Biography about Webber

Andrew Lloyd Webber - composer, theater figure, producer, musical figure. Born on March 22, on Monday, age 77 years. Place of birth: London, England. Planet: Mars. Element: Fire. Stone: sapphire. The prevailing character traits are determination, optimism, enterprise. Temperament: sanguine. Title: Baron. For the producer of the musical, the most sure way to stay with a million is to start with two million.

Lloyd Webber Andrew Andrew Lloyd Webber, the English composer, the author of the world -famous musicals and songs, was born in childhood and youth, Andrew Lloyd Webber, the Musical Family of Lloyd Webber was a welcome and beloved child, he was lucky that the family was extremely musical. Father is a famous organist, composer, director of music college. Mother played several instruments and also taught music.

It is not surprising that the boy was early introduced to music, from the age of three he practiced on the violin, at six he began to play on Valtorne and the piano. From an early age, Andrew loved to compose his own compositions, performed them with great pleasure. The first work of a novice composer was published in a music magazine when the author was 11 years old.

At 15 Andrew, he recorded his first song. The education of Andrew Lloyd Webber, by the time the prestigious Westminster school was completed, Andrew was carried away by history and was accepted by winning the competition, at the Oxford College, however, studied the historian not long. The passion for music turned out to be stronger, the young man continued his education at the Royal Music College.

The first opera was written for the school theater in the biblical plot about Joseph and his brothers. Their next joint work-the legendary rock opera “Jesus Christ-Superstar” was first represented in G. The composer united in this work the techniques of rock music and traditional classical forms. Their next musical called Evita is based on the story of the actress of Eva Duarte, the wife of the Argentine dictator.

This work, written in G., after that between the co -authors, there was a discord, since then they have not worked together, but after 20 years they united for a short time on the set of the film "Evita". Webber, created without the participation of Tim Rice, - “cats” based on the poetic cycle of T. Eliot, turned out to be even more successful. The performances did not leave the stage of the London New Theater for more than twenty years.

The musical broke all the records of the popularity of theatrical performances. Critics especially appreciated the innovation of the author. In musical theaters of more than twenty countries of the world, a “ghost of the opera”, written by E. Webber in G, was set by another undoubted achievement of the composer. The script is based on Roman Leroux, a mystical detective plot.

Many are heard by the single "Music of the Night", performed by Sarah Brightman and became famous even before the premiere of the performance. On Broadway, the prime minister was held in the city of writing the musical “Sanset Boulevard” by the composer inspired the American film B. The basis of the plot, the novel of the aging movie star with a young screenwriter.

The performance withstood one and a half thousand performances and received the theater prize "Tony". Andrew Lloyd Webber in the new millennium with the city of Webber created another 6 musicals, including “Woman in White” based on the novel by W. Collins, "School of Rock". Particular attention of admirers was attracted by the musical version of F. Baum's fairy tale “A Wizard from the Lake Country”.

E. Webber again worked on the songs to the musical along with T. Rice many years after the collapse of their fruitful community. Andrew Lloyd Webber - one of the most successful composers of our time Andrew Lloyd Webber was successful in all his endeavors, his music brought him many prestigious awards, including Oscars, Tony, Grammy. The composer is assigned the titles of a knight and peer.

He is the owner of his own production company, several commercial theaters, is one of the richest residents of Britain. Lloyd Webber collects a collection of ancient painting, he created a fund of his own name to support British culture and art. The personal life of Andrew Lloyd Webber, the famous composer married three times. From his first marriage with singer Sarah Hugel, he had two children.

He left her in G. in his second marriage, there were no children, the wife toured a lot around the world. This time, the composer finally gained family happiness, the wife surrounded him with love and care, created comfort in the house, and helps her husband overcome health problems.