Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein was a towering American composer, conductor, pianist, music educator, and author, renowned as one of the most significant and influential musical figures of the 20th century.Born in Massachusetts to Ukrainian Jewish immigrants, Bernstein studied at Harvard and the Curtis Institute. He achieved overnight fame in 1943 substituting for Bruno Walter as conductor of the New York Philharmonic. He served as the Philharmonic's Music Director from 1958 to 1969....