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- LA Opera Kicks Off 40th Season with West Side Story LA Opera Kicks Off 40th Season with West Side Story Read July 17, 2025
- Rehearsals underway for West Side Story in Rome Rehearsals are underway in Rome for Teatro dell’Opera di Roma’s new production of West Side Story, directed by Damiano Michieletto and conducted by Michele Mariotti. This striking new staging will come to life amid the majestic ruins of the Baths of Caracalla, offering a breathtaking backdrop for the musical. Read June 23, 2025
- The Leonard Bernstein Circle at the New York Philharmonic There are different tiers of support for donors the New York Philharmonic. The highest level is known as the Leonard Bernstein Circle, and its mission speaks to one of his primary concerns: “serving over 40,000 learners every year through our education and community engagement programs.” Read June 18, 2025
- Chichester Cathedral Unveils Plaque Honoring Leonard Bernstein Chichester Cathedral has unveiled a new plaque within the Cathedral Quarter dedicated to Leonard Bernstein. Read May 20, 2025
- New York Times Guest Essay: Our Dad, Leonard Bernstein, Would Want His Music Played at the Kennedy Center We invite you to read the Bernstein Family’s Guest Essay, published today in The New York Times. Read May 2, 2025
- Dateline: Bloomington by Jamie Bernstein You wouldn’t necessarily guess that Leonard Bernstein and Bloomington, Indiana, developed a robust connection that endures to this very day – but it’s true. And in the last week of March, I had the good fortune of experiencing it for myself. Read April 15, 2025
- New Book: Eminent Jews by David Denby Leonard Bernstein, Mel Brooks, Betty Friedan, and Norman Mailer. Brilliant, brash, yet soulful, they were 100 percent Jewish and 100 percent American. They upended the restrained culture of their forebears and changed American life. Read April 8, 2025
- Chichester Cathedral honors 60th anniversary of Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms with landmark concert Tickets are now available for Chichester Cathedral's highly anticipated concert Together in Unity, on Saturday, May 17, 2025. Part of Chichester950, the year-long celebrations marking the Cathedral’s 950th year, the concert will celebrate the 60th anniversary of Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms and unveil a major new musical commission to mark this milestone year. Read March 20, 2025
- My Love Affair with Rhapsody in Blue By John Bayless Where did it all begin? It began in a small town, somewhat desolate, on the windswept plains of West Texas. Read March 18, 2025
- From the Archives: Meeting President Carter From the Archives: Meeting President Carter by Nina Bernstein Simmons Read February 18, 2025
- The Leonard Bernstein Award goes to a YouTube star! Hayato Sumino is a pianist, composer, YouTuber and trained engineer who, at 29-years-old, has already become a sensation in his home country of Japan, filling concert halls with thousands of fans. He is now playing his way onto stages around the world - and will be honoured with the Leonard Bernstein Award, sponsored by the Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe, at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival in summer 2025. Read February 18, 2025
- 150 Years Young: A Lifelong Dialogue with Ravel 150 Years Young: A Lifelong Dialogue with Ravel by Michael Stephen Brown (2025) Read February 18, 2025
- Wonderful Town to be presented at 2025 New York City Center Encores! The classic 1953 musical comedy Wonderful Town has replaced The Wild Party as the final production of the 2025 City Center Encores! season. Read February 13, 2025
- Houston Grand Opera presents West Side Story The chance to experience this Broadway musical masterpiece in the opera house—its show-stopping tunes driven to ever-greater heights by HGO’s acclaimed orchestra and chorus—is not to be missed. Read January 15, 2025
- New Book: The Cambridge Companion to West Side Story Bringing together contemporary scholars in music, theatre, dance, literature, and performance, this Companion explores this explosive 1950s remake of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and its portrayal of the raw passion, rivalries, jealousy and rage that doom the young lovers to their tragic fate. Read January 14, 2025
- From the Archives: Remembering Landsberg, Germany Concert Remembering Landsberg, Germany Concert By Michael Bernstein Read January 14, 2025
- Resolving the Unresolvable Leonard Bernstein, with his librettist Stephen Wadsworth at his side, conceived his 1983 opera A Quiet Place as a sequel to Trouble in Tahiti, the one-act opera he composed in 1952. Read November 22, 2024
- Vote! We want to take this pivotal moment to encourage you to exercise their right to vote. Read October 29, 2024
- Ives Music: Alive and Kicking Jamie Bernstein reflects on her father's embrace of Charles Ives's music. Read October 24, 2024
- Artful Learning Update - Summer 2024 Summer symbolizes so many things: like barbecues, swimming, warm weather, and the long-awaited summer vacation for students and teachers. But when school is out, Artful Learning is working, full speed ahead. Read September 26, 2024