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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

Goode, LPO, Jurowski, RFH review - tender Mozart, dynamic Bruckner

Monday, 02 October 2017 Read more...

The Tallis Scholars, Phillips, Cadogan Hall review - intimacy in late Renaissance music

Saturday, 23 September 2017 Read more...

Last Night of the Proms review: Stemme, BBCSO, Oramo - international array, abundant blue and gold

Sunday, 10 September 2017 Read more...

Prom 74: Ax, Vienna Philharmonic, Tilson Thomas review - elegance without passion

Saturday, 09 September 2017 Read more...

Prom 6: Benedetti, BBC NOW, Søndergård - dazzling violin magic

Wednesday, 19 July 2017 Read more...

Katya Kabanova, Opera Holland Park review - clarity and pace in Janáček's Volga tragedy

Monday, 17 July 2017 Read more...

OAE, Christie, St John's Smith Square

Wednesday, 05 July 2017 Read more...

Die Walküre, Grange Park Opera review - imaginative and intelligent

Friday, 30 June 2017 Read more...

Ensemble InterContemporain, Wigmore Hall

Wednesday, 21 June 2017 Read more...

Britten Sinfonia, Adès, Barbican

Wednesday, 07 June 2017 Read more...

Britten Sinfonia, Adès, Milton Court

Wednesday, 31 May 2017 Read more...

LSO, Haitink, Barbican

Tuesday, 30 May 2017 Read more...

Hagen Quartet, Wigmore Hall

Monday, 01 May 2017 Read more...

Janina Fialkowska, Wigmore Hall

Thursday, 27 April 2017 Read more...

Tamestit, LSO, Roth, Barbican

Monday, 24 April 2017 Read more...

Landshamer, New York Philharmonic, Gilbert, Barbican

Saturday, 01 April 2017 Read more...

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Sir Brian Clarke (1953-2025) - a personal tribute

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Album: Kokoroko - Tuff Times Never Last

This second album from London-based septet Kokoroko welcomes you into its warm embrace with the gorgeous, beatific vocal harmonies of “Never Lost...

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Album: Wet Leg - moisturizer

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