MAECENAS AND PATRON BELAIEV’S INDIVIDUAL GRANTS TO RUSSIAN COMPOSERS
Mitrophan Belaiev, who was a wealthy timber merchant and a maecenas, realized financial support to russian composers. Belaiev established «The Glinka Prizes», founded a publishing house in Leipzig «Belaieff Verlag», held the Chamber-music competitions, provided funding for individual grants to needy musicians. «He was more far-seeing than any previous or subsequent musical patron in Europe», - wrote M. Montagu-Nathan. He bequeathed this cause to the «Curatorial Council for assistance to Russian composers and musicians» to carry on his business after his death.