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New Album! Ester Yoo's "Love Symposium"
Anchored by Leonard Bernstein’s Serenade (after Plato’s Symposium), a philosophical meditation on love, this album traverses love in its many guises through works such as Gustav Mahler’s Adagietto and Ralph Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending.
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West Side Story Returns to Dutch Theaters
For the first time in 25 years, a Dutch-language production of West Side Story returns to the stage.
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Martha Graham Dance Company on Tour with Leonard Bernstein Premiere
The Martha Graham Dance Company premieres En Masse, a new work choreographed by Hope Boykin with music by Leonard Bernstein as part of centennial season.
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Lenny & Steve
When a 25-year-old Stephen Sondheim first met the legendary Leonard Bernstein in 1955, a musical partnership—and a complicated friendshipâ…
Close Encounters with Arias and Barcarolles
In 1989, pianist and New York Festival of Song co-founder Steven Blier took a bold leap: he co-presented the U.S. premiere of the definitive…
French Trumpet Soloist Honored with 2026 Leonard Bernstein Award
This year’s Leonard Bernstein Award at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival goes to rising star Lucienne Renaudin Vary. Celebrated for he…
Bernstein in a Blizzard
Amid a bitter New York City winter, two extraordinary concerts brought warmth to the city’s heart. From the New York Philharmonic’s Radi…
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