Leonard Bernstein
Born: 1918-08-25 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 1990-10-14
Known For: Sound
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".
Filmography
2025
- West Side Story ... (Musical)
- OSN: Musiche dall'America con Gianna Fratta e Alessandro Taverna ... (Original Music Composer)
- The New York Philharmonic Orchestra in Pyongyang Great moments in music ... (Original Music Composer)
2024
- Beatles '64 as Self (archive footage)
- The Three Tenors - Birth of a Legend ... (Original Music Composer)
- Bernstein & Gershwin - Two Americans in Paris ... (Compositor)
- Beethoven's Nine: Ode to Humanity as Self (archive footage)
- Jonas Kaufmann: The Sound of Movies ... (Compositor)
- P-FACTOR Piano Musical Duels ... (Original Music Composer)
2023
- Maestro ... (Music)
- Candide ... (Lyricist)
- The Only Girl in the Orchestra as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Gustavo Dudamel at the Paris Opera With artists from the Académie ... (Original Music Composer)
- New Year Concert with the Orchestre National de France Conducted by Stéphane Denève ... (Original Music Composer)
- Jonas Kaufmann: Arena di Verona 2023 ... (Music)
2022
- Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues as Self (archive footage)
- OSN: Il ballo al Cinema con John Axelrod ... (Original Music Composer)
2021
- West Side Story ... (Songs)
- Bernstein's Wall as Self (archive footage)
2020
- Chita: A Legendary Celebration ... (Songs)
- Leonard Bernstein Mass ... (Music)
2018
- Leonard Bernstein: A Genius Divided as self
- BBC Proms: Bernstein's On the Town ... (Original Music Composer)
- New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve: Bernstein on Broadway ... (Music)
- Trouble in Tahiti ... (Music)
- Paris Opera Ballet: Tribute to Jerome Robbins 2 ... (Original Music Composer)
- Wonderful Town ... (Music)
- West Side Story, le hit de Leonard Bernstein as himself
2017
- JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala as Self
- The Swingles con l'Orchestra Rai ... (Original Music Composer)
2016
- West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic as Self
- Leonard Bernstein: Larger Than Life as Himself
2014
- Copland, Bernstein ... (Original Music Composer)
2013
2012
2010
2009
- Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould as Self (archival footage)
- Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein) as Conductor
2008
- Schumann: The Symphonies - Leonard Bernstein as Conductor
- Leonard Bernstein - Schubert: Symphony No. 9 / Schumann: Manfred Overture as Conductor
- Bernstein conducts Bernstein as Conductor
- Bernstein in Rehearsal & Performance: Shostakovich Symphony No. 1 as Conductor
- Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 3,4,5 as Conductor
- Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 2,6,7 as Conductor
- Karajan: Beauty As I See It as Self (archive footage)
- Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 1,8,9
2007
- Mozart: Requiem as Self - conductor
- Candide ... (Writer)
- Rostropovich Life & Art as Self - Conductor
- Beethoven: The Piano Concertos ... (Music Director)
- Cello Concertos Haydn and Schumann as Self - Conductor
- Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5 as Himself
- Brahms Academic Festival, Tragic Overtures/ Variations on a Theme by Haydn/Serenade No. 2 as Himself
2006
2005
- Candide ... (Songs)
- Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde as Conductor
2004
- 20th Century Greats as Self (archive footage)
- Leonard Bernstein: Mass At The Vatican City ... (Writer)
2003
- Leonard Bernstein: Candide ... (Music)
2002
- Wonderful Town ... (Musical)
2001
- Contender: Mastering the Method ... (Music)
- Trouble in Tahiti ... (Writer)
1998
- Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note as (archival footage)
1993
- Glenn Gould: Extasis as Self (archival footage)
- On the Town ... (Music)
- The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past as Self (archive footage)
1992
- Bernstein in Australia: Tchaikovsky
- Bernstein in Japan as Self - Conductor
1991
- Debussy, Images pour orchestre as dirigent
- Candide as Commentator
1989
- Clive James' Postcard from as Self
- Ode to Freedom as Self / Conductor
- Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide as Self - Conductor
1988
1986
- Candide ... (Writer)
- A Quiet Place ... (Music)
- Beyond Picasso ... (Music)
1985
- Night of 100 Stars II as Self
- The Making Of West Side Story as Self / Conductor
- Tanglewood: A Place for Music as Self
- Tanglewood: So you want to be a conductor as Self
- The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein as Self
1984
- Bernstein Brahms Symphonies as Himself
- Brahms The Piano Concertos as Conductor
- Joseph Haydn Mass: In Tempore belli as dirigent
1983
- The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala as Self - Conductor
1982
- Bernstein/Beethoven as Self
1981
- Leonard Bernstein's Mass ... (Writer)
- Wagner - Tristan Und Isolde ... (Conductor)
1979
- Benjamin Britten: A Time There Was… as Himself
1978
- The Kennedy Center Honors as Self
- Bernstein Beethoven Overtures as Conductor
- Leonard Bernstein: Reflections as Self
- Beethoven Fidelio as Conductor
1977
- Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Symphony No's 1 & 2 as Self / Conductor
- Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Bach as dirigent
1976
- The Unanswered Question - Six Talks at Harvard by Leonard Bernstein as Presenter
- The Unanswered Question III : Musical Semantics as Himself
- Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal as Self - Conductor
- The Unanswered Question II : Musical Syntax as Himself
- The Unanswered Question V : The Twentieth Century Crisis as Himself
- The Unanswered Question VI : The Poetry of Earth as Himself
- The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology as Himself
- The Unanswered Question IV : The Delights and Dangers of Ambiguity as Himself
- Bernstein Gerhswin & Ives as Himself
- Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6 as Conductor
1975
- Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8 as Self
- The Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde by Richard Wagner ... (Conductor)
- Bernstein: Tchaikovsky: Symphonies No. 4 & 5 as Self - Conductor
1973
- Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, “Resurrection” – Leonard Bernstein – Ely Cathedral
- Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3 as Self - Conductor
- Trouble in Tahiti ... (Conductor)
1972
- Le Grand Échiquier as Self
- Das Lied von der Erde: A Personal Introduction as Self (conductor and commentator)
1971
- Great Performances as Self
1970
- King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis as Self (archive footage)
- Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony as Self / Conductor
- Bernstein In Vienna: Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major as Self / Conductor / Pianist
- Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein as Self / Narrator
1969
- Das Sonntagskonzert as Self
1968
- Čas slunce a růží ... (Music)
1967
- Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution as Self
- Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution as Self
1966
- Man of Three Worlds: Luchino Visconti as Self - Interviewee
1961
- West Side Story ... (Original Music Composer)
1959
- Startime as Self
1958
1957
- The Lark ... (Original Music Composer)
- Satchmo the Great
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Recipient
1954
- On the Waterfront ... (Original Music Composer)
1952
1949
- On the Town ... (Songs)
1948
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- Bambi as Self