Peter Dmitriev was born in 1974 in Moscow, into a family of professional musicians. He began piano studies at the age of five under local teachers, A.D.Artobolevskaya and later A.S.Sumbatyan. At the age of seven, Dmitriev was admitted into the Central School of the P.I.Tchaikovsky Moscow Conservatory, where he first studied with A.Bakulov; within a year, the young pianist had appeared with the school orchestra in concertos by Haydn and Beethoven. In 1990, Dmitriev was admitted into the class of L.N.Naumov, the "heir and exponent" of the Russian piano school tradition. He graduated in 1998, and then in 2000 completed post-diploma work as an assistant to Professor Naumov.

While still a student, Dmitriev took First Prize and several special prizes at the Sixth International Music Competition in Tokyo (1995). His performance at the competition sparked considerable media attention, highlighted by a television spotlight on NHK, the largest television network in Japan. NHK likewise issued Dmitriev‘s first commercial CD, which received rave reviews in the Japanese press.

The success at the Tokyo competition enabled Dmitriev to undertake performances with such prestigious orchestras as the Tokyo Philharmonic, the Zagrem Philharmonic, and the Moscow Radio Symphony; he was thereby able to work with such accomplished conductors as K.Akiyama, M.Eichenholz, and V.Feoseyev.

Dmitriev has thus far recorded CDs for the Bohиme (BMR), Fontec, and Arte Nova Classics (BMG) labels - for which he made three recordings of Prokofiev sonatas (two of which are featured here in the Classical Archives). He frequently gives recitals throughout Russia, as well as in Europe, China, and South America.