Julian Lloyd Webber

Quick Facts

Full Name	Julian Lloyd Webber
Occupation	Composer
Date Of Birth	Apr 14, 1951(1951-04-14)
Age	73
Birthplace	London
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Aries

Julian Lloyd Webber Biography

Julian Lloyd Webber is one of the most popular and richest Composer who was born on April 14, 1951 in London, England, United Kingdom. Julian Lloyd Webber (born 14 April 1951) is a British solo cellist. He is also the director of the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and the director of the In Harmony music education programme.

Lloyd Webber received the Crystal Award at the World Economic Forum in 1998 and also a Classic FM Red Award for outstanding contributions to music in 2005. He was awarded the Best British Classical Recording in 1986 at the Brit Awards for his recording of the Elgar Cello Concerto with Sir Yehudi Menuhin and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He was elected an Fellow of the Royal College of Music in 1994, and has also received Honorary Doctorates from University of Hull, Plymouth University and Thames Valley University.

Demonstrating his involvement in music education, he formed the Music Education Consortium with James Galway and Evelyn Glennie in 2003. As a result of successful lobbying by the Consortium, on 21 November 2007, the UK government announced an infusion of £332 million for music education. In 2008, the British government invited Lloyd Webber to be chairman of its In Harmony programme which is based on the Venezuelan social programme El Sistema. The government-commissioned Henley Review of Music Education (2011) reported, “There is no doubt that they [the In Harmony projects] have delivered life- changing experiences.” In July 2011 the founder of El Sistema in Venezuela, José Antonio Abreu, recognised In Harmony as part of the El Sistema worldwide network. Further, in November 2011 the British government announced additional support for In Harmony across England by extending funding from the Department for Education and adding funding from Arts Council England from 2012 to 2015. Lloyd Webber now chairs the charity Sistema England. In October 2012 he led the Incorporated Society of Musicians campaign against the implementation of the English Baccalaureate which proposed to remove arts subjects from the core curriculum. In February 2013 the government withdrew its plans.

In September 2009 he joined the board of governors of the Southbank Centre. He was the Foundling Museum’s Handel Fellow for 2010. He was the only classical musician chosen to play at the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony.

Lloyd Webber premiered the recordings of more than 50 compositions that inspired new cello works by composers such as Malcolm Arnold (Fantasy for Cello 1986 and Cello Concerto 1989), Joaquin Rodrigo (Concierto como un divertimento 1982) James MacMillan (Cello Sonata No. 2 2001) as well as Philip Glass (Cello Concerto, 2001). Concert performances in recent years include four more compositions specifically for Lloyd Webber – Michael Nyman’s Double Concerto for Cello and Saxophone on BBC Television, Gavin Bryars’s Concerto at Suntory Hall, Tokyo, Glass’s Cello Concerto for the Beijing International Festival and Eric Whitacre’s The River Cam at the Southbank Centre. The recording of the Glass concerto performed by his orchestra, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic conducted by Gerard Schwarz was released by Glass’ Orange Mountain label in September 2005.

Julian Lloyd Webber Net Worth

Julian Lloyd Webber is one of the richest Composer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Julian Lloyd Webber 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Lloyd Webber made his professional debut at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London in September of 1972, when he performed his first London appearance of the cello concerto composed by Sir Arthur Bliss. Through his entire career, he has worked with a variety of musicians, such as conductors Yehudi Menuhin, Lorin Maazel, Neville Marriner, Georg Solti, Yevgeny Svetlanov Andrew Davis and Esa- Pekka Salonen and piano players Clifford Curzon and Murray Perahia and Stephane Grappelli, Elton John and Cleo Laine. The Strad described him as The Strad as the “doyen of British cellists”.

Julian Lloyd Webber is the second son of musician William Lloyd Webber and his wife Jean Johnstone (a piano teacher). Julian Lloyd Webber was the son of music composer Andrew Lloyd Webber. He was the music composer Herbert Howells was his godfather. Lloyd Webber was educated at three schools in London: Wetherby School, Westminster Under School and University College School. He was then awarded an award to the Royal College of Music and studied alongside Pierre Fournier in Geneva in 1973.

In May 2001, he was granted the first busker’s licence on the London Underground.

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Who is Julian Lloyd Webber Dating?

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On 28 April 2014, Lloyd Webber announced his retirement from public performance as a cellist because of a herniated disc in his neck. His final public performance as a cellist was on 2 May 2014 at the Festival Theatre, Malvern, with the English Chamber Orchestra.

Facts & Trivia

Julian Ranked on the list of most popular Composer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Julian Lloyd Webber celebrates birthday on April 14 of every year.

Are Julian and Andrew Lloyd Webber related?

Born on 14 April 1951, Julian Lloyd Webber was born into a musical family. His father William was a composer and his mother Jean was a piano teacher. His older brother is the composer Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Is Julian Lloyd Webber still performing?

Announcing the end of his playing career , Lloyd Webber on Monday said he was still reflecting on what was “a sudden and distressing life-changing situation”. In a statement he said: “There were so many exciting plans that cannot now come to fruition.

What instrument does Julian Lloyd Webber?

Julian’s instrument is known as the Barjansky Stradivarius cello , after its former Russian owner Serge Alexandre Barjansky (1883-1946) used it to premiere the Delius Concerto in Frankfurt on January 30, 1923.

Why did Julian Lloyd Webber stop playing the cello?

On 28 April 2014, Lloyd Webber announced his retirement from public performance as a cellist because of a herniated disc in his neck which reduced the power in his bow arm. His final public performance as a cellist was on 2 May 2014 at the Festival Theatre, Malvern, with the English Chamber Orchestra.

What is Andrew Lloyd Webber's net worth?

The Sunday Times Rich List of 2019 saw him ranked the richest musician in the UK (overtaking Paul McCartney) with a fortune of £820 million.