Agnes Tschetschulin

Agnes Tschetschulin (24 February 1859 – 23 April 1942) was a Finnish composer[1][2][3] and violinist who toured internationally.

After his death in 1871,[6] his oldest daughter Maria Tschetschulin became the first woman in Finland to attend the University of Helsinki, where she hoped to gain the skills she needed to help support her family.

Her teachers included Woldemar Bargiel (the half-brother of Clara Schumann) Heinrich von Herzogenberg,[5] Ernst Joachim, Joseph Joachim, Gustav Niemann, Anton Sitt, Philipp Spitta, Martin Wegelius, and Emanuel Wirth.

After finishing school, Tschetschulin spent several years touring with an all-female string quartet[8] organized by Marie Soldat, who played first violin.

[5] In 1892, Tschetschulin began teaching violin at the Cheltenham Ladies' College in England.