"Maestro" is the Italian word for "master." Over the centuries, it has been applied particularly as a method of address to the conductors of symphony orchestras. Which is why it's an appropriate title ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Leonard Bernstein was born on August 25, 1918, in Lawrence, Massachusetts. His birth name was Louis, a name his grandmother adored ...

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In 1955, Leonard Bernstein explored the art of conducting on an episode of the CBS show “Omnibus.” After leading a studio orchestra through the opening bars of Brahms’s First Symphony, Bernstein walks ...

In his second project as director, Cooper makes good on the promise of ‘A Star is Born’ with a Netflix bio-drama as stirringly symphonic and emotional as the subject’s music. By David Rooney Chief ...