# List of awards and nominations received by Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990) was an American composer and conductor.
Over the course of his distinguished career he won 16 Grammy Awards (including one for Lifetime Achievement), 7 Emmy Awards and 2 Tony Awards over his lifetime. His awards are both for his conducting and his compositions. He also received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Score for his work on the Elia Kazan drama film On the Waterfront (1954).
Bernstein is also a member of both the American Theater Hall of Fame and the Television Hall of Fame. In 2015, he was inducted into the Legacy Walk. He received the Kennedy Center Honor in 1980 and was offered but declined the National Medal of the Arts.
He also received numerous honors including the Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1951 the Fellow at the MacDowell 1962, 1970, 1972, the Sonning Award (Denmark) in 1965, the Ditson Conductor's Award in 1958, the George Peabody Medal – Johns Hopkins University in 1980, the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize in 1987, the Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal (UK) in 1987, the Edward MacDowell Medal in 1987

## Major associations
### Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, or "Oscars", are a set of awards given annually for excellence of cinematic achievements. The awards, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), were first held in 1929 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1954 | Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | On the Waterfront | Nominated | |

### Emmy Award

The Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, recognizes excellence in the television industry.
Primetime Emmy Award :
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1957 | Best Male Personality- Continuing Performance | Himself | Nominated |
| 1957 | Best Musical Contribution for Television | Omnibus | Won |
| 1958 | Best Musical Contribution for Television | Omnibus | Won |
| 1961 | Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Music for Television | Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic | Won |
| 1965 | Outstanding Musical Program | New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts with Leonard Bernstein | Won |
| 1972 | Outstanding Variety or Musical Program – Classical Music | Bernstein on Beethoven: A Celebration in Vienna | Won |
| 1973 | Outstanding Single Program – Classical Music | Bernstein in London Special of the Week | Nominated |
| 1975 | Outstanding Classical Music Program | Bernstein at Tanglewood | Nominated |
| 1976 | Outstanding Classical Music Program | Bernstein and The New York Philharmonic | Won |
| 1982 | Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts | Bernstein/Beethoven | Nominated |
| 1984 | Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts | Bernstein: Conductor, Soloist and Teacher | Nominated |
| 1985 | Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts | Bernstein Conducts "West Side Story" | Nominated |
| 1987 | Outstanding Individual Achievement – Classical Music-Dance Programming- Performing | Carnegie Hall: The Grand Reopening | Won |

