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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Nicole Vassell

Why Bradley Cooper spent six years learning how to conduct six minutes of music for Maestro

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Bradley Cooper has revealed part of the painstaking attention to detail put into creating his new film Maestro – including spending six years learning to conduct six minutes of music.

The actor and director stars as American composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein in the forthcoming biopic. Described as “a love letter to life and art”, Maestro depicts the decades-long relationship between Bernstein and his wife, Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein (Carey Mulligan).

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