22:(7 March 1918 – 16 June 2013) was an English pianist and teacher. He performed regularly as a solo recitalist, concerto pianist and chamber music player for over four decades, and appeared in many radio broadcasts.
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from the 1960s, becoming head of keyboard studies there in 1967 and sometimes performing piano four hands with his colleague
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were also an important part of his repertoire. In 1951 Gibb was one of the two pianists that accompanied the UK premiere of
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In London before the war Gibb became associated with the socialist community attached to the
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at the Unity
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