Born in 1990 in Cracow, he studied composition with Krzysztof Meyer at the Music Academy in Cracow and Simon Steen-Andersen at the Royal Music Academy in Aarhus.
His compositions have been performed during numerous student composers’ concerts, e.g. at the music academies in Cracow and Gdańsk. He also participated in workshops and festivals where his works were presented: Axes – New Music Triduum (Cracow 2010), Ostrava Days (2011), Nature Meets Music (Görlitz 2011–12), John Cage Birth Centenary Conference (Lublin 2012), Cracow Composers’ International Music Days (2011), Jack Quartet’s workshops (Copenhagen 2013), Esbjerg Ensemble workshops (2014), GeoSounds – as a composition tutor (2012–14), Pulsar Festival (Copenhagen 2014), and RAMA Festival (Aarhus 2014).
Piotr Peszat won the joint 2nd prize in the competition for a Composer’s Concert of the Year (Katowice 2011). He was a finalist of the Tadeusz Baird Competition for Young Composers (2013), winner of the Roche Young Commissions (Lucerne 2013; the award is a commission for a symphonic work to be performed during the 77th Festival in Lucerne in 2015), and a finalist of the MEETINGS competition (Copenhagen 2014). In December 2013 he was also granted the Minister of Culture and National Heritage Award for the best students.

Major works: Jamaica Plain for soprano, bass clarinet and cello (2012), Victory over the Sun for orchestra (2012–13), String Quartet no. 1 for viola, cello and four performers (2013), Pensées fugitives for sinfonietta and tape (2013), Museum of Sleep for upright piano and electronic upright piano (2014), Museum of Imaginary for amplified upright piano and video layer (2014), ...or this dream people call human live for tape, string ensemble, guitar and percussion (2014), Pensées étranglées for symphony orchestra (2014), Interiør i Strandgade for chamber ensemble or orchestra (2014).

See -  Young Composers from Cracow