An unclassifiable figure, Leonard Bernstein was a composer, pianist, conductor, educator, theater artist, and passionate communicator. From young Lenny’s childhood, lulled by the songs of the synagogue, American folk songs, and his discovery of the piano, to the global success of West Side Story, his life appears as that of an artist who never ceased to bridge the gap between the scholarly and the popular, Europe and America, the personal and the political. This performance captures this richness with finesse, emotion, and intelligence, thanks to the text by Marianne Vourch.

At the piano, Shani Diluka lends this tribute the depth of her playing, her sensitivity, and her ability to bring forth an inner landscape behind every note. Here, she builds an intimate dialogue with Bernstein, between memory and evocation. Opposite her, Charles Berling gives voice to Bernstein with the warm presence that makes him one of today’s great interpreters of the text. Somewhere between embodiment and confidante, his words become a thread that brings us closer to the man behind the myth.

At the crossroads of concert, theater, and biographical narrative, Bernstein’s Diary is an invitation to listen to the work of a genius, the birth of a vision, of a calling. An evening that celebrates music as a force for transformation, and Leonard Bernstein as one of its greatest enchanters.