Leonard Bernstein Fast Facts:Began playing the piano at 10.
- Was only 25 when he conducted his first matinee with the New York Philharmonic, filling in for a sick maestro. He would go on to conduct more than 900 concerts with the NYP, more than any conductor in its history at the time.
- In 1937, published his first piece on writing music in Modern Music Magazine.
- Was credited with bringing music to the masses through his Young People's Concerts on CBS.
- Refused the National Medal of Arts award from President George W. Bush in 1989. Known for his political activism, he was protesting the revocation of grant money in connection with an AIDS-related art exhibit.
- Announced his retirement from the concert stage less than a week before his death from complications from emphysema and mesothelioma.
- Leonard Bernstein Relationships:
- Shirley Anne - Sister
- Jennie Resnick Bernstein - Mother
- Alexander Bernstein - Son
- Jamie Bernstein Thomas - Daughter
- Felicia Montealegre Bernstein - Wife (deceased)
- Tom Cochran - Ex-significant Other
- Nina Bernstein - Daughter
- Burton Bernstein - Brother
- Samuel Bernstein - Father
- Leonard Bernstein Awards:
- 1958 Tony: Musical - Nominee
- 1957 Tony: Musical - Nominee
- 1972 Emmy: Outstanding Single Program - Variety or Musical (Classical Music) - Winner
- 1957 Emmy: Best Musical Contribution for Television - Winner
- 1973 Emmy: Outstanding Single Program - Classical Music - Nominee
- 1958 Emmy: Best Musical Contribution for Television - Winner
- 1975 Emmy: Outstanding Classical Music Program - Nominee
- 1976 Emmy: Outstanding Classical Music Program - Winner
- 1961 Emmy: Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Music for Television - Winner
- 1953 Tony: Musical - Winner
- 1982 Emmy: Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts - Nominee
- 1984 Emmy: Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts - Nominee
- 1985 Emmy: Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts - Nominee
- 1987 Emmy: Outstanding Individual Achievement - Classical Music/Dance Programming - Performance - Winner
- 2009 Grammy: Best Musical Show Album - Winner
- 1969 Tony: Special Award - Winner
- 1957 Emmy: Best Male Personality - Continuing Performance - Nominee
- 1965 Emmy: Outstanding Individual Achievements in Entertainment - Winner
- College:
- Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (Music, 1939)