Vera Ziloti

Tchaikovsky Research
Vera Ziloti (1866–1940)

Wife of the pianist Aleksandr Ziloti and daughter of the Russian businessman and art collector Pavel Tretyakov, born Vera Pavlovna Tretyakova (Вера Павловна Третякова) (b. 1866; d. 20 January 1940 in New York), and known after her marriage in 1886 as Vera Pavlovna Ziloti (Вера Павловна Зилоти). She was also a cousin of Tchaikovsky's sister-in-law Praskovya.

Correspondence with Tchaikovsky

One letter from Tchaikovsky to Vera Ziloti has survived, dating from 1892, and has been translated into English on this website:

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