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- Leonard Bernstein’s Complete Mahler Symphony Cycle Now on Carnegie Hall+ Across nine massive works and an incomplete tenth, Gustav Mahler created one of the most enduringly powerful symphony cycles in all of music. Read July 29, 2023
- “Freiheit” Berlin: December 1989 “Freiheit” Berlin: December 1989 by Craig Urquhart Read June 27, 2023
- West Side Story & Candide Opera and theater director Francesca Zambello reflects of West Side Story and Candide. Read June 22, 2023
- The Boy with the Hammer I don’t tell this story very often in my life. But I realized, as I told it to my neighbor on that Saturday in February, that deep emotions were resurfacing about that special day in my life. I went back home and looked on the Internet for pictures, articles and film clips from that day. Read June 22, 2023
- The NY Phil Story: Made in New York (Podcast) The NY Phil Story: Made in New York is a podcast about the people, the music and the city behind America’s oldest orchestra, hosted by Jamie Bernstein. Read April 17, 2023
- Available Now: Chita, A Memoir CHITA, the memoir, is a perfect embodiment of the woman herself: fun-loving, sensuous, ferocious, compassionate, and filled with vitality. Read April 17, 2023
- Leonard Bernstein, The Man, His Music, and His Mission (New Online Course) Join us for a new course offered by the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University! Read January 30, 2023
- From the Archives: Bernstein and the Clarinet - Stanley Remembers Lenny Long time New York Philharmonic clarinetist Stanley Drucker remembers Leonard Bernstein. Read January 26, 2023
- Reflections on Bernstein’s 1956 “Messiah” Mark Risinger reflects on Bernstein's 1956 "Messiah" Read December 14, 2022
- Museum of Broadway Now Open! The new Museum of Broadway, located in the heart of Times Square, is now open to the public! Read November 15, 2022
- New Book & Exhibition: The American Theatre As Seen By Hirschfeld A new 256-page book with four decades of Hirschfeld artwork available Nov. 15 (available for pre-order now) Read November 2, 2022
- Leonard Bernstein’s “Music for String Quartet” Receives Premiere Studio Recording and Release Newly discovered second movement to be included on upcoming album Read November 2, 2022
- An Old Hall Made New Jamie Bernstein recalls her strong connection to the New York Philharmonic's home at Lincoln Center, as she experiences the new David Geffen Hall. Read October 25, 2022
- New Release: Barbra Streisand Live at the Bon Soir New Barbra Streisand album contains previously unheard 1962 live recording of selections of Leonard Bernstein's I Hate Music! Song Cycle. Read October 25, 2022
- Paul H. Epstein (1940-2022) The family of Leonard Bernstein, and The Leonard Bernstein Office, deeply mourn the passing of Paul H. Epstein: longtime colleague, advisor, and family friend. Read October 7, 2022
- From the Archives: Leonard Bernstein: Artist as Educator Leonard Bernstein was the most powerful envoy from the high arts in my lifetime, and arguably in the 20th century. His education legacy embodied a new role for the artist-as-educator, transformed a generation’s view of the arts — and went further, presaging answers to the pressing challenges in the arts and in education that we face today. Read September 27, 2022
- Artful Learning Update: Breaking Ground Our Distinguished, Master, and Advanced trainers from the Artful Learning team set to work, reimagining the Level 1 Training, allowing for the delivery of over two dozen new Arts-Based Skills & Strategies. Read September 27, 2022
- Available Now: Leonard Bernstein | Mahler: COMPLETE SYMPHONIES on Vinyl For the first time, Leonard Bernstein’s acclaimed 1980s cycle of Mahler’s symphonies will be available as a complete set on vinyl, Symphonies Nos. 8 and 10 even seeing their very first international release on vinyl. Read August 26, 2022
- Marie Carter, VP for Licensing and Publishing, Retires After an extraordinary tenure with The Leonard Bernstein Office, Marie Carter is retiring from her role as Vice President for Licensing and Publishing. For nearly 36 years, she has brilliantly navigated the terrain where Leonard Bernstein, rights, and licensing intersect. Alexander, Nina, and Jamie Bernstein, and the entire Leonard Bernstein Office, are overwhelmed with respect and emotion as we wish Marie every joy in her retirement. Read June 22, 2022
- From the Archives: LB: The Tanglewood Rituals One magnificent shrug of the shoulders, eyebrows raised -- and they were off! The Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra was again playing beyond its years, as if their lives depended on it. A singular moment, poised in time? Yes, but – miraculously – that singular moment was repeated every summer, as Leonard Bernstein made his yearly visit to Tanglewood. Read June 20, 2022