Andrew lloyd webbers biography

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All All. Sign In. Big black. Andrew Lloyd Webber is arguably the most successful composer of our time. He is best known for stage and film adaptations of his musicals Jesus Christ Superstar , Cats , Evita , and The Phantom of the Opera His mother, Jean Johnstone, was a pianist and violinist. Young Andrew Lloyd Webber learned to play various musical instruments at home and began composing at an early age.

He continued his music studies at Westminster School, where his father was an organist. At the age of 9, young Andrew was able to play the organ and assisted his father during performances. In he went to Oxford University as a Queens Scholar of history. In he met lyricist Tim Rice and dropped out of school to compose musicals and pop songs.

From the s to s Lloyd Webber has been constantly updating his style as an eclectic blend of musical genres ranging from classical to rock, pop, and jazz, and with inclusion of electro-acoustic music and choral-like numbers in his musicals. Andrew Lloyd Webber shot to fame in with the opening of his rock opera 'Jesus Christ Superstar'.

His next successful collaboration with Tim Rice was the musical biopic 'Evita', based on the true story of Eva Peron of Argentina. Andrew Lloyd Webber has been constantly updating the genre of musical theatre. It was produced at New London Theatre, where stage was designed as a giant junkyard with large-scale bottles and cans scattered around a huge tire representing a playground for cats dressed in exotic costumes who would come and go through the aisles.

The record-breaking production of 'Cats' was on stage for 21 seasons, from - , and became one of the most popular musicals of all time.