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