Nicolai Malko

Nicolai Andreyevich Malko (Russian: Никола́й Андре́евич Малько́, Ukrainian: Микола Андрійович Малько; 4 May 1883 – 23 June 1961) was a Russian-born American[1] symphonic conductor.

He became conductor of the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra in 1926, where he conducted the world premiere of pupil Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No.

[2] He was succeeded as director of the Leningrad Philharmonic by his pupil Alexander Gauk in 1928, and continued to teach at the Conservatory.

During his years outside the Soviet Union, Malko lived in Vienna, Prague and Copenhagen, where he helped to establish the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, earning the title Permanent Guest Conductor.

Immediately after that, he moved to Australia, to take up the post of Chief Conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra following the hurried departure of Sir Eugene Goossens.