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

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.

Emmy Award
The Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, recognizes excellence in the television industry.

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.

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.

National Medal of Arts
In 1989, Leonard Bernstein refused his award, allegedly due to how a federal grant to an art show on AIDS had been revoked.