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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

Parsifal, Saffron Opera Group review - drama and focus

Tuesday, 18 September 2018 Read more...

Ax, Kavakos, Ma, Barbican review - all-star Brahms

Monday, 10 September 2018 Read more...

Prom 74, Theodora, Arcangelo, Cohen review - coherent and compelling Handel

Saturday, 08 September 2018 Read more...

Prom 21, BBC Scottish SO, Volkov review - horncalls and mountainscapes

Tuesday, 31 July 2018 Read more...

Prom 19, Ten Pieces review – creative format engages young audiences

Monday, 30 July 2018 Read more...

Prom 17, Murray, BBC NOW, Brabbyns review – pastoral vistas, with dark shadows

Saturday, 28 July 2018 Read more...

Prom 1, BBCSO, Oramo review – spectacular First Night of the Proms

Saturday, 14 July 2018 Read more...

Benedetti, LSO, Noseda, Barbican review – power and focus

Monday, 25 June 2018 Read more...

Bach Weekend, Barbican review - vivid and vibrant celebrations

Tuesday, 19 June 2018 Read more...

BBC Young Musician 2018 Final, Symphony Hall, Birmingham review - sky-high standards

Monday, 14 May 2018 Read more...

Pierre-Laurent Aimard, QEH review – taking Ligeti to extremes

Monday, 14 May 2018 Read more...

Ibragimova, Tiberghien, Wigmore Hall review – light, bright and melodic Brahms

Saturday, 21 April 2018 Read more...

Philharmonia, Salonen, RFH review – cosmic perspectives

Monday, 16 April 2018 Read more...

Igor Levit, Wigmore Hall review – music for the ages

Saturday, 14 April 2018 Read more...

Ruthless Jabiru, King's College London / Arditti Quartet, Wigmore Hall review - delicate, dedicated modernism

Tuesday, 13 March 2018 Read more...

Brantelid, LPO, Petrenko, RFH review - orchestral excesses redeemed by graceful Elgar

Saturday, 24 February 2018 Read more...

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