LEONARD BERNSTEIN - - - Leonard Bernstein was a highly influential and dynamic conductor whose career was marked by a meticulous approach to interpretation and a deep commitment to musical education and innovation. His professional trajectory began with a dramatic breakthrough in 1943 when, with less than 24 hours' notice and no rehearsal, he substituted for the ailing Bruno Walter at Carnegie Hall, leading the New York Philharmonic in a challenging program and instantly establishing himself as

“Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.” - composer Leonard Bernstein who would've been 100 years old today. | Biography

On this day in 1963, Leonard Bernstein broadcast his Young People's Concert "Young Performers No. 4" with the New York Philharmonic. In this excerpt, Bernstein introduces a 16-year-old André Watts, who plays Liszt's Piano Concerto in E-flat Major, with Bernstein conducting. Also featured in this episode were three additional young pianists, Joan Weiner (14), Claudia Hoca (12), and Pamela Paul (13), who each performed one movement of Mozart's Piano Concerto in A Major. Conducting these movements,