| Europe's favourite holiday island | | | | Sydmonton in the County of Hampshire. |
| Majorca was the setting for the latest | | | | For his efforts, he has received three |
| big birthday bash for two well-known | | | | Tony Awards, three Grammy Awards, an |
| birthday boys. | | | | Oscar, an International Emmy, six |
| Andrew Lloyd Webber hosted the event | | | | Olivier Awards, a Golden Globe and the |
| that celebrated his 60th birthday and | | | | Kennedy Center Honors in 2006. |
| Michael Caine's 75th. The party included | | | | Some of his more notable compositions |
| performances by a Majorcan rock band. | | | | include "I Don't Know How to Love Him" |
| The two were surrounded by 40 close | | | | from Jesus Christ Superstar, "Don't Cry |
| friends and family for the celebration. | | | | for Me, Argentina" from Evita, "Memory" |
| Some of the more well-known guests | | | | from Cats and "The music of the Night" |
| included Sir Tim Rice, Lord Melvyn | | | | from The Phantom of the Opera. His |
| Bragg, Sir Trevor Nunn, Ben Elton and | | | | second wife, Sarah Brightman, was cast |
| Michael Winner. | | | | in the lead role of Christine, in The |
| Andrew Lloyd Webber was born on March | | | | Phantom of the Opera. |
| 22, 1948 in South Kensington in London, | | | | Many of his works have been widely |
| England. His mother, Jean Hermione | | | | recorded and have become hits aside from |
| Johnstone Webber, was a violinist and | | | | their original places in musical |
| pianist. His father, William Lloyd | | | | theater. The Really Useful Group is one |
| Webber was a composer. His brother is | | | | of Lloyd Webber's companies and is one |
| the famed cellist Julian Lloyd Webber. | | | | of the largest theater operators in |
| Lloyd Webber has always had an ear for | | | | London. The company also issues licenses |
| music. As a very young lad, he began | | | | to reproduce and stage productions of |
| composing his own music. At the age of | | | | Lloyd Webber's musicals. |
| nine, he wrote his first published suite | | | | Lloyd Webber has worked with many other |
| of six pieces. | | | | notable composers, such as Tim Rice, on |
| At the insistence of his aunt Viola, he | | | | multiple occasions. Some of their most |
| built a fake theater. He would create | | | | famous collaborations include The Likes |
| and compose full productions with his | | | | of Us and Evita. He has also composed |
| brother Julian and their aunt Viola in | | | | music with his brother Julian Lloyd |
| his makeshift theater. Viola was an | | | | Webber. |
| actress and would often take her young | | | | In the 1980s he embarked on a new |
| nephew to see her shows. | | | | project without a lyricist. Instead, he |
| At Westminster School, Lloyd Webber was | | | | turned to the poetry of T.S. Eliot. |
| a Queen's Scholar. He also studied | | | | Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical |
| history for a while at Magdalen College | | | | Cats was one of Lloyd Webber's childhood |
| in Oxford. Later, in pursuance of his | | | | favorites. |
| musical theater career, he abandoned the | | | | For his 60th birthday bash, Lord |
| history course. | | | | Lloyd-Webber made reservations at La |
| Lloyd Webber has been married three | | | | Residencia, his favorite hotel in |
| times and has five children, of whom he | | | | Majorca. Majorca is the favourite getway |
| is immensely proud. His eldest daughter | | | | vacation island for Europeans, and is |
| Imogen runs a theater production | | | | becoming even more popular now that |
| company, ILW Productions. She is also an | | | | airlines offer cheap Majorca flight |
| accomplished author. His son Nicholas | | | | airfares. |
| (Nick) is also a composer. His younger | | | | Over the weekend, his guests dined at |
| sons Alastair and William attend Eton | | | | his favourite restaurant in Deia. He |
| College, a prestigious boarding school. | | | | owns an estate in the beautiful village |
| His youngest daughter Isabella attends | | | | of Deia, as do Michael Douglas and |
| Cheam School. | | | | Catherine Zeta-Jones. |
| Over the course of his career, he has | | | | As well as hotel in Majorca and |
| composed 13 musicals, a song cycle, a | | | | accommodation information, Majorca guide |
| set of variations, two film scores and a | | | | yourmajorca.net offers a range of |
| Latin Requiem Mass. He was knighted in | | | | holiday companies who include holiday in |
| 1992. Later, in 1997, he was created a | | | | Mallorca opportunities. |
| life peer as Baron Lloyd-Webber, of | | | | |