Movie
- 2022Louis Armstrong's Black & BluesSelf (archive footage)Movie
- 2021West Side StorySongs, Original Music Composer, MusicalMovie
- 2018BBC Proms: Bernstein's On the TownOriginal Music ComposerMovie
- 2018West Side Story, le hit de Leonard BernsteinhimselfMovie
- 2018Leonard Bernstein: A Genius DividedselfMovie
- 2017JFK: The Lost Inaugural GalaSelfMovie
- 2016West Side Stories: The Making of a ClassicSelfMovie
- 2016Leonard Bernstein: Larger Than LifeHimselfMovie
- 2013Best of Bayreuth: Highlights from Three DecadesselfMovie
- 2012Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & SibeliusSelf - ConductorMovie
- 2012Leonard Bernstein Conducts Beethoven String Quartet No. 16 & Haydn Missa in Tempore BelliConductorMovie
- 2010Bernstein's MahlerMovie
- 2010Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 7 - Leonard Bernstein & Wiener PhilharmonikerConductorMovie
- 2009Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein)ConductorMovie
- 2009Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn GouldSelf (archival footage)Movie
- 2008Bernstein conducts BernsteinConductorMovie
- 2008Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 3,4,5ConductorMovie
- 2008Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 2,6,7ConductorMovie
- 2008Schumann: The Symphonies - Leonard BernsteinConductorMovie
- 2008Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 1,8,9Movie
- 2008Karajan: Beauty As I See ItSelf (archive footage)Movie
- 2008Bernstein in Rehearsal & Performance: Shostakovich Symphony No. 1ConductorMovie
- 2008Leonard Bernstein - Schubert: Symphony No. 9 / Schumann: Manfred OvertureConductorMovie
- 2007Brahms Academic Festival, Tragic Overtures/ Variations on a Theme by Haydn/Serenade No. 2HimselfMovie
- 2007Cello Concertos Haydn and SchumannSelf - ConductorMovie
- 2007Rostropovich Life & ArtSelf - ConductorMovie
- 2007Mozart: RequiemSelf - conductorMovie
- 2007Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5HimselfMovie
- 2006Mozart Piano Concerto No. 17, Symphony No. 39 - Leonard BernsteinSelf - Pianist and ConductorMovie
- 2006Mozart Great Mass in C Minor; Ave Verum Corpus; Exsultate JubilateConductorMovie
- 2006Bernstein in Paris: Berlioz RequiemConductorMovie
- 2006Bernstein in London: Verdi RequiemConductorMovie
- 2006Bernstein in Paris: The Ravel ConcertsMovie
- 2005Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der ErdeConductorMovie
- 2005CandideLyricist, SongsMovie
- 200420th Century GreatsSelf (archive footage)Series
- 2003Leonard Bernstein: CandideMusicMovie
- 2001Contender: Mastering the MethodMusicMovie
- 2001Trouble in TahitiWriter, MusicMovie
- 1998Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note(archival footage)Movie
- 1993Glenn Gould: ExtasisSelf (archival footage)Movie
- 1993Leonard Bernstein: The Gift of MusicMovie
- 1993The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the PastSelf (archive footage)Movie
- 1992Bernstein in Australia: TchaikovskyMovie
- 1992Bernstein in JapanSelf - ConductorMovie
- 1991CandideCommentator, Writer, Music, LyricistMovie
- 1991Debussy, Images pour orchestredirigentMovie
- 1989Ode to FreedomSelf / ConductorMovie
- 1989Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - CandideSelf - Conductor, LyricistMovie
- 1989Clive James' Postcard fromSelfSeries
- 1988CandideMusicMovie
- 1988Leonard Bernstein: The Rite of Spring in RehearsalMovie
- 1986CandideWriter, MusicMovie
- 1986A Quiet PlaceMusic, ConductorMovie
- 1985The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard BernsteinSelfMovie
