The wrong suitcase is conceivable, the violin a little less.
On November 24, a TGV from Poitiers entered Paris Montparnasse station without incident.
With one detail: a violinist from the Orchester des Champs-Élysées, a passenger on the train, cannot find the case containing his instrument, nor the two bows, which he has held for fifteen years.
Immediately, the disappearance is reported to the police.
Inattention or malicious act?
David Reveillault, production administrator of the Orchestra, told Radio Classique that losing the orchestra's instruments is commonplace during a transfer.
In the majority of cases, they find their owner.
This time, the chances are less: the violin, dated at the end of the XIXth century and signed by the Venetian luthier Eugenio Degani, is worth expensive.
Thefts of valuable instruments are more common than you might think.
And sometimes even more dramatic.
In Paraguay, the murders of a German luthier and his daughter are linked to the theft of Stradivarius violins
This disappearance comes after the Orchester des Champs-Élysées concluded a nine-concert tour across Europe, with
Mozart's Symphony No. 40
and
Mass in C minor
on the program.
Since then, the violinist orphaned by his instrument has returned home to Como, awaiting the next rehearsals, while watching for the slightest glimmer of hope.