Leonard bernstein

Bernstein standing in front of an orchestra, face looking down and right arm up

I’d like to add my humble two cents’ worth to the tributes to Leonard Bernstein currently being offered in commemoration of the 90th anniversary of his birth. For all of us who came to …

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Clive Barda has been photographing musicians, singers and stage performers for 43 years. To honour his extraordinary career, the Royal Opera House is showcasing some of his best photographs in a retrospective exhibition. Here, he picks some of his favourite images of musicians and tells us about them.

The year 2023 has been a hot one at the cinema for men who were fixtures in LIFE magazine during its original run. This summer moviegoers flocked to see Christopher Nolan’s rendering of the life of Robert Oppenheimer, and now, Bradley Cooper is delivering a biopic of Leonard Bernstein with his Netflix release Maestro on ... Read more

Step back in time with Leonard Bernstein with a vintage profile and snapshots of the maestro's melodious legacy!

From the impeccably coiffured Johannes Brahms to the perennial heartbreaker Leonard Bernstein, these composers were all heart-breakingly handsome in their 20s.

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Alfred Eisenstaedt: Leonard Bernstein conducting Mahler’s Second Symphony during a New York Philharmonic rehearsal at Carnegie Hall. 1960