List of awards and nominations received by Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein, an American composer and conductor, won several Grammy Awards and Tony Awards over his lifetime. His awards are both for his conducting and his compositions.

Award Wins Nominations
Academy Awards
0 1
Grammy Awards[1]
16 63
Kennedy Center Honors[2]
1 1
Primetime Emmy Award[3]
7 13
Tony Awards[4]
2 3

Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, or "Oscars", are a set of awards given annually for excellence of cinematic achievements. The awards, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), were first held in 1929 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
1954 On the Waterfront Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture Nominated

Emmy Awards (Primetime)

The Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, recognizes excellence in the television industry.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1957 Himself Best Male Personality- Continuing Performance Nominated
Omnibus Best Musical Contribution for Television Won
1958 Won
1961 Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Music for Television Won
1965 New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts with Leonard Bernstein Outstanding Individual Achievements in Entertainment- Actors and Performers Won
1972 Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein Outstanding Single Program - Variety or Musical - Classical Music Won
1973 Bernstein in London Special of the Week Outstanding Single Program - Classical Music Nominated
1975 Bernstein at Tanglewood Great Performances Outstanding Classical Music Program Nominated
1976 Bernstein and The New York Philharmonic Great Performances Won
1982 Bernstein/Beethoven Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts Nominated
1984 Bernstein: Conductor, Soloist and Teacher (Great Performances) Nominated
1985 Bernstein Conducts "West Side Story" (Great Performances) Nominated
1987 Carnegie Hall: The Grand Reopening Outstanding Individual Achievement - Classical Music-Dance Programming- Performing Won

Grammy Awards

The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by The Recording Academy of the United States (formerly the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences or NARAS) for outstanding achievements in the music industry. Often considered the highest music honor, the awards were established in 1958.


Year Nominee / work Award Result
1958 Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps Best Classical Performance - Orchestra Nominated
1960 Ives: Symphony No. 2 Nominated
Best Contemporary Classical Composition Nominated
1961 Beethoven: Missa Solemnis Best Classical Performance - Choral (other than opera) Nominated
Bloch: Sacred Service Album of the Year- Classical Nominated
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf Best Recording for Children Won
Humor in Music Best Documentary Or Spoken Word Recording (Other Than Comedy) Won
1962 Mahler: Symphony No. 3 In D Minor Best Classical Performance - Choral (other than opera) Nominated
Best Classical Performance - Orchestra Nominated
Götterdämmerung - Brunnhilde's Immolation Scene/Wesendonck Songs Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist (with or without orchestra) Won
Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals/Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Best Recording for Children Won
First Performance: Lincoln Center For The Performing Arts Best Documentary Or Spoken Word Recording (Other Than Comedy) Nominated
1963 Bach: St. Matthew Passion Best Classical Performance - Choral (other than opera) Nominated
Milhaud: Les Choephores Nominated
The Joy of Christmas Best Performance by a Chorus Nominated
Bernstein Conducts for Young People Best Recording for Children Won
1964 Mahler: Symphony No. 2 In C Minor ("Resurrection") Best Classical Performance - Orchestra Nominated
Bernstein: Symphony No. 3 "Kaddish" Best Composition by a Contemporary Composer Nominated
Album of the Year- Classical Won
1965 Chichester Psalms Best Composition by a Contemporary Composer Nominated
1966 Ives: Fourth Of July Best Classical Performance - Orchestra Nominated
1967 Das Lied von der Erde Best Classical Performance - Orchestra Nominated
Album of the Year- Classical Nominated
The World Of Charles Ives (Washington's Birthday, Robert Browning Overture) Nominated
Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (Symphony of a Thousand) Won
Falstaff Best Opera Recording Nominated
Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major (Symphony of a Thousand) Best Classical Performance - Choral (other than opera) Won
1968 Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A Minor and Symphony No. 9 in D Major Best Classical Performance - Orchestra Nominated
Haydn: The Creation Best Choral Performance (other than opera) Nominated
1972 Bernstein: Mass Album of the Year- Classical Nominated
Best Choral Performance - Classical (other than opera) Nominated
Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier Best Opera Recording Nominated
1973 Holst: The Planets Best Classical Performance - Orchestra Nominated
Haydn: Mass In Time Of War (Leonard Bernstein's Concert For Peace) Best Choral Performance - Classical (other than opera) Nominated
Bizet: Carmen Best Classical Album Nominated
Best Opera Recording Won
1974 Bernstein Conducts Ravel Best Classical Performance - Orchestra Nominated
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor Nominated
Best Classical Album Nominated
1975 Haydn: Harmoniemesse Best Choral Performance - Classical (other than opera) Nominated
Mahler: Kindertotenlieder Won
1976 Berlioz: Requiem Best Choral Performance - Classical (other than opera) Nominated
1977 Concert of the Century Best Classical Album Won
1978 Haydn: Mass No. 9 In D Minor ("Lord Nelson Mass") Best Choral Performance - Classical (other than opera) Nominated
Stravinsky: Les Noces and Mass Nominated
1979 Beethoven: Missa solemnis Nominated
1980 Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 Best Orchestral Recording Nominated
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 Nominated
1983 Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story And Candide Overture/ Barber: Adagio For Strings/ Schuman: American Festival Overture Best Orchestral Recording Nominated
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Best Opera Recording Nominated
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra) Nominated
1985 Himself Lifetime Achievement Award Won
1987 Copland: Symphony No. 3/Quiet City Best Orchestral Recording Nominated
1988 Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor "Resurrection" Best Classical Album Nominated
Best Orchestral Recording Nominated
Puccini: La bohème Best Opera Recording Nominated
Bernstein/Stephen Wadsworth: A Quiet Place Nominated
Best Contemporary Composition Nominated
1989 Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor Best Orchestral Performance Won
1990 Bernstein In Berlin-Beethoven: Sym. No. 9 Best Long Form Music Video Nominated
Bernstein: Arias & Barcarolles Best Contemporary Composition Nominated
Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 7 Best Orchestral Performance Won
Ives: Symphony No. 2; Gong on the Hook and Ladder; Central Park in the Dark; The Unanswered Question Nominated
Best Classical Album Won
1991 Bernstein: Candide Best Classical Album Won
Best Engineered Album, Classical Won
1992 Mahler: Symphony No. 9 Best Classical Album Won
Best Orchestral Performance Won
2014 West Side Story Best Musical Theater Album Won

Kennedy Center Honors

Year Nominated work Category Result
1980 Himself Kennedy Center Honors Won

National Medal of Arts

Year Nominated work Category Result
1989 Himself National Medal of Arts Declined

In 1989, Leonard Bernstein refused his award, allegedly due to how a federal grant to an art show on AIDS had been revoked.[5]

Tony Awards

The Tony Awards recognize achievements in Broadway theatre. The awards, presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League, were first held in 1947 at the Waldorf Astoria New York.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1953 Wonderful Town Best Musical Won
1957 Candide Best Musical Nominated
1958 West Side Story Best Musical Nominated
1969 Himself Special Tony Award Won

References

  1. ^ https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/leonard-bernstein
  2. ^ http://www.kennedy-center.org/Artist/C3857
  3. ^ http://m.emmys.com/bios/leonard-bernstein
  4. ^ https://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/history/pastwinners/tonys_results.html?lname=Leonard+Bernstein
  5. ^ Kimmelman, Michael (November 15, 1989). "Leonard Bernstein Refuses The National Medal of Arts". The New York Times.

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