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Born in Lawrence,Massachusetts,LeonardBernstein was playing in a jazz band at 13,entered Harvard at 17,and studied conducting at theCurtis Institute in Philadelphia.Appointed assistantconductor of the New York Philharmonic in 1943—an unheard-of achievement for a twenty-five-year-old-he got his big break just six weeks later.Hemade a sensation on national radio when hesubstituted at short notice for an ailing olderconductor,and from then on his path was assured.
Born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, Leonard Bernstein was playing in a jazz band at 13, entered Harvard at 17, and studied conducting at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia. Appointed assistant conductor of the New York Philharmonic in 1943-an unheard-of achievement for a twenty-five -year-old-he got his big break just six weeks later. He made a sensation on national radio when he substituted with short notice for an ailing older conductor, and from then on his path was assured.