Who is julian lloyd webber

In a statement he said: "There were so many exciting plans that cannot now come to fruition. I have had an immensely fulfilling career and feel privileged to have worked with so many great musicians and orchestras but now I have to move on. Lloyd Webber, who has been playing professionally for more than 40 years,added in a tweet : "Today is a sad, sad day for me which I hoped I would never see.

But I have had to make the decision to stop playing the cello and move on. Lloyd Webber is a passionate advocate of music education and spearheaded the creation of England's answer to the Venezuelan Sistema programme, In Harmony. He was launching the scheme to award licences to approved buskers by playing a selection of Andrew Lloyd Webber's songs in Westminster station just after rush hour. The fund-raising initiative, organised by the Sargent Cancer Care for Children charity, saw , children brushing up on their music skills in aid of cancer care for young people.

Lloyd Webber married cellist Jiaxin Cheng in They have a daughter Jasmine born in The charity event paid tribute to the life and achievements of vocal coach Ian Adam. On 2 May in Great Malvern, Lloyd Webber gave his last ever performance after he was forced to stop playing because of a herniated disc in his neck. See more Julian Lloyd Webber News. See more Julian Lloyd Webber Pictures.

See more Julian Lloyd Webber Guides. Discover Music. Looking back, particularly my father, who was a very fine musician, was quite distant. I remember being allowed to roam around London on my own. At 9, 10 and 11 I had a thing about the London Underground where I wanted to go and visit every single station.

So I did. Most of the time I was alone. My parents influenced how I approached parenthood. In the case of my son, I tried to be very close to him, and I still am extremely close to him and, of course, my daughter. When I was in my last year at the Royal College of Music, I started becoming very worried about earning a living. I would tell my younger self that was a good thing because that insecurity led me to work really hard to do that. By the time I was about 25, it looked as if I was going to have enough concerts in the diary to be OK, but I would never say at that point that I felt secure.

I always felt that I had to keep working and working and getting better. If it was not an insecurity about money then it would be an insecurity about standards. I always wanted to be getting better. There is always more you can learn and you should be learning all the time. The moment you start to think I can do this, things start to go downhill. All I can say about it is, I always went into the marriage thinking it was for good.

I had to marry those people. I got it in , I stopped playing in Over 30 years I was with that cello, that one instrument playing incredible concerts all over the world with some incredible musicians, and it was like a unit. I knew how it was going to play. The instrument made me feel secure and I think we both knew what each other wanted. I would tell my younger self about the most extraordinary concert.

I performed at the changeover in Hong Kong, the night before the old regime moved out [in ]. All the politicians were there from both sides.