Photos from the ‘Maestro’ Live Concert & Conversation with the New York Philharmonic, Bradley Cooper, Carey Mulligan and Yannick Nézet-Séguin
On Wednesday, February 14, the New York Philharmonic, led by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, celebrated the Academy Award-nominated film, Maestro, by performing selections by Leonard Bernstein featured in the film at Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall.
The NY Philharmonic performed selections by Leonard Bernstein featured in the film, with Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting, marking his NY Phil debut. The sold out performance received a standing ovation and was followed by a conversation with the film’s star and director, Bradley Cooper, his co-star Carey Mulligan, and the film’s conducting consultant and Music Director of The Metropolitan Opera and the Music and Artistic Director of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
The Philharmonic performed pieces from “West Side Story,” “Candide,” “MASS,” “On the Town,” “A Quiet Place,” “Chichester Psalms,” and Bernstein’s Symphony No. 2 “The Age of Anxiety” and Symphony No. 3 “Kaddish.”
Maestro is nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Sound, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and Best Makeup and Hairstyling; seven BAFTA Awards, including Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Original Screenplay, Best Sound, and Best Makeup & Hair; and SAG awards for Best Actor and Best Actress.
Notable attendees included: Spike Lee, Ellen Burstyn, Anna Wintour, Sam Smith, Christopher Meloni, Candice Bergen, Victor Garber, Matthew Modine Sean Young, Annaleigh Ashford, Tovah Feldshuh, Hope Davis, Gina Gershon, Claes Bang, Caroline Aaron, Bonnie Timmermann, Celia Weston, among others.
Film actors Mallory Portnoy, Nick Blaemire, Zachary Booth and Kate Eastman performed selections from the film. See photos below.
Photo credits: Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for Netflix; Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Netflix
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