Peiko, Nikolay Ivanovich

Peiko [Paykó] (Peyko), Nikolay Ivanovich (3–12/25–1916, M.). Comp. and pedagogue. Grad. 1940 from the M. Cons., where he was a pupil of Myaskovsky (comp.) and Rakov (orchestration). Taught at this institution from 1942–59 and at the Gnesin Institute from 1954, including among his students Abramyan, A. Arutyunyan , Bagdasaryan, Dychko, Gubaidulina, Kortes, E. Mirzoyan , Ptichkin, Rubin, Sinisalo, Suslin, and Zhurbin. Has perf. his own works as a pianist (since 1940) and as a cond. (since 1946)…