Andrew Lloyd Webber - Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber Wins Outstanding Achievement Brit

Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber has been awarded the outstanding achievement prize at the Classical Brits.

The West End impresario was presented with the award by ITV chairman Sir Michael Grade at the Royal Albert Hall ceremony on Thursday evening.

The I'd Do Anything judge saw his 60th birthday commemorated with his first Brit award, almost 25 years after he was awarded the Grammy for best contemporary classical composition for his Requiem Mass.

"Webber's musical legacy continues to include unparalleled success in musical theatre for which he has become famous through the world," the Classical Brits panel explained.

The NS&I album of the year prize, voted for by Classic FM listeners, went to vocal four-piece Blake, who formed after meeting via the Facebook social networking site.

Their eponymous album, which reached number one in the classical charts and the top 20 of the pop charts, becomes only the second debut release to win the NS&I album of the year at the Classical Brit awards.

Violinist Nichola Benedetti, 21, took the young British classical performer or group award for the first time, after two previous nominations, while soprano Anna Nebretko took her second Classical Brit in two years, winning the female artist of the year prize to follow her singer of the year award in 2007.

The male artist of the year award was claimed by Sir Colin Davis, the 80-year-old president of the London Symphony Orchestra, beating significantly younger nominees Rolando Villazon and Alfie Boe.

Other winners included James Newton Howard, who claimed the soundtrack of the year for Blood Diamond, and cellist Steven Isserli won the critics' choice award.

The Classical Brits, presented by Myleene Klass, can be seen on ITV1 on May 15th at 22:35 BST.


09/05/2008 09:37:31

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Cerys Matthews has reportedly ended her relationship with former 'EastEnders' star Marc Bannerman.
The couple hide for for each one other close class during the cinematography of the reality TV register 'I'm a Celebrity... Catch Me out of Here!'.
Afterward the broadcast was finished, the copulate got together and declared that they were "in love" and even planned marriage ceremony and having children.
However, sources throw seemingly told the William Ashley Sunday Mirror newspaper that Matthews had become bored of the relationship and split with Bannerman two years earlier Valentine's Day. She is now hoping to focus on her music career.
The report reported: "The rage fizzled out and they've hardly seen to each one other in the death month. Altogether the talk of having babies and subsidence down turned to dot. She realised the relationship was sledding nowhere and wants to contract on her spell, so she told Marc they were finished this workweek."
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She has curated projects for PS1 MoMA, Freshly House of York, and Cork 2005 and held positions at the Henry Moore Foundation and the Irish whiskey Museum of Modern Prowess.
Commenting on Glennie's appointment, Eve-Anne Cullinan, Chairperson of IFI, said: "Sarah has a wealth of experience in strategic cultural provision and of run and workings in public cultural institutions both in Irish Republic and internationally. We ar delighted to welcome Sarah Glennie to IFI to atomic number 82 one of the country's most popular cultural venues into an exciting period in its history."
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JAMES SMITH, the fresh faced front man of HADOUKEN! may look wet behind the
ears, but this lad has got the modern music industry sussed.

Not only do the nu-ravers release music through their record label - they also
happily give away tracks for free on their website. After an intimate show
in a tiny London venue he told us:

"These days no kid buys CDs, they just download music. So we were looking
for a way where people could get involved and it wasn't just like they'd
downloaded it illegally. We just wanted to give them free stuff. It was a
way of getting people together.

"There's only 150 people here, we normally play to a thousand. These gigs
in a way are far more exciting. These are definitely the hardcore. Those
kids that buy the membership, they get invited to these gigs.

"People were like: 'Don't sign to major label, they'll be terrible!' But
they've been really up for things. Whenever we've asked for things or
suggested things, they've been really up for doing it. So we're kinda quite
pleased about stuff. "

The five Leeds University graduates charged through 9 songs in a whirlwind of
glowsticks, guitars and bouncing beats. The sprightly teenagers in the
audience for the secret gig at Camden's Barfly were members of HADOUKEN!'s
fan club - called Aerials. As soon at the band came on, the throng swarmed
to the front and went berzerk for almost the entire 40 minute set.

It's a fluffy, glowing, polite brand of rebellion that the band offer. And SMITH
is nothing short of ruthlessly amiable when he's talking to us. Even when
he's rapping angrily on Declaration Of War he only sounds as grumpy as you
would if someone trod on your toe.




Tuning In is the band's funniest song - where SMITH gets to sing jokey
lyrics about trying to get a posh girl into bed by pretending to be
interested in her boring stories. That Boy That Girl - off the band's album
Music For An Accelerated Culture (out May 5th) is their best effort - it's a
smash 'n' grab mix of indie-rock and dubstep.

People may say nu-rave is over and HADOUKEN! are just clinging on by
their fingers, but it's clear the kids have still got a hearty appetite for
jumping around to this stuff.
SMITH tells us later about the rock tourbus they've got parked outside: "We've
stepped up and the new tourbus makes it easier cos you get more sleep.

"We're up to a basic level now, we're not LED ZEPPELIN but it's
comfortable - so you can just focus on the gig everyday and go nuts and have
a drink and enjoy yourself. I'm sure we won't ever become the nu-rave LED
ZEPPELIN though!"