[DOC] [TLE] Music Directors - New York Philharmonic [PAR] Biographies and photographs of former Music Directors of the New York 
Philharmonic. ... which he conducted more than 1,000 concerts  was the 
longest in the Orchestra's history. ... Leonard Bernstein19581969* ... He guest-
conducted and shared the Music Director post with Willem Mengelberg before 
taking the helm... [DOC] [TLE] New York Philharmonic - Wikipedia [PAR] The New York Philharmonic, officially the Philharmonic-Symphony Society of 
New York, Inc., ... The orchestra's has had 31 music directors; the current music 
director since 2009 .... In New York, he conducted several works for the first time 
in his career and .... In 1962 Bernstein caused controversy with his comments 
before a... [DOC] [TLE] Leonard Bernstein - Wikipedia [PAR] Around the time he was appointed music director of the New York Philharmonic, 
Bernstein composed the music for two shows. The first was for the operetta... [DOC] [TLE] Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic - Carnegie Hall [PAR] ... in 1958 a 40-year-old Bernstein would become the first American-born and 
trained ... Bernstein's tenure as music director began when the Philharmonic still 
lived at Carnegie Hall, and he moved with the orchestra to Lincoln Center in 
1962; ... In 1958, during the Philharmonic's first South American tour, he 
encountered... [DOC] [TLE] August 25, 1918 - October 14, 1990 - Leonard Bernstein [PAR] Before graduating in 1939, he made an unofficial conducting debut with his own 
... Bernstein became Music Director of the New York Philharmonic in 1958. From 
then until 1969 he led more concerts with the orchestra than any ... for the 
opening of Philharmonic Hall (now Avery Fisher Hall) at Lincoln Center in 1962. [DOC] [TLE] Leonard Bernstein -- Orchestras Conducted [PAR] Orchestras Conducted. Leonard Bernstein will be always associated with the 
New York Philharmonic as a conductor, being the orchestra's Music Director from 
... Even with all these associations he found time to conduct many other 
orchestras in the ... (NYC) (1981); Cleveland Orchestra (1970); Concerts 
Lamoureux (1958)... [DOC] [TLE] New York Philharmonic | American orchestra | Britannica.com [PAR] Symphony orchestra based in New York, New York, the oldest major ... ...with 
Randall Thompson; and the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood, 
Massachusetts, where he ... occasions before his appointment in 2007 as the 
25th music director. ... Although he was an unexpected choice as music director 
of the New York... [DOC] [TLE] Music|Celebrating 50 Years of New York Philharmonic Outdoor ... [PAR] Jun 12, 2015 ... The first Central Park concert by the New York Philharmonic, on Aug. ... 
Philharmonic in the parks in a series that's become a staple of the New York 
summer. ... the orchestra's music director, from 1958 to 1969, the parks concerts 
were the brainchild ... Alan Gilbert, the Philharmonic's current music director. [DOC] [TLE] Leonard Bernstein on Apple Music [PAR] No figure in 20th century American classical music had as prominent or ... of 
Music Director of the New York Philharmonic in 1958 until the final concerts that 
he ... no one before or since, Bernstein made classical music exciting, even sexy; 
he ... the celebrated music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and also 
fell... [DOC] [TLE] New York Philharmonic - NYC-ARTS [PAR] The New York Philharmonic, founded in 1842, is the oldest orchestra in the 
United ... Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, during the 35 weeks of its subscription 
season. ... Leonard Bernstein, who was appointed Music Director in 1958, was 
given the... [DOC] [TLE] Kurt Masur facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ... [PAR] Continued August History of Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra .... conductor of the 
Dresden Philharmonic, which he left in 1958 to become general director ... As 
such, he was hand-picked for the post of music director at the prestigious Berlin 
.... Masur found the tenor of the New York Philharmonic completely different from 
that... [DOC] [TLE] New York. in Oxford Music Online [PAR] Various groups of New York musicians sporadically announced series of .... Solo 
recitals became distinct from chamber concerts and orchestral

Question: Before becoming director of the N.Y. Philharmonic in 1958, he was music director of the NYC Center Orchestra
Answer: Leonard Bernstein