Leonard Bernstein
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- 25 August 1918 · Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA
- Died
- 14 October 1990
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
Sound 53
- 2028National Theatre Live: West Side Story · music
- 2026Riccardo Chailly & Frank Dupree @ Lucerne Festival 2026 · original music composer
- 2026Concerto per Milano 2026 - Hayato Sumino plays Gershwin · original music composer
- 2026Concerto Bernstein-Gershwin · original music composer
- 2025OSN: Musiche dall'America con Gianna Fratta e Alessandro Taverna · original music composer
- 2025The New York Philharmonic Orchestra in Pyongyang Great moments in music · original music composer
- 2024The Three Tenors - Birth of a Legend · original music composer
- 2024Bernstein & Gershwin - Two Americans in Paris · songs
- 2024P-FACTOR Piano Musical Duels · original music composer
- 2023New Year Concert with the Orchestre National de France Conducted by Stéphane Denève · original music composer
- 2023Maestro · music
- 2023Jonas Kaufmann: Arena di Verona 2023 · music
- 2023Candide · music
- 2023Gustavo Dudamel at the Paris Opera With artists from the Académie · original music composer
- 2022OSN: Il ballo al Cinema con John Axelrod · original music composer
- 2021West Side Story · songs
- 2020Chita: A Legendary Celebration · songs
- 2020Leonard Bernstein Mass · music
- 2018Paris Opera Ballet: Tribute to Jerome Robbins 2 · original music composer
- 2018Trouble in Tahiti · music
- 2018BBC Proms: Bernstein's On the Town · original music composer
- 2018New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve: Bernstein on Broadway · music
- 2018Wonderful Town · original music composer
- 2017The Swingles con l'Orchestra Rai · original music composer
- 2014Copland, Bernstein · original music composer
- 2007Beethoven: The Piano Concertos · music director
- 2007Candide · music
- 2006Bernstein in London: Verdi Requiem · conductor
- 2005Candide · songs
- 2003Leonard Bernstein: Candide · music
- 2002Wonderful Town · original music composer
- 2001Contender: Mastering the Method · music
- 2001Trouble in Tahiti · music
- 1993On the Town · music
- 1991Candide · music
- 1989Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide · conductor
- 1988Candide · music
- 1986Candide · music
- 1986A Quiet Place · music
- 1986Beyond Picasso · music
- 1985The Making Of West Side Story · music
- 1981Leonard Bernstein's Mass · music
- 1981Wagner - Tristan Und Isolde · conductor
- 1978Leonard Bernstein: Reflections · original music composer
- 1975The Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde by Richard Wagner · conductor
- 1973Trouble in Tahiti · conductor
- 1970Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein · musician
- 1968Čas slunce a růží · music
- 1961West Side Story · original music composer
- 1958Wonderful Town · music
- 1957The Lark · original music composer
- 1954On the Waterfront · original music composer
- 1949On the Town · music
Acting 90
- 2026Mahler Bernstein Das Lied von Der Erde as Self (conductor)
- 2026Joseph Haydn : Die Schopfung - Leonard Bernstein
- 2026Mahler Symphony no. 3: Bernstein as Director
- 2025Bernstein | Mahler Lieder
- 2024Beatles '64 as Self (archive footage)
- 2024Beethoven's Nine: Ode to Humanity as Self (archive footage)
- 2023The Only Girl in the Orchestra as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2022All the Beauty and the Bloodshed as Self (Archive Footage)
- 2022Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues as Self (archive footage)
- 2021Bernstein's Wall as Self (archive footage)
- 2018West Side Story, le hit de Leonard Bernstein as himself
- 2018Leonard Bernstein: A Genius Divided as self
- 2017JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala as Self
- 2016West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic as Self
- 2016Leonard Bernstein: Larger Than Life as Himself
- 2013Best of Bayreuth: Highlights from Three Decades as self
- 2012Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Sibelius as Self - Conductor
- 2012Leonard Bernstein Conducts Beethoven String Quartet No. 16 & Haydn Missa in Tempore Belli as Conductor
- 2010Bernstein's Mahler
- 2010Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 7 - Leonard Bernstein & Wiener Philharmoniker as Conductor
- 2009Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein) as Conductor
- 2009Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould as Self (archival footage)
- 2008Bernstein conducts Bernstein as Conductor
- 2008Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 2,6,7 as Conductor
- 2008Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 3,4,5 as Conductor
- 2008Schumann: The Symphonies - Leonard Bernstein as Conductor
- 2008Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 1,8,9
