PHILOMENA THUMBOOCHETTY: THE VIOLIN VIRTUOSO

Philomena Thumboochetty was India's first violinist to make it big in Europe. The child prodigy from Mysore was the first from India to break the glass ceiling of Europe's concert halls. 

Mrs Thumboo Chetty; Philomena Thumboo Chetty by Lady Ottoline Morrell | vintage snapshot print, late 1935 |
NPG Ax143951 © National Portrait Gallery, London