Karol Mikuli, also known as Charles Mikuli (Armenian: Կարոլ Միկուլի or Կարոլ Պստիկյան; 22 October 1821 – 21 May 1897) was a Polish pianist, composer, conductor and teacher.

His students included Moriz Rosenthal, Raoul Koczalski, Aleksander Michałowski, Jaroslaw Zieliński, Kornelia Parnas and Heinrich Schenker.

[1] Mikuli (birth surname Bsdikian)[2] was born on October 22, 1821,[3] in Czernowitz, then part of the Austrian Empire (today Chernivtsi, Ukraine) to a Moldavian-Armenian family.

[4] He studied under Frédéric Chopin for piano (later becoming his teaching assistant) and Anton Reicha for composition.

He toured widely as a concert pianist, becoming Director of the Lviv Conservatory in 1858.