Mini Biography

His mother, Jean Hermione, a violinist and pianist, gave birth to him on 22 nd March
1948 in South Kensington, London, England. He was the elder son of William Lloyd
Webber, who was an organist, composer and the director of the London College of Music.
He also has a brother called Julian, who is widely regarded as one of the most creative
cellists and musicians of his generation. Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber is an English Composer
of musical theatre and is arguably the most successful composer of our time.

Early Life

Young Andrew Lloyd Webber learned to play various musical instruments at home
(piano, violin and French horn); he had begun playing the violin at aged 3 and began
composing at the early age of 6. He published his first pieces a suite of six pieces at age
9 and also was able to play the organ and assisted his father during performances.

As a child, Webber aspired to become Britain's chief inspector of ancient

monuments. He won a Challenge Scholarship to Westminster where he also continued his
music studies and in 1964 entered Oxford as a history major however, he then
abandoned the course (after one term) to study at the Royal College of Music to pursue
his interest in musical theatre.

Personal Life

Spouse
Madeleine Lloyd- (9 February 1991 - present) 3 children – Alastair Adam, William
Webber Richard and Isabella Aurora.
Sarah Brightman (22 March 1984 - 3 January 1990) (divorced)
Sarah Hugill (24 July 1972 - 14 November 1983) (divorced) 2 children – Imogen
and Nicholas

In 2006 the Sunday Times Rich List 2006 ranked him the 87th-richest Briton with
an estimated fortune of £700 million and was ranked fifth in the 2008 Telegraph's list
"the 100 most powerful people in British culture. He currently owns seven London
theatres including the Theatre Royal Drury Lane and the London Palladium.

On Sunday, October 25, 2009 it was reported

that Lloyd Webber had been diagnosed with the
early stages of prostate cancer. He is currently
being treated and is expected to be working as
usual by the end of the year.

Professional Career
 In 1965 he met lyricist Tim Rice and dropped out of school to compose musicals
and pop songs. In 1968 he had his first
success with the West End production of
'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor
Dreamcoat'. Andrew Lloyd Webber shot to
fame in 1971 with the opening of his rock
opera 'Jesus Christ Superstar'. Lloyd Webber's
spectacular string of hit musicals beginning in
the 1970s helped transform London into the
major centre for new musicals. His scores
include those for Jesus Christ, Superstar
(1971), his first major success, also in
collaboration with Rice; Evita (1978), a
fictional biography of Eva Perón; The Phantom of the Opera (1986; Tony); Aspects of
Love (1989); Sunset Boulevard (1993; Tony); and The Woman in White (2004), based on
the classic Wilkie Collins suspense novel. His show Cats (1981), based on poems by T. S.
Eliot, was the longest-running production in Broadway history until The Phantom of the
Opera set a new record in 2006.

He was knighted Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber

in 1992, and was created an honorary life peer in
1997 as Baron Lloyd-Webber, of Syndmonton in
the County of Hampshire. He won the 1996
Academy Award for Best Music, Original Song for
Evita (1996), and received two more Oscar
nominations. Among his other awards are seven
Tonys and three Grammys, including his 1986
Grammy Award for Requiem in the category of best classical composition. In 2006
Andrew Lloyd Webber was Awarded Kennedy Center Honors.

He pioneered television casting for

musical theatre with the Emmy award-
winning BBC series How Do You Solve A
Problem Like Maria? when he was producing
a staging of The Sound of Music, which
debuted in November 2006, to find someone
to play leading lady Maria. He repeated his
success with Any Dream Will Do which cast
the title role of Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat and in 2008 he cast
the musical Oliver! for the BBC. In 2010 he will work with the BBC to find Dorothy and
Toto for a new theatrical production of The Wizard of Oz and in March 2010 his new

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musical Love Never Dies, which continues the story of The Phantom and Christine, will
open at London’s Adelphi Theatre.

Trivia
Height 5' 9¼" (1.76 m)
Had written nine musicals by the time he had left school.
Has owned a race horse.
Shares birthday with legendary composer Stephen Sondheim.
The Sunday Times List estimated his net worth at $1.2 billion. [2009]
Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1995.

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