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- Leonard Bernstein's music performed in ANTARCTICA! Watch this video of violinists Dan Zhu performing Bernstein's "Serenade" in Antarctica. Read January 6, 2020
- West Side Story revival on Broadway begins previews The highly-anticipated revival of WEST SIDE STORY featuring original choreography by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker began previews December 10. Read December 9, 2019
- "On The Waterfront" new Blu-ray special edition "On The Waterfront" gets Blu-ray special edition release courtesy of The Criterion Collection and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Read December 2, 2019
- SONY Releases Bernstein Conducts Beethoven Remastered Leonard Bernstein’s Beethoven recordings from 1958 to 1970 in a single 10 CD edition. Read November 15, 2019
- Leonard Bernstein's legendary Beethoven live recording "Ode to Freedom" reissued To mark the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berin Wall, Leonard Bernstein's legendary live recording of Beethoven's "Ode to Freedom" gets reissued. Read November 9, 2019
- New ARTFUL LEARNING Documentary-Short! Award-winning film director Thomas Grube (BOOMTOWN MEDIA) turned his lens on Willow Elementary School in Napa California and captured Artful Learning, one of Leonard Bernstein’s greatest legacies, in action. Read November 8, 2019
- Jamie Bernstein Interviewed on Russian TV Channel Kultura Jamie Bernstein interview for the Enigma Cycle presented by Irina Nikitina airs on the Russian TV Channel Kultura. Read October 31, 2019
- New Book by Eric Booth, Artful Learning Board Member and Founding Fathers Check out the latest book from Artful Learning Board member and one of the Found Fathers of the model, Eric Book. Read October 15, 2019
- Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education hosts GRAMMY Museum's Leonard Bernstein at 100 Exhibition Drawing from more than 150 photographs, personal items, papers, scores, correspondence, costumes, furniture, and films, Leonard Bernstein at 100 marks the official exhibit of the centennial and is the most comprehensive retrospective of Bernstein's life and career ever staged in a museum setting. Read October 3, 2019
- Steven Spielberg Shares Photos of His West Side Story Remake with Rita Moreno and Ansel Elgort Steven Spielberg has wrapped filming on his remake of West Side Story Read October 2, 2019
- Thr Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage to Celebrate Opening Leonard Bernstein:The Power of Music Exhibition The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage in Beachwood announces Leonard Bernstein: The Power of Music, the first large-scale museum exhibition to illustrate the famed conductor and composer’s life, Jewish identity, and social activism. Created by the National Museum of American Jewish History (NMAJH) in Philadelphia to coincide with the maestro’s 100th birthday, the exhibition will be on view at the Maltz Museum starting September 25, 2019. Read September 19, 2019
- Canadian-Italian Mezzo-Soprano Awarded Prestigious Leonard Bernstein Award Congratulations to mezzo-soprano Emily D'Angelo who receives the Leonard Bernstein Award tonight at the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival! Read August 16, 2019
- Bernstein at Ravinia On July 4, 1944 (75 years ago!), Leonard Bernstein made his first appearance with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the Ravinia Festival. This summer, the festival celebrates the culmination of the centennial with several concerts and activities. Read July 1, 2019
- The NY Philharmonic's Bernstein Centenary broadcasts win big at 2019 New York Festivals Radio Awards! The New York Philharmonic celebrated the Bernstein Centenary with a 5-part series of broadcasts, which recently won Best Music, Best Mini Series, and Best Director from the NYF Radio Awards 2019! Read June 25, 2019
- VARIETY - ‘West Side Story’ First Look Shows Cast of Steven Spielberg’s Upcoming Musical The first look at the Jets and the Sharks in Steven Spielberg’s upcoming version of “West Side Story” has been unveiled by 20th Century Fox. Read June 18, 2019
- Jamie Bernstein's memoir "Famous Father Girl" Now Available in Paperback Jamie Bernstein, daughter of revered composer/conductor Leonard Bernstein offers a rare look at her father on the centennial of his birth in a deeply intimate and broadly evocative memoir. Read June 11, 2019
- 75 years of FANCY FREE! Garnering two dozen curtain calls, the premiere performance of Fancy Free, held on April 18, 1944, at the Metropolitan Opera House, has become one of legend. Read April 17, 2019
- 'It's Gotta Be Bad to Be Good' Out Now! From two-time Grammy-winning producer Adam Abeshouse comes a stunning release from the Leonard Bernstein songbook. Read April 1, 2019
- 75 Years Ago: Leonard Bernstein’s International Conducting Debut! On March 7, 1944, Leonard Bernstein made his international debut, conducting Les Concerts Symphoniques de Montréal (now the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal). Read March 6, 2019
- Bernstein poetry series available on classical.org Where Truth and Beauty Meet: Leonard Bernstein on Practicing Peace, Treasuring Truth, Implementing Love Read February 6, 2019