Jack Gibbons
- January 5, 2024
- Pianist
Quick Facts
Full Name | Jack Gibbons |
Occupation | Pianist |
Date Of Birth | Mar 2, 1962(1962-03-02) |
Age | 62 |
Birthplace | England |
Country | United Kingdom |
Birth City | England |
Horoscope | Pisces |
Jack Gibbons Biography
Name | Jack Gibbons |
Birthday | Mar 2 |
Birth Year | 1962 |
Place Of Birth | England |
Home Town | England |
Birth Country | United Kingdom |
Birth Sign | Pisces |
Jack Gibbons is one of the most popular and richest Pianist who was born on March 2, 1962 in England, England, United Kingdom. Subject of intense media coverage following a near-fatal 2001 car accident. His return was considered miraculous.
He debuted in London when he was 17 with a concert devoted solely to the works of composer Charles-Valentin Alkan.
Gibbons was born in England. His father was a scientist and his mother a visual artist. He began his piano studies in Stockton-on-Tees, later continuing in Oxford. He began performing in public at the age of 10. He made his London debut in 1979, at the age of 17, with an all-Alkan concert that included Alkan’s Concerto for solo piano and Ouverture from Op. 39. At the age of 20 he won First Prize in the Newport International Pianoforte Competition, with a performance with the BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4. In 1984 he made his Queen Elizabeth Hall debut performing J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations, Chopin’s “Funeral March” Sonata and Ravel’s Gaspard de la nuit, after which recital The Times wrote that Gibbons “could be Britain’s answer to Ivo Pogorelić”. Since then Gibbons has played in many prestigious venues and festivals all over the world, as recitalist and concerto soloist.
For 16 years, from 1990 to 2005, Gibbons gave annual all-Gershwin concerts at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall, with a gap in 2001 following a near-fatal car accident. These concerts feature Gibbons’ own note-for-note reconstructions and transcriptions of the original recorded improvisations and concert works of George Gershwin. Over the 16 years of his Queen Elizabeth Hall all-Gershwin concerts, Gibbons has given the world premieres of at least 48 reconstructed original Gershwin works. He has also since 1994 given similar all-Gershwin concerts at New York’s Merkin Hall, Alice Tully Hall and Carnegie Hall.
His father was a scientist. His mother was a visual artist.
Jack Gibbons Net Worth
Net Worth | $5 Million |
Source Of Income | Pianist |
House | Living in own house. |
Jack Gibbons is one of the richest Pianist from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jack Gibbons 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
His performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 with the BBC Welsh Symphony won him First Prize at the Newport International Pianoforte Competition when he was only 20.
He performed an annual all-Gershwin concert in Elizabeth II Hall from 1990 until 2005.
Jack Gibbons (born 2 March 1962) is an English classical composer and virtuoso pianist .
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Jack Ranked on the list of most popular Pianist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Jack Gibbons celebrates birthday on March 2 of every year.