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Our podcast series Dear Maestro tells the history of everyday classical music listening. It investigates what the music and its maestros meant to listeners.
Series 1 uncovers a historic collection of fan mail sent to Leonard Bernstein – composer of West Side Story, celebrity conductor, and pin-up for a generation of classical music lovers. It also features some of the original fan mail writers, who discuss what motivated them to put pen to paper over a half a century ago.
If you have a story to tell, please drop us an email at hello@dearmaestro.org. We’d love to speak with you!