Nadjeschda von Meck was patron of the arts and financially supporting Tchaikovsky for many years. Nadja is her great-great-great-great-granddaughter and she made this series in her honor.
The series was on exhibition in Amsterdam, Moscow, Saint Petersburg and Vinnytsia accompanying the theatrical concert Tchaikovsky’s Queen of Spades by Viktoria Pankratova (vocals), Irina Parfenova (piano), and Harry-Imre Dijkstra (clarinet).