Leonard Bernstein

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author composer conductor human music educator pianist

Leonard Bernstein was a renowned American composer, conductor, and pianist best known for works like "West Side Story" and for his long tenure as music director of the New York Philharmonic.

Aliases (2)

Bernstein ×1
Leonard Bernstein (as conducting protégé at Tanglewood) ×1

Statements (71)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	author → composer → conductor → human → music educator → pianist →
awardReceived	Emmy Award → Grammy Award → Kennedy Center Honors → Tony Award →
birthName	Louis Bernstein →
burialPlace	Green-Wood Cemetery →
causeOfDeath	heart attack → mesothelioma →
child	Alexander Bernstein → Jamie Bernstein → Nina Bernstein →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1918-08-25 →
dateOfDeath	1990-10-14 →
educatedAt	Curtis Institute of Music → Harvard University →
employer	New York Philharmonic →
endTime	1969 →
ethnicGroup	American Jew →
familyName	Bernstein →
fieldOfWork	classical music → musical theatre →
fullName	Leonard Bernstein →
genre	Broadway musical → choral music → symphonic music →
givenName	Leonard →
influenced	American classical music → Broadway composers →
influencedBy	Aaron Copland → Gustav Mahler →
instrument	piano →
languageSpoken	English → French → German → Italian →
movement	American modernism in music →
notableAchievement	famous for Young People’s Concerts with the New York Philharmonic → first American-born conductor to lead a major American orchestra on a long-term basis →
notableWork	Candide → Chichester Psalms → Mass → On the Town → Serenade after Plato's Symposium → Symphony No. 1 "Jeremiah" → Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety" → Symphony No. 3 "Kaddish" → West Side Story → Wonderful Town → Young People’s Concerts (television series) →
numberOfChildren	3 →
occupation	composer → conductor → music educator → pianist → television presenter →
placeOfBirth	Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States →
placeOfDeath	New York City, New York, United States →
positionHeld	music director of the New York Philharmonic →
religion	Judaism →
residence	New York City, New York, United States →
sexualOrientation	bisexual →
signatureWork	West Side Story →
spouse	Felicia Montealegre →
startTime	1958 →

Referenced by (55)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Chichester Psalms → Mass → On the Town → Serenade after Plato's Symposium → Somewhere → Symphony No. 1 "Jeremiah" → Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety" → Symphony No. 3 "Kaddish" → West Side Story → Wonderful Town →	composer
Alan Jay Lerner → Betty Comden → Stephen Schwartz → Vienna Philharmonic →	collaboratedWith
Tanglewood → Young People’s Concerts (television series) →	associatedWith
Alexander Bernstein → Jamie Bernstein →	father
Emanuel Ax → Westminster Symphonic Choir →	hasCollaboratedWith
Aaron Copland → Igor Stravinsky →	influenced
New York Philharmonic → Young People’s Concerts (television series) →	notableConductor
Serge Koussevitzky → Serge Koussevitzky ("Leonard Bernstein (as conducting protégé at Tanglewood)") →	notableStudent
Symphony No. 1 "Jeremiah" → Symphony No. 3 "Kaddish" →	premiereConductor
Louis Bernstein →	birthNameOf
Leonard Bernstein ("Bernstein") →	familyName
Chichester Psalms →	firstUSPerformanceConductor
New York Philharmonic →	formerMusicDirector
Leonard Bernstein →	fullName
Curtis Institute of Music →	hasNotableAlumni
Westchester Hills Cemetery →	hasNotableBurial
Kennedy Center Honors →	hasNotableHonoree
Deutsche Grammophon →	hasRecorded
Jamie Bernstein →	hasRelative
Symphony No. 1 "Jeremiah" →	helpedEstablishReputationOf
Mass →	librettist
On the Waterfront →	musicBy
Boston Latin School →	notableAlumnus
Koussevitzky Music Foundation →	notableCommissionedComposer
Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance →	notableRecipient
Alexander Bernstein →	notableRelative
On the Town →	orchestrator
Felicia Montealegre →	partnerOf
Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety" →	premiereSoloist
Young People’s Concerts (television series) →	presenter
Felicia Montealegre →	spouse
Young People’s Concerts (television series) →	starring
Herbert Blomstedt →	studiedUnder
Symphony No. 3 "Kaddish" →	textAuthor
Harold Prince →	workedWith
Jamie Bernstein →	writesAbout