New York Philharmonic to Perform 'Maestro' Excerpts, Bradley Cooper to Join Post-Performance Conversation

The event, featuring the Oscar-nominated film's star and director, will also mark the New York Philharmonic debut of Metropolitan Opera music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

The New York Philharmonic will play excerpts from the Oscar-nominated film 'Maestro', based on the life of former music director Leonard Bernstein, on February 14.
Bradley Cooper, the star and director of 'Maestro', will participate in a post-performance conversation at Lincoln Center's David Geffen Hall.
Metropolitan Opera music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin, who coached Cooper for the movie and led music for the soundtrack, will conduct the performance in his New York Philharmonic debut.
'Maestro' was nominated for seven Oscars, including for best picture and best actor for Cooper.
The program will include excerpts from 'West Side Story', 'Candide', 'On the Town', 'Trouble in Tahiti', 'A Quiet Place', 'Chichester Psalms' and Bernstein’s Symphony No. 2 'The Age of Anxiety' and Symphony No. 3 'Kaddish.'