Nike Wagner

Nike Wagner
Wagner in 2014
Born (1945-06-09) 9 June 1945 (age 79)
EducationNorthwestern University
Occupations
  • Author
  • Festival director
Organizations
AwardsOrder of Merit of the Free State of Thuringia

Nike Wagner (German pronunciation: [ˈniːkə ˈvaːɡnɐ])[1] (born 9 June 1945) is a German dramaturge, arts administrator and author. She directed the festival Kunstfest Weimar [de], and has been the director of the Beethovenfest from 2014. The daughter of Wieland Wagner, she is a great-granddaughter of Richard Wagner, and a great-great‑granddaughter of Franz Liszt. She devoted books to the Wagner family and its cultural and political influence.

  1. ^ Duden Aussprachewörterbuch (in German) (6 ed.). Mannheim: Bibliographisches Institut & F.A. Brockhaus AG. 2006. ISBN 3-411-04066-1.