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The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 – Andrew Lloyd Webber

Andrew Lloyd Webber is the composer of The Likes Of Us, Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, By Jeeves, Evita, Variations and Tell Me On A Sunday, later combined as Song & Dance, Cats, Starlight Express, The Phantom Of The Opera, Aspects Of Love, Sunset Boulevard, Whistle Down The Wind, The Beautiful Game and The Woman In White. He composed the film scores of Gumshoe and The Odessa File, and a setting of the Latin Requiem Mass.

In 2004 he produced a film version of The Phantom Of The Opera directed by Joel Schumacher and in 2009 he will premiere Love Never Dies, his sequel to The Phantom Of The Opera which will be directed by the award-winning director Jack O'Brien.

In 2006 he oversaw a new production of Evita in London, a unique version of The Phantom Of The Opera in Las Vegas and television casting for musical theatre with the hit Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ series, How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?, which searched for a Maria in The Sound Of Music. The series won an International Emmy.

He repeated his success with Any Dream Will Do with a public vote to cast the title role of Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and, again in 2008, for I'd Do Anything he helped launch the roles of Nancy and Oliver for the musical Oliver!

In January this year he launched a new Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ series Your Country Needs You to create the UK entry for the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest.

His awards include seven Tonys, three Grammys including Best Contemporary Classical Composition for Requiem, seven Oliviers, a Golden Globe, an Oscar, two International Emmys, the Praemium Imperiale, the Richard Rodgers Award for Excellence in Musical Theatre and The Kennedy Center Honor.

He currently owns seven London theatres including the Theatre Royal Drury Lane and the London Palladium.

He was knighted in 1992 and created an honorary life peer in 1997.

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