Andrew Lloyd Webber was born on March 22, 1948, in a musical family in South Kensington, England. His grandfather was an excellent tenor, and his father was the principal of the London Music School. A well-known organ player, his mother is a violinist, his aunt is a theater actress, and his brother is a famous cellist... Weber has been influenced by music since he was a child. He started composing music at the age of 7. His aunt led him into the theater, which made him appreciate the charm of the stage from an early age. 11 When he was young, Weber built a toy theater out of building blocks and cardboard, and his composition for the toy theater was later used in the musical "Perspectives of Love." Weber won a scholarship to Oxford University at the age of 16 and entered the Royal College of Music at the age of 19 to study orchestration. Able to skillfully play piano, violin, French horn and other musical instruments. While studying at Oxford University, he often wrote lyrics and music with law student and later writer Tim Rice.
Weber’s college years were at a time when modernist thought was surging in European and American countries. The music of Hindemith, Ligeti, Penderecki and others once fascinated Weber.
In 1967, when Weber was 19 years old, he collaborated with Rice (lyricist) to create his first musical, "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat", which The play was performed on campus in 1968, and later was staged in London's West End theater after many twists and turns. In 1981, the play performed 824 times on Broadway and received multiple nominations at the 36th Tony Awards in 1982, including a nomination for Best Composer.
In 1969, Weber created the musical "Jesus Christ Superstar", which was entirely written in a rock and roll style. Although the content of the play has been controversial, it is undoubtedly unique in music. Groundbreaking.
After the 1970s, Weber once left the musical stage and turned to film development. He scored for the British films "Detective" and "The Odessa Column", but his impact was not great.
In 1974, Weber returned to musical theater creation, and he collaborated with Rice to create the musical "Evita" based on the life of Evita, the wife of the former Argentine president. The play premiered in London in June 1978 to great success. It was performed at the Broadway Theater in New York on September 25, 1979. Although it received mixed reviews from critics, it was very popular among the audience. It ran for 1,567 consecutive performances and won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical. 7 Tony Awards.
In 1982, Weber created the musical "Song and Dance", which received multiple Tony Award nominations.
In the same year he composed the musical Cats, which won him numerous accolades and made him recognized as the most famous musical theater composer in the world. To date, "Cats" has become the longest-running musical in the world.
In 1983 Weber produced the play "Excellent People Drive It Away".
In 1987, Weber created "Starlight Express", which was performed at the Gershwin Theater on Broadway in New York on March 15, 1987 and ran for 761 performances.
Webber is a challenging artist who is always looking for new ways of artistic expression. After the great success of "Cats", he prepared to create a detective-themed play "The Phantom of the Opera" (The Phantom of the Opera). The play has both thrilling music and strong suspense. After the performance, it received unparalleled praise It received praises from audiences, received various awards one after another, and set box office records repeatedly.
He then produced "The Hired Man" and "Lend Me Your Voice" at the Royal Opera House in London, and collaborated with Richard Rodgers and Laurenz Hart on "On Pointe" , and became the owner of the theater.
On April 8, 1990, Weber wrote, composed and produced the musical "Aspects of Love". He claimed it was his most satisfying musical, but it was a mediocre box office hit.
On July 12, 1993, Weber returned to prominence and launched "Sunset Boulevard" in London, which was a great success. Performed 977 times on Broadway in two years, and won 8 awards including Best Musical, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Script, Best Composer, Best Choreography, Best Set Design, and Best Lighting. Tony Award-winning musical, becoming the most dazzling musical of the year.
After that, he created "Whisle Down the Wind" and "The Beautiful Game", which received good responses.
In June 2002, he collaborated with Indian composer A.R. Rahman, known as the "Asian Mozart", for the first time to launch the musical "Mozart of Asia" with a strong exotic flavor in London. Bombay Dreams.
Webber's other theater productions include Daisy's Struggle and The Beast, both of which won Olivier Awards. The Requiem he wrote for his father's death (framed in the style of a Latin Requiem Mass) has sold 6 million copies.
In addition to music creation, Weber also founded and managed the Really Useful Group exclusively. The company mainly produces and produces his own works, but also actively develops and produces the works of other authors. . Today, the Really Good Group is the world's premier music production company.
On Weber's 50th birthday, the Royal Albert Hall held a concert to celebrate his 50th birthday with superstars including Elaine Paige, Sarah Brightman, Mike Ball, Graeme ·Kloss and other musical actors and pop group BOYZONE all went to sing. Webber was knighted in 1992 and promoted to a life peer in 1997.