List of awards 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.

Grammy Awards

Grammy Award for Best Album for Children

• Grammy Awards of 1964
  • Leonard Bernstein (conductor) for Bernstein Conducts for Young People performed by the New York Philharmonic
• Grammy Awards of 1963
  • Leonard Bernstein (conductor) for Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals/Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
• Grammy Awards of 1962
  • Leonard Bernstein (conductor) for Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf performed by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra

Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance

• Grammy Awards of 1993
  • Leonard Bernstein (conductor) & the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 9
• Grammy Awards of 1991
  • Leonard Bernstein (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 7
• Grammy Awards of 1990
  • Leonard Bernstein (conductor) & the New York Philharmonic for Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor

Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance

• Grammy Awards of 1968
  • Leonard Bernstein (conductor) & the London Symphony Orchestra & Choir for Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major (Symphony of a Thousand)

Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording

• Grammy Awards of 1974
  • Tom Mowrey (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor), Marilyn Horne, Tom Krause, Adriana Maliponte, James McCracken & the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus for Bizet: Carmen

Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Performance

• Grammy Awards of 1963
  • Leonard Bernstein (conductor), Eileen Farrell & the New York Philharmonic for Götterdämmerung - Brunnhilde's Immolation Scene/Wesendonck Songs

Grammy Award for Best Classical Album

• Grammy Awards of 1993
  • Horst Dittberner (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor) & the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 9
• Grammy Awards of 1992
  • Hans Weber (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor), June Anderson, Nicolai Gedda, Adolph Green, Jerry Hadley, Della Jones, Christa Ludwig, Kurt Ollmann & the London Symphony Orchestra for Bernstein: Candide
• Grammy Awards of 1991
  • Hans Weber (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor) & the New York Philharmonic for Ives: Symphony No. 2; Gong on the Hook and Ladder; Central Park in the Dark; The Unanswered Question
• Grammy Awards of 1978
  • Thomas Frost (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Vladimir Horowitz, Yehudi Menuhin, Mstislav Rostropovich, Isaac Stern, Lyndon Woodside & the New York Philharmonic for Concert of the Century
• Grammy Awards of 1968
  • John McClure (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor), various artists & the London Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (Symphony of a Thousand)
• Grammy Awards of 1965
  • Leonard Bernstein (conductor) & the New York Philharmonic for Bernstein: Symphony No. 3 "Kaddish"

Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album

• Grammy Awards of 1962
  • Leonard Bernstein (narrator), for Humor in Music.

Tony Awards

Tony Award for Best Original Score

• 1953 Wonderful Town by Leonard Bernstein (music), Betty Comden (lyrics), and Adolph Green (lyrics)