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.
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Being Beethoven, BBC Four review – from grubby kid to grumpy...
Documentaries like this one make me sentimental for a time, until about 25 years ago, when classical music was a more or less weekly presence on...
The Kemps: All True, BBC Two review - more self-promotion th...
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Album: Rufus Wainwright - Unfollow the Rules
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Terri White: Coming Undone review - a British journalist unr...
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Camille Laurens: Little Dancer Aged Fourteen review - the st...
Edgar Degas is famous for his depictions of ballet dancers. His drawings, paintings and...
Reissue CDs Weekly: Philip Rambow - The Rebel Kind
“Strange Destinies” is the first track. “Take your eyes off me Svengali” is its memorable opening phrase. Conjuring up Van Morrison, Tom Petty,...
Dom Joly / Daniel Sloss, Brent Cross reviews - UK's fir...
It was a weary and frustrated Dom Joly (★★) who left the stage after performing the first drive-in...
Homemade review - laughs, loss and madness in lockdown
If COVID-19 isn’t the only topic being tackled by creative folk at the moment, it certainly feels like it. That’s perfectly understandable, when...
theartsdesk Radio Show 28 - Tony Allen tribute with guest St...
Peter Culshaw’s occasional global radio music...
Dancing at Dusk: A Moment with Pina Bausch’s 'The Rite...
There’s sun and sand, and both are golden – but this is no holiday beach. Distantly, out of focus, you can make out a man with a donkey and cart....