On Leonard Bernstein's Centennial, Daughter Jamie Reflects on the Composer's Legacy & Their ‘Raucous’ Household
By Joe Lynch - Billboard Magazine
March 19, 2018
Born Aug. 25, 1918, in Lawrence, Mass., to Ukrainian Jewish parents, Leonard Bernstein would grow up to be one of the most successful and influential composer-conductor-pianists of the 21st century. He set new high-water marks in musical theater with On the Town andWest Side Story, composed operas, ballets and symphonies, and became one of the New York Philharmonic's most celebrated music directors. But unlike most of his peers, Bernstein was as recognizable in popular culture as he was critically renowned.
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Who’s in Town? Jamie Bernstein Reflects on Dad Leonard Bernstein’s Legacy in ‘The Bernstein Story’ at Strathmore
By Nicole Hertvik - DC Metro Theater Arts
February 14, 2018
What a joy, then, to recount that story to Leonard Bernstein’s daughter Jamie, and to personally thank her for the impact her father had on my life. And I’m not the only one feeling the Bernstein love these days: 2018 is the centennial of Leonard Bernstein’s birth and the world is celebrating with Bernstein at 100, a global celebration of Bernstein’s legacy and music.
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Bernstein's daughter joins Tucson Desert Song Festival - By Cathalena E. Burch
By Cathalena E. Burch - Arizona Daily Star
January 16, 2018
Leonard Bernstein’s daughter Jamie is joining the Tucson Symphony Orchestra this weekend to perform the narrator role in her father’s “Kaddish” Symphony. But if you’ve heard the piece before, you might be a little confused. Bernstein, the oldest of the composer’s three children, won’t be reciting the text her father wrote in his 1963 symphony.
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Leonard Bernstein’s 99th: Conversations With Jamie Bernstein, Alexander Bernstein, And Nina Bernstein-Simmons
By Mike Ragogna - Huffington Post
August 25, 2017
Mike Ragogna: In one year, August 25th, 2018, it would have been your father’s 100th birthday although the celebrations already have begun. For a moment, put aside you family perspective and offer some thoughts on what Leonard Bernstein has contributed to culture.
Jamie Bernstein: Our dad’s prodigious musical gifts sent him in many directions. As a conductor, he shared his deep understanding and passion for the symphonic repertoire with audiences around the world.
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