Gavin Dixon

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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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Semele, Royal Opera review - unholy smoke
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Le nozze di Figaro, Glyndebourne review - perceptive humanit...
Over 100 years ago, John Christie envisaged Wagner’s Parsifal with limited forces in the Organ Room at Glyndebourne. He would have been...

Quadrophenia, Sadler's Wells review - missed opportunit...
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Fidelio, Garsington Opera review - a battle of sunshine and...
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Gavin Dixon

Articles By Gavin Dixon

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

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

Remembering Krzysztof Penderecki (1933-2020)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

theartsdesk in Warsaw: musical perspectives on culture beyond communism

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

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

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

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

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