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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

JACK Quartet, Wigmore Hall review – superlative Elliott Carter quartets

Monday, 08 April 2019 Read more...

Soltani, LPO, Gardner, RFH review – disciplined and dynamic accounts

Monday, 25 March 2019 Read more...

Bach St John Passion, Les Arts Florissants, Christie, Barbican review – sombre but engaging

Wednesday, 20 March 2019 Read more...

Monteverdi Vespers, The Sixteen, Christophers, Cadogan Hall review – majesty on a modest scale

Wednesday, 13 February 2019 Read more...

Damrau, BRSO, Jansons, Barbican review - broad and passionate Strauss

Monday, 28 January 2019 Read more...

Ehnes, BBCSO, Ryan Wigglesworth, Barbican review - a concert of two very different halves

Saturday, 19 January 2019 Read more...

LSO, Rattle, Barbican review - Bartók dances, Bruckner sings

Tuesday, 15 January 2019 Read more...

Thomas Adès, Wigmore Hall review - playful and erratic Janáček

Tuesday, 11 December 2018 Read more...

The Swingles, LPO, Jurowski, RFH review – austere Stravinsky, luminous Berio

Monday, 10 December 2018 Read more...

Mitsuko Uchida, Royal Festival Hall review - conviction and grace

Saturday, 08 December 2018 Read more...

theartsdesk in Warsaw - Penderecki at 85

Wednesday, 28 November 2018 Read more...

The English Concert, Bicket, Wigmore Hall review – small-scale Bach

Wednesday, 21 November 2018 Read more...

Lawson, London Sinfonietta, Kings Place Review – diverse explorations of time

Monday, 22 October 2018 Read more...

Radamisto, English Touring Opera review - propulsive, lively Handel

Tuesday, 09 October 2018 Read more...

Das Rheingold, Royal Opera review - high drama and dark comedy

Tuesday, 25 September 2018 Read more...

Ian Bostridge, Thomas Adès, Wigmore Hall review - haunting, brutal Schubert

Tuesday, 18 September 2018 Read more...

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The red, white and blue bull’s-eye on the front curtain at Sadler’s Wells tells us we are in the familiar territory of Pete Townshend’s...

Fidelio, Garsington Opera review - a battle of sunshine and...

Sometimes, as the first act of Beethoven’s Fidelio closes, the chorus of prisoners discreetly fade away backstage as their brief taste of...

Summer Laugh review - five comics gear up for the Fringe

Appearing at the Edinburgh Fringe has long been an expensive gig for comics. But while stand-ups may need only a microphone to ply...

Album: Brìghde Chaimbeul - Sunwise

The first five-and-a-half minutes of Sunwise’s opening track “Dùsgadh / Waking" are taken up by a drone. Played on the Scottish small...

Music Reissues Weekly: Rupert’s People - Dream In My Mind

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