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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

Moses und Aron, Komische Oper Berlin, OperaVision review – complex and powerful memorial

Thursday, 06 August 2020 Read more...

Sadko, Bolshoi Opera online review - medieval Russia meets reality TV

Tuesday, 12 May 2020 Read more...

Remembering Krzysztof Penderecki (1933-2020)

Tuesday, 31 March 2020 Read more...

Skelton, Rice, BBCSO, Gardner, Barbican review – romanticism’s last stand

Saturday, 14 March 2020 Read more...

Gabetta, NHK SO, Järvi, RFH review - transparency and dynamism

Tuesday, 25 February 2020 Read more...

Blaauw, LPO, Jurowski, RFH review - Beethoven seen in '2020 Vision'

Monday, 10 February 2020 Read more...

Buniatishvili, RPO, Wigglesworth, RFH review – dark drama and controlled power

Wednesday, 05 February 2020 Read more...

Cargill, BBCSO, Saraste, Barbican review - less is more in Shostakovich

Saturday, 25 January 2020 Read more...

Beethoven Discovery Day, Batiashvili, LSO, Rattle, Barbican review – reassessing a rarity

Monday, 20 January 2020 Read more...

Family Total Immersion: Lift Off!, BBC SO, Glassberg, Barbican review – 50th anniversary tribute to Apollo 11

Monday, 02 December 2019 Read more...

Death in Venice, Royal Opera review – expansive but intimate evocations

Wednesday, 27 November 2019 Read more...

theartsdesk in Warsaw: musical perspectives on culture beyond communism

Wednesday, 20 November 2019 Read more...

Pavlů, Prague SO, Inkinen, Cadogan Hall review - exhilarating but uneven Mahler Third

Wednesday, 13 November 2019 Read more...

Williams, LPO, Alsop, RFH review - sleek lines and pastoral tones

Monday, 11 November 2019 Read more...

Weinberg Focus Day, Wigmore Hall review – innocence and loss, violence and calm

Monday, 28 October 2019 Read more...

Angela Hewitt, Wigmore Hall review - a match made in heaven

Saturday, 26 October 2019 Read more...

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