All leonard-bernstein articles
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VideoNew trailer for Leonard Bernstein biopic debuts online
Maestro, directed by and starring Bradley Cooper, will be released in the US on 22 November 2023
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FocusMischa Maisky on working with Leonard Bernstein
The cellist, who celebrated his 70th birthday this year, reminisces about performing Dvořák’s Cello Concerto with Leonard Bernstein. Interview by Peter Quantrill
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NewsWorldwide birthday celebrations for Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein in 1955 The Leonard Bernstein Office has announced worldwide celebrations of what would have been the composer and conductor’s 100th birthday on 25 August. Among the highlights on the day is the London Symphony Orchestra’s concert performance of Bernstein’s first Broadway hit, On the Town, ...
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FocusLeonard Bernstein centenary: his contribution to string playing
In this extract from an article exploring the great composer and conductor’s string legacy, Tully Potter takes a close look at the creation of his violin concerto in all but name, the Serenade after Plato’s Symposium
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ReviewLiza Ferschtman: Korngold Violin Concerto, Bernstein Serenade
Liza Ferschtman (violin), Prague Symphony Orchestra/Jiří Malát, Christian Vásquez
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Blogs‘Just think of love’: Vadim Gluzman on Leonard Bernstein's Serenade after Plato's 'Symposium'
As the violinist heads to London to perform the work with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, he tells The Strad what is special about this violin concerto in all but name – and of his surprise that it is not programmed more often