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
- The New York Philharmonic Orchestra in Pyongyang Great moments in music ... (Original Music Composer)
- West Side Story ... (Musical)
2024
- Beatles '64 as Self (archive footage)
- Beethoven's Nine: Ode to Humanity as Self (archive footage)
- Jonas Kaufmann: The Sound of Movies ... (Compositor)
- Bernstein & Gershwin Two Americans in Paris ... (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)
- Jonas Kaufmann: Arena di Verona 2023 ... (Music)
2022
- Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues as Self (archive footage)
2021
- West Side Story ... (Songs)
- Bernstein's Wall as Self (archive footage)
2020
- Mass ... (Music)
- Chita: A Legendary Celebration ... (Songs)
2018
- Paris Opera Ballet: Tribute to Jerome Robbins 2 ... (Original Music Composer)
- BBC Proms: Bernstein's On the Town ... (Original Music Composer)
- Wonderful Town ... (Music)
- Leonard Bernstein: A Genius Divided as self
- Trouble in Tahiti ... (Music)
- New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve: Bernstein on Broadway ... (Music)
- West Side Story, le hit de Leonard Bernstein as himself
2017
- The Swingles con l'Orchestra Rai ... (Original Music Composer)
2016
- Leonard Bernstein: Larger Than Life as Himself
- West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic as Self
2014
- Copland, Bernstein ... (Original Music Composer)
2013
2012
2009
- Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould as Self (archival footage)
- Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein) as Conductor
2008
- Karajan: Beauty As I See It as Self (archive footage)
- Bernstein conducts Bernstein as Conductor
- Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 3,4,5 as Conductor
- Schumann: The Symphonies - Leonard Bernstein as Conductor
- Leonard Bernstein - Schubert: Symphony No. 9 / Schumann: Manfred Overture as Conductor
- Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 1,8,9
- Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 2,6,7 as Conductor
- Bernstein in Rehearsal & Performance: Shostakovich Symphony No. 1 as Conductor
2007
- Candide ... (Writer)
- Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5 as Himself
- Rostropovich Life & Art as Self - Conductor
- Beethoven: The Piano Concertos ... (Music Director)
- Brahms Academic Festival, Tragic Overtures/ Variations on a Theme by Haydn/Serenade No. 2 as Himself
- Mozart: Requiem as Self - conductor
- Cello Concertos Haydn and Schumann as Self - Conductor
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
- Trouble in Tahiti ... (Writer)
- Contender: Mastering the Method ... (Music)
1998
- Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note as (archival footage)
1993
- The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past as Self (archive footage)
- On the Town ... (Music)
- Glenn Gould: Extasis as Self (archival footage)
1992
- Bernstein in Australia: Tchaikovsky
- Bernstein in Japan as Self - Conductor
1991
- Candide as Commentator
- Debussy, Images pour orchestre as dirigent
1989
- Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide as Self - Conductor
- Clive James' Postcard from as Self
- Ode to Freedom as Self / Conductor
1988
1986
- Candide ... (Writer)
- A Quiet Place ... (Music)
- Beyond Picasso ... (Music)
1985
- The Making Of West Side Story as Self / Conductor
- Night of 100 Stars II as Self
- The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein as Self
- Tanglewood: So you want to be a conductor as Self
- Tanglewood: A Place for Music as Self
1984
- Joseph Haydn Mass: In Tempore belli as dirigent
- Bernstein Brahms Symphonies as Himself
- Brahms The Piano Concertos as Conductor
1983
- The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala as Self - Conductor
1981
- Wagner - Tristan Und Isolde ... (Conductor)
- Leonard Bernstein's Mass ... (Writer)
1979
- Benjamin Britten: A Time There Was… as Himself
1978
- The Kennedy Center Honors as Self
- Beethoven Fidelio as Conductor
- Leonard Bernstein: Reflections as Self
- Bernstein Beethoven Overtures as Conductor
1977
- Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Symphony No's 1 & 2 as Self / Conductor
- Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Bach as dirigent
1976
- Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6 as Conductor
- Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal as Self - Conductor
- The Unanswered Question - Six Talks at Harvard by Leonard Bernstein as Presenter
- The Unanswered Question V : The Twentieth Century Crisis as Himself
- The Unanswered Question II : Musical Syntax as Himself
- The Unanswered Question IV : The Delights and Dangers of Ambiguity as Himself
- The Unanswered Question VI : The Poetry of Earth as Himself
- The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology as Himself
- Bernstein Gerhswin & Ives as Himself
- The Unanswered Question III : Musical Semantics as Himself
1975
- Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8 as Self
- Bernstein: Tchaikovsky: Symphonies No. 4 & 5 as Self - Conductor
1973
- Trouble in Tahiti ... (Conductor)
- Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3 as Self - Conductor
- Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, “Resurrection” – Leonard Bernstein – Ely Cathedral
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)
1958
1957
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Recipient
1954
- On the Waterfront ... (Original Music Composer)
1952
1949
- On the Town ... (Songs)
1948
- Bambi as Self
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self