Fyodor's association with many of the leading figures in Russian music, including Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin and Mussorgsky, meant that Igor grew up in an intensely musical home.
A asociación de Fedor con moitas figuras importantes da música rusa, entre as que se inclúen Rimskii-Korsakov, Borodin e Musorgskii, fixo que Igor medrase nun fogar intensamente musical.