### Grammy Award

The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by The Recording Academy of the United States (formerly the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences or NARAS) for outstanding achievements in the music industry. Often considered the highest music honor, the awards were established in 1958.
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1958 | Best Classical Performance – Orchestra | Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps | Nominated |
| 1960 | Best Classical Performance – Orchestra | Ives: Symphony No. 2 | Nominated |
| 1961 | Best Classical Performance – Choral (other than opera) | Beethoven: Missa Solemnis | Nominated |
| 1961 | Album of the Year- Classical | Bloch: Sacred Service | Nominated |
| 1961 | Best Recording for Children | Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf | Won |
| 1961 | Best Spoken Word Recording | Humor in Music | Won |
| 1962 | Best Classical Performance – Choral (other than opera) | Mahler: Symphony No. 3 In D Minor | Nominated |
| 1962 | Best Classical Performance – Orchestra | Mahler: Symphony No. 3 In D Minor | Nominated |
| 1962 | Best Recording for Children | Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals/Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra | Won |
| 1962 | Best Spoken Word Recording | First Performance: Lincoln Center For The Performing Arts | Nominated |
| 1963 | Best Classical Performance – Choral (other than opera) | Bach: St. Matthew Passion | Nominated |
| 1963 | Best Classical Performance – Choral (other than opera) | Milhaud: Les Choephores | Nominated |
| 1963 | Best Performance by a Chorus | The Joy of Christmas | Nominated |
| 1963 | Best Recording for Children | Bernstein Conducts for Young People | Won |
| 1964 | Best Classical Performance – Orchestra | Mahler: Symphony No. 2 In C Minor ("Resurrection") | Nominated |
| 1964 | Best Composition by a Contemporary Composer | Bernstein: Symphony No. 3 "Kaddish" | Nominated |
| 1964 | Album of the Year- Classical | Bernstein: Symphony No. 3 "Kaddish" | Won |
| 1965 | Best Composition by a Contemporary Composer | Chichester Psalms | Nominated |
| 1966 | Best Classical Performance – Orchestra | Ives: Fourth Of July | Nominated |
| 1967 | Best Classical Performance – Orchestra | Das Lied von der Erde | Nominated |
| 1967 | Album of the Year- Classical | Das Lied von der Erde | Nominated |
| 1967 | Album of the Year- Classical | The World of Charles Ives (Robert Browning Overture) | Nominated |
| 1967 | Album of the Year- Classical | Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (Symphony of a Thousand) | Won |
| 1967 | Best Opera Recording | Falstaff | Nominated |
| 1967 | Best Classical Performance – Choral (other than opera) | Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major (Symphony of a Thousand) | Won |
| 1968 | Best Classical Performance – Orchestra | Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A Minor and Symphony No. 9 in D Major | Nominated |
| 1968 | Best Choral Performance (other than opera) | Haydn: The Creation | Nominated |
| 1972 | Album of the Year- Classical | Bernstein: Mass | Nominated |
| 1972 | Best Choral Performance – Classical (other than opera) | Bernstein: Mass | Nominated |
| 1972 | Best Opera Recording | Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier | Nominated |
| 1973 | Best Classical Performance – Orchestra | Holst: The Planets | Nominated |
| 1973 | Best Choral Performance – Classical (other than opera) | Haydn: Mass In Time Of War (Leonard Bernstein's Concert For Peace) | Nominated |
| 1973 | Best Classical Album | Bizet: Carmen | Nominated |
| 1973 | Best Opera Recording | Bizet: Carmen | Won |
| 1974 | Best Classical Performance – Orchestra | Bernstein Conducts Ravel | Nominated |
| 1974 | Best Classical Performance – Orchestra | Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor | Nominated |
| 1974 | Best Classical Album | Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor | Nominated |
| 1975 | Best Choral Performance – Classical (other than opera) | Haydn: Harmoniemesse | Nominated |
| 1976 | Best Choral Performance – Classical (other than opera) | Berlioz: Requiem | Nominated |
| 1977 | Best Classical Album | Concert of the Century | Won |
| 1978 | Best Choral Performance – Classical (other than opera) | Haydn: Mass No. 9 In D Minor ("Lord Nelson Mass") | Nominated |
| 1978 | Best Choral Performance – Classical (other than opera) | Stravinsky: Les Noces and Mass | Nominated |
| 1979 | Best Choral Performance – Classical (other than opera) | Beethoven: Missa solemnis | Nominated |
| 1980 | Best Orchestral Recording | Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 | Nominated |
| 1980 | Best Orchestral Recording | Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 | Nominated |
| 1983 | Best Orchestral Recording | Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story Candide Overture / Barber: Adagio For Strings/ Schuman: American Festival Overture | Nominated |
| 1983 | Best Opera Recording | Wagner: Tristan und Isolde | Nominated |
| 1983 | Best Classical Performance – Instrumental Soloist | Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue | Nominated |
| 1985 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Lifetime Achievement Award | Won |
| 1987 | Best Orchestral Recording | Copland: Symphony No. 3/Quiet City | Nominated |
| 1988 | Best Classical Album | Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor "Resurrection" | Nominated |
| 1988 | Best Orchestral Recording | Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor "Resurrection" | Nominated |
| 1988 | Best Opera Recording | Puccini: La bohème | Nominated |
| 1988 | Best Opera Recording | Bernstein/Stephen Wadsworth: A Quiet Place | Nominated |
| 1988 | Best Contemporary Composition | Bernstein/Stephen Wadsworth: A Quiet Place | Nominated |
| 1989 | Best Orchestral Performance | Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor | Won |
| 1990 | Best Contemporary Composition | Bernstein: Arias & Barcarolles | Won |
| 1990 | Best Classical Album | Ives: Symphony No. 2; Gong on the Hook and Ladder; Central Park in the Dark; The Unanswered Question | Won |
| 1990 | Best Orchestral Performance | Ives: Symphony No. 2; Gong on the Hook and Ladder; Central Park in the Dark; The Unanswered Question | Nominated |
| 1990 | Best Orchestral Performance | Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 7 | Won |
| 1990 | Best Long Form Music Video | Bernstein In Berlin-Beethoven: Sym. No. 9 | Nominated |
| 1991 | Best Classical Album | Bernstein: Candide | Won |
| 1992 | Best Classical Album | Mahler: Symphony No. 9 | Won |
| 1992 | Best Orchestral Performance | Mahler: Symphony No. 9 | Won |

### Tony Awards

The Tony Awards recognize achievements in Broadway theatre. The awards, presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League, were first held in 1947 at the Waldorf Astoria New York.
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1953 | Best Musical | Wonderful Town | Won |
| 1957 | Best Musical | Candide | Nominated |
| 1958 | Best Musical | West Side Story | Nominated |
| 1969 | Special Tony Award | Special Tony Award | Won |

## Honorary accolades
### Kennedy Center Honors

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1980 | Himself | Kennedy Center Honors | Won |

### National Medal of Arts

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1989 | Himself | National Medal of Arts | Declined |
In 1989, Leonard Bernstein refused his award, allegedly due to how a federal grant to an art show on AIDS had been revoked.