Spouse(s) Boris Teterev Name Inara Tetereva | Website www.teterevfond.org | |
Born 6 February 1953 (age 71) ( 1953-02-06 ) Riga, Latvia Occupation founder of Boris and Inara Teterev Foundation |
Mecen te in ra tetereva un vi as m lule basen i suns kas nerej
Inara Tetereva (born February 6, 1953) is a private patron of the arts and charity in Latvia.
Contents
- Mecen te in ra tetereva un vi as m lule basen i suns kas nerej
- Education
- Awards
- Public activities
- References
Education

Attended Teika Secondary School in Riga from 1960 to 1971. Attended courses at the Art Academy of Latvia from 1971 to 1974.
Awards

Public activities
Since 1997, the Teterev family has been actively and wholeheartedly supporting the reconstruction of Rundāle Palace.

In 2010, Boris and his spouse Irina Teterev established a family charity foundation to support outstanding charity initiatives that provide public benefits both in Latvia and internationally.

The foundation supports culture initiatives – the completion of Rundāle Palace’s restoration, Riga Russian Theatre () and the Latvian Academy of Music. In 2012, as patrons Boris and Inara Teterev donated the artistic work Gondola by the artist to the Art Museum Riga Bourse.

Within the framework of the higher education excellence programme, the Boris and Irina Teterev Foundation actively cooperates with the Riga Stradiņš University, which has established the patron Boris Teterev’s scholarship to medical students, awards grants for research and the Academy of Intelligence, and has created the framework for the RSU development strategy 2012 – 2020.

In 2012, in cooperation with the Art Academy of Latvia, they created the strategic action plan for higher education, and founded the grant of patroness Inara Teterev for students of the Art Academy of Latvia. In 2011, the Foundation supported the newly founded Prize of the Year of the Art Academy of Latvia (first laureates – artist Gemma Skulme (), art historian Laima Slava, artist Janis Avotins (Jānis Avotiņš)). In 2012, the Inara Tetereva art scholarship was established, with the first awards going to Lilita Bauge (Lilita Bauģe), Sandra Strele (Sandra Strēle) and Agita Steinberga (Agita Šteinberga). In 2012, the Academy of the Latvian National Opera (LNO) was established thanks to the Foundation.

The Foundation provides assistance to community development and animal welfare organisations, and helps low-income people and those in need. The Foundation has supported soup kitchens since 2010; in 2012/13 80,000 meals per month are being co-funded at fifty-six soup kitchens across Latvia. The Foundation’s animal welfare support is significant: it sponsors the animal shelters Dzīvnieku draugs (since 2010) and Labās mājas (since 2013). Latvian Television has been airing Ķepa uz sirds (Paw on the Heart) since 2011, a family infotainment programme about animal welfare issues, expert advice, and animal grooming and breeding.

