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FILE - In this Oct. 15, 1976, file photo, U.S. conductor Leonard Bernstein conducts musicians of Munich's Bavarian Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra during rehearsal for a concert to be performed for the benefit of Amnesty International on Oct. 17. With 2018 marking the 100th anniversary of Leonard Bernstein's birth, a spotlight has again been placed on the composer's fierce commitment to education, demonstrated throughout his life by activities like the Young People's Concerts and his Harvard Lecture Series. It was during the latter that Bernstein emphasized the importance of &quot;inter-disciplinary values,&quot; explaining that &quot;the best way to 'know' a thing is in the context of another discipline.&quot; (AP Photo/Dieter Endlicher, File)

Tracing Leonard Bernstein’s education vision in Nashville

By KARA MCLELAND - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 26, 1971 file photo conductor Leonard Bernstein tells reporters in Washington that the work he is preparing for the 1971 opening of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is a &quot;labor of love.&quot; Leonard Bernstein is getting a musical tribute that’s off the charts on the 100th anniversary of the maestro’s birth. The Boston Symphony Orchestra will be joined by musicians from the New York Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and other groups when it takes the stage Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018 at its summer home at Tanglewood in Massachusetts. Performers include Yo-Yo Ma. Bernstein wrote the score to “West Side Story” and won a slew of Grammys. (AP Photo/Charles Harrity, File)

Star-studded tribute marks 100 years since Bernstein’s birth

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In this June 9, 2016 file photo, composer John Williams poses on the red carpet at the 2016 AFI Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute to John Williams at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. A new John Williams composition about a ghost said to have scared Leonard Bernstein is making its world premiere. &quot;Highwood's Ghost, an Encounter for Harp, Cello, and Orchestra&quot; will be performed Sunday, Aug. 19, 2018 at Tanglewood in Massachusetts, the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

John Williams composition about ghost making world premiere

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In this Wednesday, March 14, 2018 photo, journalists walk through the Leonard Bernstein exhibit during a press preview at the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia. The exhibit on the acclaimed composer and conductor opens March 16 and runs through Sept. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Leonard Bernstein, social activist, is focus of new exhibit

By KRISTEN DE GROOT - Associated Press

Tanglewood to host big musical tribute to Leonard Bernstein

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FILE - In this Sept. 24, 1962 file photo Leonard Bernstein leads the New York Philharmonic Orchestra in the inaugural concert in New York's new Philharmonic Hall. Bernstein would have turned 100 next year - a remembrance that’s being celebrated in the composer-conductor’s Massachusetts birthplace. The Boston Symphony Orchestra kicks off its new season Friday, Sept. 22, 2017, with a concert devoted entirely to America’s most famous maestro. (AP Photo, File)

Boston kicks off a year of US tributes to Leonard Bernstein

By WILLIAM J. KOLE - Associated Press

Boston Symphony season opener highlights Bernstein works

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Bulgarian pianist Alexis Weissenberg dies at 82

By JOHN HEILPRIN - Associated Press