A €10,000 reward has been offered for the viola, which was last seen at Brasserie Carls at the Elbphilharmonie in the evening of 4–5 July
A viola belonging to Romanian violist Alexandru-Mihai ‘Sascha’ Bota has been reported as stolen. It was last seen between 10:30pm–00:15am at Brasserie Carls at the Elbphilharmonie in the evening of 4–5 July in Hamburg, Germany. The label within the viola reads ‘Gaetano Pasta Fecit Brescia 1720’, and it was last seen in a red Tononi case along with a bow labelled ‘Knopf – Berlin’.
The viola has not been cut down to modern measurements and is described as having sharp corners, indicative of the Venetian School, and orange varnish on an amber-like background. It also features two wooden nail-like buttons, one above the brass chin rest support and the other below the neck, and a carbon fibre soundpost. The measurements of the instrument are 44.1cm for the length of the back, 21cm for the width of the upper bout, 16.5cm for the width of the middle bout, and 22.5cm for the width of the lower bout.
A reward of €10,000 has been offered for the viola. The case number is 014|1K|455127|2024.
Anyone with information regarding the instrument is advised to get in contact with police detective Helena Kamp via LKAHH19@polizei.hamburg.de
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