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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

theartsdesk in Switzerland: Lucerne and Gstaad offer curious audiences fresh perspectives on much-loved works

Tuesday, 27 August 2024 Read more...

Prom 6: Hough, BBC Philharmonic, Mark Wigglesworth review - poetry and power

Wednesday, 19 July 2023 Read more...

Paul Lewis, Wigmore Hall review - superlative Schubert

Monday, 01 May 2023 Read more...

Giulio Cesare, English Touring Opera review - a return visit to Handel's Egypt

Monday, 27 February 2023 Read more...

Ólafsson, LPO, Gardner, RFH review - spirit of delight

Monday, 30 January 2023 Read more...

Watts, BBCSO, Wigglesworth, Barbican review - clarity, control and focus

Saturday, 21 January 2023 Read more...

Christian Gerhaher, Gerold Huber, Wigmore Hall review - muted regret and distant longing

Wednesday, 30 November 2022 Read more...

Leif Ove Andsnes, Wigmore Hall review - brooding richness and fiery fervour

Tuesday, 22 November 2022 Read more...

Kavakos, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Harding, Barbican review - elegance without poise

Saturday, 05 November 2022 Read more...

theartsdesk at the Bayreuth Festival Ring 2022 - a jumbled mess of ideas, some of them compelling

Tuesday, 09 August 2022 Read more...

Prom 5, Power, BBC Philharmonic, Mena review - detail and breadth

Tuesday, 19 July 2022 Read more...

Isabelle Faust, Alexander Melnikov, Wigmore Hall review - surprise and spontaneity

Saturday, 18 June 2022 Read more...

Eugene Onegin, Opera Holland Park Young Artists review - intimacy and reflection

Tuesday, 14 June 2022 Read more...

theartsdesk at the Dresden Music Festival - orchestral abundance in a spectacular setting

Wednesday, 25 May 2022 Read more...

Vondráček, LSO, Tilson Thomas, Barbican review - mixed messages

Monday, 16 May 2022 Read more...

Moore, LSO, Zhang, Barbican review – virtuosity worn lightly

Monday, 25 April 2022 Read more...

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