Gavin Dixon
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
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Julia Bullock, Philharmonia, Salonen, RFH review – bewitchin...
Nobody would wish it this way, but orchestras playing on a stage specially built-up for distancing to a handful of invitees have never sounded...
The Witches review – new take lacks magic
A long shadow looms over Robert Zemeckis’ new take on Roald Dahl’s classic 1980s book The Witches,...
Mogul Mowgli review - displacement and generational trauma
When Mogul Mowgli was first announced, it was fair to expect something of a realist biopic. After all, you had documentary director...
Meet the Young Artists Week recital, Linbury Theatre – four...
Throughout this most difficult of years, the Royal Opera...
The Sister, ITV review - half-baked dramatisation of esteeme...
Neil Cross’s novel Burial was hailed for its skilful plotting and insightful characterisations, as well as its macabre atmosphere....
Shirley review - hothouse art film about American horror wri...
Shirley is one of those films that the mood you’re in when you watch it will dictate whether you think it’s a great...
Album: Dizzee Rascal - E3 AF
You can’t ever go all the way home again, and for years Dizzee Rascal didn’t want to. His...
theartsdesk on Vinyl 60: Acid Pauli, Mercury Rev, Cabbage, K...
Due to COVID-related nonsense too tedious to relate, this month’s theartsdesk on...
Pavel Kolesnikov, Wigmore Hall review - the stuff of dreams
To plan a programme around The Tempest, its symbolism and the idea of evanescence, the fragility of the human condition, is one...