Nikša Gligo

Croatian musicologist (1946–2024)

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Nikša Gligo
Born	(1946-04-06)6 April 1946 Split, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia
Died	10 February 2024(2024-02-10) (aged 77)
Nationality	Croat
Alma mater	University of Zagreb University of Ljubljana
Known for	20th-century classical music, Contemporary classical music
Awards	Josip Andreis Award Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Porin Lifetime Achievement Award Order of Danica Hrvatska
Scientific career
Fields	Humanities and musicology
Thesis	The Problems of the 20th Century New Music: Theoretical Basis and the Evaluation Criteria (1984)
Doctoral advisor	Andrej Rijavec
Notable students	Dalibor Davidović

Nikša Gligo (6 April 1946 – 10 February 2024) was a Croatian musicologist and academic.

Biography

Nikša Gligo was born in Split, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia on 6 April 1946.^[1] His scientific interests included 20th-century music, music terminology, the aesthetics of music, and music semiology.^[2] He has been involved with the Music Biennale Zagreb in various capacities from 1973 to 1991 and from 2002.^[1] He served as the art director of the 10th Biennale in 1979.^[3] He was a full member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts from 2006^[1] and a member of section Musicology & History of Art & Architecture of the Academia Europaea from 2014.^[4] Gligo died on 10 February 2023, at the age of 77.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Akademik Nikša Gligo, muzikolog". info.hazu.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
^ "Nikša Gligo – Znanstveni interesi". tkojetko.irb.hr (in Croatian). Ruđer Bošković Institute. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
^ Špoljarić, Mirta (9 April 2009). "Injekcija suvremene glazbe". Vijenac (in Croatian) (394). Matica hrvatska. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
^ Academia Europaea: List all members by country – Croatia: Gligo, Nikša. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
^ Preminuo muzikolog Nikša Gligo, jedan od vodećih stručnjaka za suvremenu hrvatsku glazbu (in Croatian)