Victoria Cook & Jess Warren BBC News BBC David Lopez Ibanez said the theft of his violin was “a musician’s worst nightmare” “An instrument to a musician is way more than an object, it’s more of a companion,” says classical violinist David Lopez Ibanez, whose 18th Century violin was stolen in February. The instrument, which...
An 18th Century violin worth more than £150,000 has been stolen from a north London pub, with police appealing for help to trace the suspects. The string instrument, which belonged to a member of London’s Philharmonia Orchestra, was allegedly stolen on the evening of 18 February from The Marquess Tavern on Canonbury Street in Islington....