Leonard Bernstein

★ Sound #616

1918 - 1990 (age 72) • Sound

Born: 8/25/1918 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA

Died: 10/14/1990 (age 72)

Known for: Sound

Leonard Bernstein

★ Sound #616

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

West Side Story

72%

Original Music Composer

1961

West Side Story

69%

Songs

2021

On the Waterfront

79%

Original Music Composer

1954

Maestro

62%

Music

2023

On the Town

70%

Songs

1949

The Only Girl in the Orchestra

65%

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2023

Great Performances

61%

Self

1971

The Ed Sullivan Show

68%

Self

1948

West Side Story

Musical

2025

OSN: Musiche dall'America con Gianna Fratta e Alessandro Taverna

Original Music Composer

2025

The New York Philharmonic Orchestra in Pyongyang Great moments in music

Original Music Composer

2025

The Three Tenors - Birth of a Legend

80%

Original Music Composer

2024

Jonas Kaufmann: The Sound of Movies

Compositor

2024

Bernstein & Gershwin - Two Americans in Paris

Compositor

2024

Bernstein & Gershwin - Two Americans in Paris

Songs

2024

Beatles '64

66%

Self (archive footage)

2024

Beethoven's Nine: Ode to Humanity

60%

Self (archive footage)

2024

P-FACTOR Piano Musical Duels

Original Music Composer

2024

New Year Concert with the Orchestre National de France Conducted by Stéphane Denève

Original Music Composer

2023

Maestro

62%

Music

2023

The Only Girl in the Orchestra

65%

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2023

Jonas Kaufmann: Arena di Verona 2023

Music

2023

Candide

Lyricist

2023

Candide

Music

2023

Gustavo Dudamel at the Paris Opera With artists from the Académie

Original Music Composer

2023

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

67%

Self (archive footage)

2022

West Side Story

69%

Songs

2021

West Side Story

69%

Original Music Composer

2021

West Side Story

69%

Musical

2021

Bernstein's Wall

10%

Self (archive footage)

2021

Chita: A Legendary Celebration

Songs

2020