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Gavin Dixon

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Bio
Gavin Dixon is a writer, journalist and editor based in Hertfordshire, UK. He has a PhD on the symphonies of Alfred Schnittke and is a member of the editorial team for the Alfred Schnittke Collected Works Edition, currently being published in St Petersburg. Gavin is also a Curator of Musical Instruments at the Horniman Museum in London and Music Editor of Fanfare Magazine.

Articles By Gavin Dixon

Paul Lewis, Wigmore Hall review - superlative Schubert

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Giulio Cesare, English Touring Opera review - a return visit to Handel's Egypt

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Ólafsson, LPO, Gardner, RFH review - spirit of delight

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Watts, BBCSO, Wigglesworth, Barbican review - clarity, control and focus

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Christian Gerhaher, Gerold Huber, Wigmore Hall review - muted regret and distant longing

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Leif Ove Andsnes, Wigmore Hall review - brooding richness and fiery fervour

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Kavakos, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Harding, Barbican review - elegance without poise

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theartsdesk at the Bayreuth Festival Ring 2022 - a jumbled mess of ideas, some of them compelling

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Prom 5, Power, BBC Philharmonic, Mena review - detail and breadth

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Isabelle Faust, Alexander Melnikov, Wigmore Hall review - surprise and spontaneity

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Eugene Onegin, Opera Holland Park Young Artists review - intimacy and reflection

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theartsdesk at the Dresden Music Festival - orchestral abundance in a spectacular setting

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Vondráček, LSO, Tilson Thomas, Barbican review - mixed messages

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Moore, LSO, Zhang, Barbican review – virtuosity worn lightly

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Lohengrin, Royal Opera review - a timely return to warzone Brabant

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Rangwanasha, OAE, Fischer, RFH review - Mahler reimagined

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Album: Baxter Dury - I Thought I Was Better Than You

This is a slight album in terms of length (under half an hour) but not in emotional insight. It’s absolutely...

Rigoletto, Opera Holland Park review - Verdi's Duke get...

“I am a poor student,” the Duke tells a smitten Gilda, in music that can barely keep a straight face, so plush is its melody, so oozing with...

Jerusalem Quartet, Wigmore Hall review - singing to make the...

Conversation just before this concert started concerned Verdi’s Il trovatore and the truism that it needs “the four greatest voices in...

Sophia Giovannitti: Working Girl - On Selling Art and Sellin...

Sophia Giovannitti begins selling sex because it promises to make her the most amount of money in the shortest amount of time. She also has a “...

Album: Rufus Wainwright - Folkocracy

"This album is almost like a recorded birthday party and birthday present to myself. I just invited all the singers that I greatly admire and...

Succession Season Four finale, Sky Atlantic review - a glori...

Hey-hey! Alright! The standard greeting of Kendall Roy will be much missed, along with all the other regular joys of...

Götterdämmerung, Longborough Festival review - from the hier...

Götterdämmerung is not only the grandest of Wagner’s...

theartsdesk on Vinyl 77: Scuba, Dannii Minogue, Tito Puente,...

VINYL OF THE MONTH

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Invisible, Bush Studio review - engaging monologue about Bro...

The Bond film theme plays and the lights go up at the...