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In 1935, Bernstein studied music at [[Harvard University|Harvard]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Predota|first=Georg|date=2023-08-24|title=On This Day 25 August: Lenny Bernstein Was Born|url=https://interlude.hk/on-this-day-25-august-lenny-bernstein-was-born/|access-date=2024-05-24|language=en-US}}</ref> He met [[Aaron Copland]] as a student at Harvard. He [[graduated]] in 1939, [[cum laude]].
 
Next, Bernstein studied at the [[Curtis Institute of Music]]. During this time, he studied [[conducting]] with [[Serge Koussevitzky]], the conductor of the [[Boston Symphony Orchestra|Boston Symphony Orchestra.]]. Bernstein graduated with a [[diploma]] in conducting from Curtis in 1941.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Leonard Bernstein: the Harvard years, 1935 - 1939|url=https://archive.org/details/leonardbernstein0000unse_q9y6|date=1999|isbn=978-0-9648083-4-8|editor-last=Swan|editor-first=Claudia|location=New York|editor-last2=Eos Orchestra}}</ref>
 
== New York Philharmonic ==
In September of 1943, Bernstein became the assistant [[Conductor (music)|conductor]] of the [[New York Philharmonic|New York Philharmonic.]]. He was 25 years old. This is very young for the job. On November 19, 1943, [[Bruno Walter]], was sick and couldn't conduct. Bernstein then conducted the [[New York Philharmonic]] without [[Rehearsal|practicing]] first.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Leonard Bernstein: A Carnegie Hall Icon|url=https://www.carnegiehall.org/About/History/Carnegie-Hall-Icons/Leonard-Bernstein|url-status=dead|access-date=2024-05-24|website=www.carnegiehall.org|archive-date=2023-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602205131/https://www.carnegiehall.org/About/History/Carnegie-Hall-Icons/Leonard-Bernstein}}</ref>
 
His first concert was very well liked. The next day, it was the front page story in the [[The New York Times|New York Times]]. Many other [[Newspaper|newspapers]] across the country [[Publishing|published]] the story. The concert was [[Broadcasting|broadcast]] on the radio. He became [[Celebrity|famous]]. He became the first [[Americans|American-born]], American-trained conductor to be internationally famous. This was during time when conductors [[traditionally]] came from [[Europe]].
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== Influences ==
Bernstein stated that composers like [[Aaron Copland]], [[Dimitri Mitropoulos]], [[George Gershwin]], [[Gustav Mahler]], [[Kurt Weill]], [[Sergei Koussevitzky]], [[Randall Thompson]], [[Cole Porter]], [[Jerome Kern]] and [[Robert Schumann]] were his influences.
 
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