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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The Woman in White, BBC One review - camp Victoriana
The BBC excels at a very particular kind of drama,...
Martin Gayford: Modernists & Mavericks review - people,...
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Reissue CDs Weekly: New York Dolls
Playing Vancouver’s Commodore Ballroom on 8 September 1974, the New York Dolls opened their first set of the evening with three cover versions....
Ibragimova, Tiberghien, Wigmore Hall review – light, bright...
The Brahms violin sonatas make a perfect spring evening recital. The Second and Third were...
Rasheeda Speaking, Trafalgar Studios review - unsettling com...
Conflict and comedy can be unpredictable bedfellows, and Chicago...
Home From Home, BBC One review - Johnny Vegas as everyman he...
Home From Home, written by newcomers Chris Fewtrell and Simon Crowther, first saw life as a pilot in the BBC’s Landmark Sitcom Season in...
CD: Willie Nelson - Last Man Standing
Willie Nelson turned 85 at the end of April, a few days after releasing his latest album and a rare set of self-penned new songs, Last Man...
theartsdesk on Vinyl: Record Store Day Special 2018
Record Store Day 2018 – Saturday April 21 – is upon us. It should really be Record Shop Day 2018 as this is the UK but let’s not quibble. Instead...
10 Questions for Courtney Pine: 'How do you express rag...
Over 30 years after he made his debut as a solo artist, woodwind multi-instrumentalist Courtney Pine is still Britain’s most prominent...