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Leonard Bernstein

American conductor and composer (1918–1990)

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Leonard Bernstein was a figure active in his professional career from 1940 until 1990. He was born on August 25, 1918, and died on October 14, 1990. During his lifetime, he had three children.

His contributions have been recognized through several major honors. He is included in the Hollywood Walk Of Fame collection. Additionally, he is part of the American Academy Arts Sciences collection and the Kennedy Center Honors collection.

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Leonard Bernstein appears in Vinony's Kennedy Center Honors collection — one of 238 entries. It also appears in Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Vinony's link graph records 3,658 inbound references to Leonard Bernstein, and connects out to Grammy Awards, William Shakespeare and Academy Awards.

It is catalogued under topics including 1918 births, 1990 deaths and 20th-century American classical composers.

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Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA

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".

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Beethoven's Nine: Ode to Humanity — Self (archive footage)2024
Beatles '64 — Self (archive footage)2024
The Only Girl in the Orchestra — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2023
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues — Self (archive footage)2022
Bernstein's Wall — Self (archive footage)2021
West Side Story, le hit de Leonard Bernstein — himself2018
Leonard Bernstein: A Genius Divided — self2018
JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala — Self2017
West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic — Self2016
Leonard Bernstein: Larger Than Life — Himself2016

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Louis
Family name: Bernstein
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Lawrence
Place of death: New York City
Spouse: Felicia Montealegre
Occupation: pianist
Position held: associate professor
Employer: Brandeis University
Languages spoken: English language
Award: Tony Award for Best Musical
Notable work: Candide
Student of: Nadia Boulanger
Genre: opera
Instrument: piano
Record label: Sony Classical
Official website: www.leonardbernstein.com
Image: Leonard Bernstein by Jack Mitchell (high quality).jpg
Number of children: 3

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place of burial: Green-Wood Cemetery
Commons category: Leonard Bernstein
birth name: Louis Bernstein
date of birth: 1918-08-25
date of death: 1990-10-14
cause of death: cardiac arrest
member of: Vienna Philharmonic
topic's main category: Category:Leonard Bernstein
manner of death: natural causes
Commons gallery: Leonard Bernstein
nominated for: Tony Award for Best Musical
end of work period: 1990-00-00
name in native language: Leonard Bernstein
student: Herbert Blomstedt
start of work period: 1940-00-00
related category: Category:Compositions by Leonard Bernstein
copyright representative: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
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sexual orientation: bisexuality
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Encyclopedic overview

Leonard Bernstein (/ˈbɜːrnstaɪn/ BURN-styne; born Louis Bernstein; August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, author, and humanitarian. Considered to be one of the most important conductors of his time, he was the first American-born conductor to receive international acclaim. Bernstein was "one of the most prodigiously talented and successful musicians in American history" according to music critic Donal Henahan. Bernstein's honors and accolades include seven Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, and 16 Grammy Awards (including the Lifetime Achievement Award) as well as an Academy Award nomination. He received the Kennedy Center Honor in 1981.

As a composer, Bernstein wrote in many genres, including symphonic and orchestral music, ballet, film and theatre music, choral works, opera, chamber music, and pieces for the piano. Bernstein's works include the Broadway musical West Side Story, which continues to be regularly performed worldwide, and has been adapted into two (1961 and 2021) feature films, as well as three symphonies, Serenade (after Plato's Symposium) (1954) and Chichester Psalms (1965), the original score for Elia Kazan's On the Waterfront (1954), and theater works including On the Town (1944), Wonderful Town (1953), Candide (1956), and his Mass (1971).

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