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Andrew Lloyd Webber

Andrew Lloyd Webber was born in 1948 and he is an English composer for the Impresario of Musical theatre.  Many of his musicals had run for more than a decade in the Broadway and in West End. He has composed at least 13 musical, a Latin Requiem, two film scores, some set variations and song cycles. He got many honors such as Knighthood during the year 1992, the Peerage of Queen Elizabeth II for the service he offered for the music industry and he got other awards like Academy Awards, Grammy Awards, Tony Awards, and Golden Globe Awards with Kennedy Center Honors. He has one Star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame and he was inducted in the Hall of Fame of Songwriters.  He is a fellow in the British Academy for the Songwriters, Composers and Authors.

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He has a company, Really Useful Group and it is among the largest theatre Operators from London.  They are producers in many parts of the country and they record staged production and national tours under his license. He is the present for the Arts Educational Schools of London and this is a prestigious performing art school in West London. Andrew Lloyd Webber is a son from William Llyord Webber who was an organist and composer with Jean Hermione who was a pianist and violinist. He has a younger brother who is a solo Cellist.

Andrew Lloyd Webber started to write the music when he was too young and he did a suite of six pieces while he was still nine. At the beginning, he collaborated with Tim Rice who is a Lyricist for The Likes of Us, the musical that was based on Thomas John Barnado’s story.

Andrew Lloyd Webber had three marriages and two ended up in divorces. His first wife was Sarah Hugil in 1971, they had two children together and they divorced in 1983.  He married Sarah Brightma, a Singer/Dancer.  He cast her in the lead role of The Phantom of Opera musical. They did not get children together and they end up divorcing in 1990. He is now a husband to Madeleine Gurdon and they have children together.  With an estimate of 700 million dollars, in 2006, he was ranked as the 87th rich person in Britain. He is an art collector especially Victorian art. He supports Conservative party and he allowed that his song Take That Look Off Your Face be used as the promotional film of the party.

Andrew Lloyd Webber wanted to be chief inspector of the ancient monument of England, he started learning at Magdalen College, history.  However, music pulled him in other direction and he dropped to go to Royal College of Music where he was interested in the musical theater.  Andrew Lloyd Webber’s net worth is 1.2 billion. He worked with Tim Rice for most of his work including biblical work like a retelling of Joseph story in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. The musical got better and it was produced for 2 hours.  While sticking in the biblical theme, they also produced Jesus Christ Superstar. 


Quick Facts
Birth Date: 22 Mar, 1948
Age: 72 yrs
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Birth Place: Kensington
Education: Royal College of Music
Magdalen College
Westminster School
Gender: Male
Description: English composer and impresario of musical theatre
Twitter Id: OfficialALW
Spouse: Sarah Brightman[1984-1990]
Madeleine Gurdon [M. 1991]
Net Worth 2021: 1.2 billion
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Last Modified: Jun 26 2020
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