Leonard Bernstein at 100 is the world-wide celebration of the 100th birthday of Leonard Bernstein, the composer, conductor, educator, musician, cultural ambassador, and humanitarian, officially beginning on August 25, 2017, Bernstein’s 99th birthday, and continuing through his 100th year until August 25, 2019. On this page you will find resources to help you discover and program Bernstein’s works, in addition to news of Centennial events around the world.
Born on Aug. 25, 1918, in Lawrence, Massachusetts, Leonard Bernstein was a towering figure of 20th-century music and culture. Bernstein was known the world over as the composer of West Side Story, Candide, On the Town, and other stage and orchestral works; as the celebrated conductor of the New York Philharmonic and other leading orchestras, with whom he created a trove of acclaimed recordings; as an educator whose televised Young People's Concerts with the New York Philharmonic created more than one generation of music lovers; and as a lifelong humanitarian who spoke out whenever he witnessed injustice.
Honors bestowed on Bernstein during his lifetime include 22 honorary doctorate degrees, Commander of the French Legion of Honor, the Kennedy Center Honor, 10 Emmy Awards, 16 GRAMMY® Awards, and a Recording Academy® Lifetime Achievement Award. Posthumously, he was an inaugural inductee into the American Classical Music Hall of Fame and inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame. His Mass was commissioned by Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis to inaugurate the Kennedy Center in 1971. The corner of Broadway and West 65th Street in New York City was renamed "Leonard Bernstein Place" in 1993. For more information about Leonard Bernstein, visit LeonardBernstein.com/about.
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