- 2008Karajan: Beauty As I See It as Self (archive footage)
- 2008Bernstein in Rehearsal & Performance: Shostakovich Symphony No. 1 as Conductor
- 2008Leonard Bernstein - Schubert: Symphony No. 9 / Schumann: Manfred Overture as Conductor
- 2007Brahms Academic Festival, Tragic Overtures/ Variations on a Theme by Haydn/Serenade No. 2 as Himself
- 2007Cello Concertos Haydn and Schumann as Self - Conductor
- 2007Rostropovich Life & Art as Self - Conductor
- 2007Mozart: Requiem as Self - conductor
- 2007Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5 as Himself
- 2006Mozart Piano Concerto No. 17, Symphony No. 39 - Leonard Bernstein as Self - Pianist and Conductor
- 2006Mozart Great Mass in C Minor; Ave Verum Corpus; Exsultate Jubilate as Conductor
- 2006Bernstein in Paris: Berlioz Requiem as Conductor
- 2006Bernstein in London: Verdi Requiem as Conductor
- 2006Bernstein in Paris: The Ravel Concerts
- 2005Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde as Conductor
- 1998Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note as (archival footage)
- 1993Glenn Gould: Extasis as Self (archival footage)
- 1993Leonard Bernstein: The Gift of Music
- 1993The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past as Self (archive footage)
- 1992Bernstein in Japan as Self - Conductor
- 1992Bernstein in Australia: Tchaikovsky
- 1991Candide as Commentator
- 1991Debussy, Images pour orchestre as dirigent
- 1989Ode to Freedom as Self / Conductor
- 1989Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide as Self - Conductor
- 1988Leonard Bernstein: The Rite of Spring in Rehearsal
- 1985The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein as Self
- 1985Tanglewood: So you want to be a conductor as Self
- 1985Tanglewood: A Place for Music as Self
- 1985The Making Of West Side Story as Self / Conductor
- 1985Night of 100 Stars II as Self
- 1984Brahms The Piano Concertos as Conductor
- 1984Bernstein Brahms Symphonies as Himself
- 1984Joseph Haydn Mass: In Tempore belli as dirigent
- 1983The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala as Self - Conductor
- 1979Benjamin Britten: A Time There Was… as Himself
- 1978Bernstein Beethoven Overtures as Conductor
- 1978Beethoven Fidelio as Conductor
- 1978Leonard Bernstein: Reflections as Self
- 1977Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Symphony No's 1 & 2 as Self / Conductor
- 1977Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Bach as dirigent
- 1976Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6 as Conductor
- 1976Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal as Self - Conductor
- 1976The Unanswered Question II : Musical Syntax as Himself
- 1976The Unanswered Question IV : The Delights and Dangers of Ambiguity as Himself
- 1976The Unanswered Question VI : The Poetry of Earth as Himself
- 1976The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology as Himself
- 1976The Unanswered Question III : Musical Semantics as Himself
- 1976The Unanswered Question V : The Twentieth Century Crisis as Himself
- 1976Bernstein Gerhswin & Ives as Himself
- 1975Bernstein: Tchaikovsky: Symphonies No. 4 & 5 as Self - Conductor
- 1975Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8 as Self
- 1973Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, “Resurrection” – Leonard Bernstein – Ely Cathedral
- 1973Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3 as Self - Conductor
- 1972Das Lied von der Erde: A Personal Introduction as Self (conductor and commentator)
- 1970Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein as Self / Narrator
- 1970Bernstein In Vienna: Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major as Self / Conductor / Pianist
- 1970Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony as Self / Conductor
- 1970King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis as Self (archive footage)
- 1967Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution as Self
- 1966Man of Three Worlds: Luchino Visconti as Self - Interviewee
- 1960The Creative Performer
- 1957Satchmo the Great
- 1948The Ed Sullivan Show as Self · 1 episode
Writing 16
- 2025West Side Story · musical
- 2023Candide · lyricist
- 2021West Side Story · musical
- 2007Candide · writer
- 2005Candide · lyricist
- 2004Leonard Bernstein: Mass At The Vatican City · writer
- 2001Trouble in Tahiti · writer
- 1991Candide · writer
- 1989Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide · lyricist
- 1986Candide · writer
- 1981Leonard Bernstein's Mass · writer
- 1973Trouble in Tahiti · writer
- 1970Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein · writer
- 1967Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution · writer
- 1960The Creative Performer · writer
- 1949On the Town · musical
crew 2
- 2024Jonas Kaufmann: The Sound of Movies · compositor
- 2024Bernstein & Gershwin - Two Americans in Paris · compositor