More than three months after its theft, the violin of a musician from the Champs-Elysées orchestra was found intact, Porte de Clignancourt in Paris, by a passerby, near a trash can. The violin was eventually returned to its owner.
It’s a rather unusual story. While traveling by train between Poitiers and Paris as part of a European tour, the violinist of the Champs-Elysées orchestra Enrico Tedde had his instrument stolen during the journey, reveals Le Parisien.
A stroke of luck when, a few months later, a passerby discovered a violin dating from the end of the 19th century lying right next to a garbage can in the 18and district of Paris.
If the mystery still persists around the course of this stolen violin, all is well that ends well for the musician who was finally able to recover his work tool, the value of which is estimated at nearly 100,000 euros. This is a handmade violin purchased from a famous Venetian luthier, artisan Giulio Degani.