List of Famous people with last name Nikisch

Mitja Nikisch

First Name Mitja

Born on May 21, 1899

Died on August 5, 1936 (aged 37)

Born in Germany, Saxony

Mitja Nikisch was a classical pianist and dance band leader, born in Leipzig, Germany on May 21, 1899 and died in Venice, Italy on August 5, 1936.

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Arthur Nikisch

First Name Arthur

Last Name Nikisch

Born on October 12, 1855

Died on January 23, 1922 (aged 66)

Born in Hungary, Győr-Moson-Sopron County

Arthur Nikisch was a Hungarian conductor who performed internationally, holding posts in Boston, London, Leipzig and—most importantly—Berlin. He was considered an outstanding interpreter of the music of Bruckner, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven and Liszt. Johannes Brahms praised Nikisch's performance of his Fourth Symphony as "quite exemplary, it's impossible to hear it any better."

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