BIOGRAPHY

JACK GIBBONS was born in 1962, began performing in public at the age of 10, and at 20 won First Prize in the Newport International Pianoforte Competition with a performance of Beethoven’s Fourth Concerto which was described by the jury as “masterly”. Since then he has performed throughout the world, recorded for various labels including Hyperion and Sanctuary (his recordings including an award-winning "Authentic Gershwin" 4-CD series on ASV/Sanctuary and a highly acclaimed 2-CD set of Alkan's infamous Studies in the Minor Keys Op.39). For 16 years Gibbons played annual all-Gershwin concerts to capacity audiences at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall, later taking the programmes to New York’s Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center. He has recorded many times for the BBC as well as at the BBC Proms, and from 2010 to 2016 was artist-in-residence at Davis & Elkins College in the scenic Appalachian mountains of West Virginia, USA. Jack Gibbons took US citizenship in 2023. He now devotes much of his time to composing, his music including over 50 art songs and choral works, over 50 solo piano works, and other works for orchestra. His annual Oxford Summer Piano Series has run without a break for 37 years.