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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Hewitt, Clein, Aurora Orchestra, Ward, Kings Place review –...
Why does music suddenly disappear? It is all the more heartening when a work as excellent and enjoyable as Louise Farrenc’s Symphony No. 3 takes...
Albums of the Year 2019: Angie McMahon - Salt
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Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar, Channel 5 review - a diverti...
Christmas and Agatha Christie are a very good fit – how better to spend time with your loved ones than sitting down to watch some murder and...
theartsdesk on Vinyl 55: Peaky Blinders, Graham Coxon, 2 Ton...
Britain is unpleasant to look at right now, ugly and foolish, so why not lock down with some tuneage. Below is the best plastic that’s hit...
Outer Limits, Studio 9294 review - quickfire sets and snowma...
Whatever your office Christmas party was like, I can (almost) guarantee that it wasn’t as much fun as Fire Records’. Running from five to midnight...
Nalini Singh: A Madness of Sunshine review – a lacklustre th...
Nalini Singh's debut thriller thrusts us into Golden Cove, a small coastal town in...
Eva Meijer: Animal Languages review - do you talk crow?
Animal intelligence has come to the fore as an essential and fashionable subject for study. Dolphins, elephants, bees, prairie dogs, gannets,...
Sema Kaygusuz: Every Fire You Tend review – an education in...
In March 1937, the government of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk instigated what it called a “disciplinary campaign” against the Zaza-speaking Alevi Kurds...
Blu-ray: A Fistful of Dynamite
A Fistful of Dynamite and Once Upon a Time in America are Sergio Leone’s films with the most explicit political underpinning....