*1946 HR, Split, Croatia
Nikša Gligo (born 6 April 1946 in Split) is a Croatian musicologist and university professor.Gligo's scientific interests include 20th-century music, music terminology, the aesthetics of music and music semiology. He has been involved with the Music Biennale Zagreb in various capacities from 1973 to 1991 and from 2002 to the present. He served as the art director of the 10th Biennale in 1979. He is a full member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts since 2006, and a member of section Musicology & History of Art & Architecture of the Academia Europaea since 2014.