Nicolai Malko

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Nikolai Malko (born 4 May 1883 in Semaki, Ukraine, died 23 June 1961 in Sydney, Australia) was a Russian conductor.

He led the premieres of Shostakovich's First and Second symphonies, and of Miaskovsky's Fifth symphony. [1] In 1951 he premiered Vagn Holmboe's seventh symphony with the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra.[2] Late in life he became chief conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, having also worked (and recorded) quite often in Britain.

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  1. ^ Reference for Malko's 1920 Premiere of Myaskovsky's 5th Symphony. Retrieved on January 12, 2007.
  2. ^ Rapoport, Paul (1996). The compositions of Vagn Holmboe : a catalog of works and recordings with indexes of persons and titles. Copenhagen : Edition W. Hansen, page 46. ISBN 87-598-0813-6. 
Preceded by
Valery Berdyaev
Musical Directors, St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
1926–1930
Succeeded by
Aleksandr Gauk
Preceded by
Launy Grøndahl
Principal Conductors, Danish National Symphony Orchestra
1930–1937
Succeeded by
Fritz Busch
Preceded by
Eugene Goosens
Chief Conductors, Sydney Symphony Orchestra
1957–1961
Succeeded by
Dean Dixon
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