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Claude-Michel Schönberg

  • Writer
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  • Composer
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Before writing musicals, Schonberg was an artistic director at EMI; he was producing artists such as Gilbert Bécaud, Franck Pourcel, Ke Shang. In 1973, he composed the music for "La Revolution Francaise", and acted as "King Louis XVI" in the production. Franck Pourcel decided to produce in first LP in 1974: "Le Premier Pas" (one of the famous French songs of the century). Schonberg was married twice; first with Beatrice Schonberg, from which he has 2 children, and, the second time, he married an English ballerina, Charlotte Talbot: he has a baby girl. He lives in France with his family.
BornJuly 6, 1944
BornJuly 6, 1944
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar

Known for

Isabelle Allen in Les Misérables (2012)
Les Misérables
7.5
  • Writer(as Schönberg)
  • 2012
Les Misérables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary (2010)
Les Misérables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary
8.8
  • Writer
  • 2010
Jon Hamm, Madhur Mittal, and Suraj Sharma in Million Dollar Arm (2014)
Million Dollar Arm
7.0
  • Soundtrack(as Claude-Michel Schonberg, "I Dreamed A Dream")
  • 2014
Leslie Mann and Paul Rudd in This Is 40 (2012)
This Is 40
6.2
  • Soundtrack("Fantine's Death (Come to Me)")
  • 2012

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Writer

  • Les Misérables: The Staged Concert (2019)
    Les Misérables: The Staged Concert
  • Jon Jon Briones, Kwang-Ho Hong, Alistair Brammer, and Eva Noblezada in Miss Saigon: 25th Anniversary (2016)
    Miss Saigon: 25th Anniversary
  • Isabelle Allen in Les Misérables (2012)
    Les Misérables
    • (as Schönberg)
  • Les Misérables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary (2010)
    Les Misérables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary
  • Great Performances (1971)
    Great Performances
    • (as Claude-Michel Schonberg)
  • Les Misérables the Dream Cast in Concert (1995)
    Les Misérables the Dream Cast in Concert

Music Department

  • Isabelle Allen in Les Misérables (2012)
    Les Misérables
  • Les Misérables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary (2010)
    Les Misérables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary
  • Great Performances (1971)
    Great Performances
  • The Heat Is On (1989)
    The Heat Is On

Composer

  • Mashup (2021)
    Mashup
  • On My Scone
    • (original music by)
  • Les Misérables the Dream Cast in Concert (1995)
    Les Misérables the Dream Cast in Concert
  • Robert Hossein and Candice Patou in Le caviar rouge (1985)
    Le caviar rouge
  • L'école est finie (1979)
    L'école est finie
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

Personal details

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    • July 6, 1944
    • Vannes, Morbihan, France
    • (3 children)
  • Other works
    Alain Boublil and his musical, "The House of Martin Guerre", was performed at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois with Anthony Crivello, Hollis Resnik and Kevin Gudahl in the cast. The crew included David Petrarca (musical director), James F. Ingalls (lighting designer), Susan Hilferty (costume designer) and Jeffrey Klitz (musical direction).

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    He was awarded the 1997 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best New Musical of 1996 for "Martin Guerre", with Alain Boublil, Edward Hardy and Stephen Clark Edward.

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