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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Shutdown: The Virus That Changed Our World, Sky Documentarie...
It’s too early for a definitive account of the Covid-19 pandemic, and this was very much a...
First Person: Gabriel Prokofiev on 14 years of his Concerto...
For most people a turntable, or record player is used to play back old vinyls bought from a market or second hand store, or perhaps a carefully...
DVD/Blu-ray: Parasite
So what exactly is all the fuss about? For those of us from a cinema-deprived area, it’s been a long wait for the homevideo release of this much...
Philharmonia, Channel 4 review - death on the podium
Great idea to use a symphony orchestra as the basis for a TV drama, because all of human life is there. Not to mention death, since this...
Album: Sonic Boom - All Things Being Equal
Experiencing All Things Being Equal is akin to taking a trip through The Time Tunnel. Although the songs and the recordings on...
Matthew Kneale: Pilgrims review – adventures on the road to...
Some things really never change. After a blatant cheat perpetrated by a well-connected lout, one of the humblest pilgrims in Matthew Kneale’s band...
Moyra Davey: Index Cards review – fragments of the artist
Moyra Davey’s biographical note, included in Fitzcarraldo Editions’ copy of Index Cards, describes “a...
Reissue CDs Weekly: Edikanfo - The Pace Setters
Ghana was visited by two British musicians in the early Eighties. One was Mick Fleetwood, who recorded the Visitor album in Accra during...
Keiichiro Hirano: A Man review - the best kind of thriller
Keiichiro Hirano’s A Man has all the trappings of a ...
Blu-ray/DVD: Little Women
For the average female millennial, Greta Gerwig’s Little Women is the perfect film to watch in lockdown. Brought up on Winona Ryder’...