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GRAMMY Museum at L.A. LIVE to premiere in Washington DC on Sept 21, 2017
The GRAMMY Museum at L.A. LIVE is pleased to announce a special traveling exhibit as part of the worldwide celebration of the 100th birthday of Leonard Bernstein. The exhibit, titled Leonard Bernstein At 100, will premiere Sept. 21, 2017, at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. It will then open at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts on Dec. 12, 2017, and the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles on April 26, 2018.
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NOW AVAILABLE: Sony Classical's latest box-set, "Leonard Bernstein - The Composer"
"At the heart of this edition are the remastered original 'Bernstein conducts Bernstein' recordings for Columbia Masterworks of all his works.
Writing about these benchmark 1960s and 1970s recordings with the composer conducting his New York Philharmonic, The Guardian's reviewer declared: 'There's a raw ebullience to the performances that is typical of Bernstein at his best ... They are all historic performances.'"
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Announcing Leonard Bernstein at 100!
The two-year global celebration of the life and career of the 20th century cultural giant, featuring more than 1,000 events on six continents will kick off at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, September 22, 2017 which continue worldwide through the end of August 2019.
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