- 1985Tanglewood: So you want to be a conductorSelfMovie
- 1985Tanglewood: A Place for MusicSelfMovie
- 1985The Making Of West Side StorySelf / Conductor, MusicMovie
- 1985Night of 100 Stars IISelfMovie
- 1984Brahms The Piano ConcertosConductorMovie
- 1984Joseph Haydn Mass: In Tempore bellidirigentMovie
- 1984Bernstein Brahms SymphoniesHimselfMovie
- 1983The Metropolitan Opera Centennial GalaSelf - ConductorMovie
- 1982Bernstein/BeethovenSelfSeries
- 1979Benjamin Britten: A Time There Was…HimselfMovie
- 1978The Kennedy Center HonorsSelfSeries
- 1978Bernstein Beethoven OverturesConductorMovie
- 1978Beethoven FidelioConductorMovie
- 1978Leonard Bernstein: ReflectionsSelf, Original Music ComposerMovie
- 1977Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Symphony No's 1 & 2Self / ConductorMovie
- 1977Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & BachdirigentMovie
- 1976Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6ConductorMovie
- 1976Bernstein Mahler RehearsalSelf - ConductorMovie
- 1976The Unanswered Question I : Musical PhonologyHimselfMovie
- 1976The Unanswered Question V : The Twentieth Century CrisisHimselfMovie
- 1976The Unanswered Question II : Musical SyntaxHimselfMovie
- 1976The Unanswered Question III : Musical SemanticsHimselfMovie
- 1976The Unanswered Question IV : The Delights and Dangers of AmbiguityHimselfMovie
- 1976The Unanswered Question VI : The Poetry of EarthHimselfMovie
- 1976The Unanswered Question - Six Talks at Harvard by Leonard BernsteinPresenter, Writer, CreatorSeries
- 1976Bernstein Gerhswin & IvesHimselfMovie
- 1975Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8SelfMovie
- 1975Bernstein: Tchaikovsky: Symphonies No. 4 & 5Self - ConductorMovie
- 1973Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, “Resurrection” – Leonard Bernstein – Ely CathedralMovie
- 1973Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3Self - ConductorMovie
- 1972Le Grand ÉchiquierSelfSeries
- 1972Das Lied von der Erde: A Personal IntroductionSelf (conductor and commentator)Movie
- 1971Great PerformancesSelfSeries
- 1970Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard BernsteinSelf / Narrator, Writer, Musician, ConductorMovie
- 1970Bernstein In Vienna: Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 1 in C MajorSelf / Conductor / PianistMovie
- 1970Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth SymphonySelf / ConductorMovie
- 1970King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to MemphisSelf (archive footage)Movie
- 1969Das SonntagskonzertSelfSeries
- 1968Čas slunce a růžíMusicMovie
- 1967Inside Pop: The Rock RevolutionSelf, WriterMovie
- 1967Inside Pop: The Rock RevolutionSelfSeries
- 1966Man of Three Worlds: Luchino ViscontiSelf - IntervieweeMovie
- 1961West Side StoryOriginal Music ComposerMovie
- 1960The Creative PerformerMovie
- 1959StartimeSelf, WriterSeries
- 1958Wonderful TownSongs, MusicMovie
- 1958New York Philharmonic Young People's ConcertsSeries
- 1957Satchmo the GreatMovie
- 1954On the WaterfrontOriginal Music ComposerMovie
- 1952OmnibusSeries
- 1949On the TownSongs, Music, MusicalMovie
- 1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelfSeries
- 1948BambiSelfSeries
- —What Makes Music Symphonic? (Young People's Concert No. 4)Series
- —Bernstein | Mahler LiederMovie
- —Mahler Symphony no. 3: BernsteinDirectorMovie
- —Mahler Bernstein Das Lied von Der ErdeSelf (conductor)Movie
- —Joseph Haydn : Die Schopfung - Leonard BernsteinMovie