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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Blu-ray: Buster Keaton: Three Films, Vol. 3
Every great artist can have an off day, and the brilliance of the best moments in Eureka’s latest collection of Buster Keaton features are good...
Reissue CDs Weekly: Dudu Phukwana and the "Spears"
Whether explicitly or indirectly, what’s written on a master tape box can tantalise. Revealing part of a picture creates a desire to want to know...
Heart's Delight, Opera Holland Park review - a classy h...
Nostalgia of all kinds played a part in this summer evening’s divertissement. Some audience members were probably remembering when operetta held a...
Perfect 10 review - a small movie with a big heart
We first see Leigh (Frankie Box), the cheeky heroine of Scottish...
Alex Halberstadt: Young Heroes of the Soviet Union review -...
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, there has been a collective examination of its past, with Nobel Prize-winner Svetlana Alexievich at...
Everything: The Real Thing Story, BBC Four review - brillian...
This documentary is bittersweet viewing on quite a number of levels. First, it’s got all the glory and tragedy of the most compelling music...
Album: Moscoman - Time Slips Away
After 2016’s A Shot in the Light, DJ, producer and Disco Halal labelrunner Chen Moscovici has leaned full-tilt into...
theartsdesk Q&A: Record label New Heavy Sounds
New Heavy Sounds is one of Britain’s most exciting and undersung labels. Founded in 2011, they have consistently released music that boasts...
The New Normal, Royal Victoria Patriotic Building review - s...
We live in strange times, so it's appropriate that a socially distanced pop-up arts...