Claude-Michel Schönberg
Birth Place: Vannes, FRANCE
BIO
Born in 1944 of Hungarian parents, Claude-Michel Schönberg began his career as a singer, writer and producer of popular songs. He wrote the musical score of La Révolution Française (1973), Les Misérables (1980-85), Miss Saigon (1989) and Martin Guerre (1996). He has also supervised overseas productions of Les Misérables and Miss Saigon and co-produced several international cast albums of his three shows.
In 2001, he composed his first ballet score, Wuthering Heights, which was created by the Northern Ballet in 2002. The Pirate Queen, which opened on Broadway in 2007, is his sixth complete score. Marguerite, Claude-Michel’s collaboration with Alain Boublil, Michel Legrand and Herbert Kretzmer, opened in May 2008 at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. In 2003, Claude-Michel Schönberg married the English ballerina Charlotte Talbot. He is the father of one son and two daughters.
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Awards and Nominations
Claude-Michel Schonberg, Miss Saigon
Claude-Michel Schonberg, Miss Saigon
Claude-Michel Schonberg, Miss Saigon
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Claude-Michel Schönberg, Les Misérables
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Claude-Michel Schonberg, Les Misérables
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Claude-Michel Schonberg, Les Misérables
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Claude-Michel Schönberg has written 4 shows including Les Miserables (Bookwriter), Miss Saigon (Bookwriter), Martin Guerre (Bookwriter), The Pirate Queen (Bookwriter).
Best Book of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Miss Saigon, Best Book of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Miss Saigon, Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre (Tony Awards) for Miss Saigon, Best Musical (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for Les Misérables, Best Book of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Les Misérables and Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre (Tony Awards) for Les Misérables.
Claude-Michel Schönberg has won several prestigious awards, including Best Musical at the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for Les Misérables. He also received the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for Les Misérables, as well as the Tony Award for Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre, again for Les Misérables.
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