Nikolai Myaskovsky, a prominent Russian composer and Peyko's mentor, insisted on Peyko's exceptional admission directly to the third year of the Conservatoire and later made him his assistant.
Composer Biography
Peyko's father, Ivan Ignatievich Peyko, a former White Guard officer, was executed in 1937 as a 'public enemy' and 'British spy' by Soviet authorities.
Composer Biography
Nikolai Peyko, a Russian composer, was born in Moscow in 1916 and received his initial musical education from his father, a lawyer and excellent musician.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Peyko believed that sonata thinking was the most perfect and renewable form of musical expression, a belief reflected in his piano works.
Compositional Technique
Peyko's piano music often reflects his symphonic aims, with many pieces serving as detailed orchestral drafts, and some sonatinas were even orchestrated by him into Sinfoniettas.
Composer Biography
By the age of fifteen, Nikolai Peyko knew both volumes of Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier and a range of classical symphonies and operas from memory.
Composer Biography
Peyko's wife, Irina Mikhailovna Peyko-Obolensky, came from aristocratic families, and their home served as a refuge for relatives escaping Soviet persecution.
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