Leonard Bernstein: Teachers and Teaching

In "Leonard Bernstein: Teachers and Teaching", the great American conductor explores the importance of passing down knowledge from generation to generation. Bernstein saw himself as a link in a long chain of musical tradition leading from greats like Koussevitzky, Mitropoulos, Reiner and Copland to himself and then on to a younger generation of conductors like Seiji Ozawa and Michael Tilson Thomas.

The film depicts Bernstein as the great "roaming rabbi" of music and love—concepts he felt were two sides of the same coin, just like learning and teaching. Through interviews, rehearsal footage (often with renowned orchestras and soloists!), conversations with friends and pupils, we observe a great musician who both offered his knowledge without reservation and also remained eager to develop and learn from others.