Nadezhda von Meck

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Nadezhda Filaretovna von Meck
Nadezhda von Meck
Born	10 February [O.S. 29 January] 1831 Znamenskoye, Smolensk Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	13 January 1894(1894-01-13) (aged 62) Nice, France
Husband	Karl Otto Georg von Meck
Issue	13 children
Father	Filaret Frolovsky
Mother	Anastasia Dimitryevna Potemkina

Nadezhda Filaretovna von Meck (Russian: Надежда Филаретовна фон Мекк; 10 February [O.S. 29 January] 1831 – 13 January 1894) was a Russian businesswoman who became an influential patron of the arts, especially music. She is best known today for her artistic relationship with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, supporting him financially for thirteen years, so that he could devote himself full-time to composition, while stipulating that they were never to meet. Tchaikovsky dedicated his Symphony No. 4 in F minor to her. She also gave financial support to several other musicians, including Nikolai Rubinstein and Claude Debussy.