Yes, He is definitely GAY.
In Clive James memoirs, "The Blaze of Obscurity," he recalls meeting Leonard Bernstein at a street cafe after an evening concert in Rome. Whist he is able to gain an interview with the great musician on camera, out of camera shot, L Bernstein proceeds to grope and make sexual advances at the same time as aswering the interviewers questions. Mr James opinion was that his sexuality was so overt, that in this case he could be called, "a crusader."
Yes.
No, Elmer and Leonard Bernstein are not related. Elmer Bernstein was a famous American composer known for his film scores, while Leonard Bernstein was a renowned American composer, conductor, and pianist known for his work in classical music and musical theater. Their shared last name is purely a coincidence.
The music was written by Leonard Bernstein and it was based on Voltaire's novel Candide.
Leonard Bernstein's teacher was Serge Koussevitzky, a Russian-born conductor and composer. Koussevitzky was also a renowned music educator and the conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Bernstein studied conducting with Koussevitzky at the Tanglewood Music Center in Massachusetts.
No, Leonard Bernstein did not write the "Nutcracker Suite." The suite was composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1892 as part of his ballet "The Nutcracker." Bernstein, an American conductor and composer, is known for his contributions to classical music and Broadway, but he is not associated with this particular work.
Leonard Bernstein's birth name is Louis Bernstein.
He (only) played the piano. But as you know he was also a composer AND conductor.
Leonard Bernstein's mother's name was Jennie Bernstein.
You are probably thinking of Leonard Bernstein. There are, of course, other people who fit that description.
CandideWest Side StoryOn the Town
The cast of Leonard Bernstein in Salzau - 1990 includes: Leonard Bernstein as Himself (conductor)
Leonard Bernstein was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States.