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The Masterworks series will open Oct. 3-5 with more than 100 musicians converging for Richard Strauss’ “Alpine Symphony” and a special performance Nov. 7-8 of Leonard Bernstein’s ...
The children of composer Leonard Bernstein — Nina Bernstein Simmons, Alexander Bernstein and Jamie Bernstein — made a case for their father's music being performed at the Kennedy Center ...
Leonard Bernstein’s way with orchestras that wouldn’t give him what he wanted was usually imploring, even beseeching. He was disappointed—the musicians were not so much failing him ...
The BSO played the piece with the gravitas and subtlety of a Romantic oil painting, while Chen splashed through that landscape with the irreverent glee of a Bugs Bunny cartoon. He played to the ...
A Parc Vendome penthouse owned by the family of the late conductor Leonard Bernstein has sold to its next generation of owners. Rachel Kuzma/Travis Mark for Corcoran The family of the celebrated ...
Presented in honor of Bugs’ 84th birthday, the special anchors a day of animated programming dedicated to the classic Looney Tunes star on his new network television home – MeTV Toons.
Author, filmmaker and narrator Jamie Bernstein – daughter of legendary composer-conductor Leonard Bernstein – joined host Kenneth Womack to talk about meeting the Beatles, becoming neighbors ...
In February, Bugs Bunny at the Symphony returns for ... The “Discover” series is inspired by Leonard Bernstein’s masterful way of putting young audiences at the center of music-making.
The ending gag in the Bugs Bunny cartoon “Baseball Bugs” in 1946 has the Statue of Liberty coming briefly to life. As a kid, I found it strange that the statue was brown. But Lady Liberty was ...
Promise. There’s no doubt the chemistry between Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan, playing über-composer/conductor Leonard Bernstein and his wife Felicia Montealegre in Netflix’s new biopic ...
Late conductor Leonard Bernstein is the subject of Bradley Cooper's new biopic, "Maestro." In real life, Bernstein welcomed three kids with his wife, Felicia Montealegre. Here's where his ...
Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre's relationship is depicted in the Netflix film "Maestro." The couple first met in 1946, and married in 1951. They later had three children. Here's a ...