Royal College of Music – Sir S M Tagore 1893 gilt silver prize medal by Fred Bowcher awarded 1950 to Tessa Robbins A.R.C.M.

Royal College of Music – Sir S M Tagore 1893 gilt silver prize medal by Fred Bowcher awarded 1950 to Tessa Robbins A.R.C.M.

38.6mm

Tagore was an Indian who was supportive of music in the UK.  19th century prize medal.

Tessa Robbins was British violinist, and professor of violin. Born in 1930.
She studied at the Royal College of Music, London and Conservatoire Royal De Bruxelles. She won the 8th prize in the 1955 sixth edition of the Queen Elisabeth Competition and subsequently became a professor of violin at the Royal College of Music. Later known as Tessa Robbins-Khambatt