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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Roger Scruton: Music as an Art review - how to listen?
Hegel, Kant, David Hume, Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, Leibniz are all adduced, referred to, and paraphrased, and that’s just for starters. Add Rameau...
Reissue CDs Weekly: Teenage Fanclub
The cover images of the four albums Teenage Fanclub issued on ...
CD: Kate Nash - Yesterday Was Forever
Kate Nash is no quitter. For years her heavy London accent and kitchen-sink lyrics made her an easy target for mockery. Nash always brushed it off...
theartsdesk at the Australian Festival of Chamber Music - st...
North of Brisbane, south of Cairns and a short boat trip from the turquoise waters around the Great Barrier Reef, Townsville is the site of a...
h Club 100 Awards: Video games - pioneers with heart and sou...
Technical innovators, industry role models and champions of inclusivity make up the shortlist of nominees in the...
CD: Ariana Grande - Sweetener
This may be tempting fate, and minutes after publication of this she'll probably be arrested for stabbing a dog or something, but...
Prom 45, Capuçon, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Nott - sci...
Who is the greatest British conductor in charge of a major orchestra? It's subjective, but my answer is not what you might expect. Jonathan Nott...
theartsdesk on Vinyl 42: Flaming Lips, Blacklab, Juno Reacto...
Initially, this month’s theartsdesk on Vinyl began with the sentence after this one, but it's so dry readers might drowse off, so...
Jake Shears, Concorde 2, Brighton review - a blitz of glitz
One of the biggest crowd roars of the night comes right at the start when Jake Shears runs onstage. He is wearing a grey top hat, a white tail-...