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		Markus Nyikos (Teaching Languages : English, German) Musical training at the Academy of Music Basel under Prof. Paul Szabo, later in Belgrad and Prague under Prof.Stanislav Apolin. Masterclasses with Zara Nelsova, Pierre Fournier, Sandor Vegh and the Janacek Quartet. 1976 Markus Nyikos won the Swiss Soloist's Prize , one year later he was double prize-winner at the Gaspar Cassado Competition in Florence (Italy) . He also was the recipient of several fellowships and chamber music prizes . From 1974 to 1979 Nyikos was principal cellist of the well known Lucerne Festival Strings. Since 1979 he has held a professorship at the University of the Arts in Berlin (Germany). His cello class has an excellent reputation , and the students come from all continents to be trained by him. Markus Nyikos is also a frequently performing soloist and chamber musician all over the world. He is member of the Philharmonisches Klavierquartett Berlin (piano quartet) and principal cellist of the Philharmonische Virtuosen Berlin (chamber orchestra) . As guest cellist he played with famous ensembles as the Janacek-Quartet, the Stamitz-Quartet, the Brandis-Quartet, the Berlin Philharmonic Oktet, the Jacques Thibaud Trio , the Berliner Streichersolisten and others. He played for many years as member of the famous "Twelve Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra" and different other chamber groups of this orchestra. Since more then 35 years, Markus Nyikos plays cello-piano Duo with Jaroslav Smykal . Their repertoire contains about 130 compositions from all musical epochs. As soloist, Nyikos has performed with orchestras as Deutsches Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Berlin Philharmonic Virtuosi, Basler Sinfonieorchester, Allgemeine Musikgesellschaft Lucerne, Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, Philharmony Kosice , London Soloists Chamber Orchestra, Camerata Zurich, Central Philharmony Beijing, Shanghai Philharmony, Macao Symphony Orchestra, Lucerne Festival Strings, Orchestra del Theatro Communale di Firenze. Nyikos has made more then a dozen CD recordings as soloist and with chamber music ensembles. He toured in Japan, China, India, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand as well as North-, Central- and Latin America, Canada, and of course almost all European musical centres . Der Cellist Markus Nyikos studierte bei Paul Szabo in Basel und Stanislav Apolin in Prag. Neben dem Studium absolvierte er Meisterkurse bei Pierre Fournier, Zara Nelsova, Sandor Vegh und Stanislav Apolin. 1976 war er Gewinner des Schweizer Solistenpreises und 1977 des Concours Gaspar Cassado in Florenz. Im Jahre 1974 trat er die Stelle des Solocellisten des Festival Strings Luzern an. Seit 1979 ist Markus Nyikos Professor an der Universitat der Kunste in Berlin. Er gibt regelmaŠŹig Meisterkurse in Deutschland, Japan und in der Schweiz. Neben seiner Lehrtatigkeit wirkt er bei mehreren Ensembles der Berliner Philharmoniker z.B. mit dem Berliner Philharmonischen Quartett und den Zwolf Cellisten. Markus Nyikos konzertierte mit beruhmten Solisten wie James Galway, Aurele Nicolet, Saschko Gawriloff, Elena Baschkirova, Konstanty Kulka und Pavel Gililov. Seit uber 30 Jahren spielt er im Duo mit Jaroslav Smykal und hat in dieser Besetzung zahlreiche CDs eingespielt.