The conductor Mathieu Herzog, former violist of the Ébène Quartet, has made it known that his cherished viola was stolen yesterday in the French resort of La-Teste-de-Buch.
The instrument was made for him by Charles Coquet in 2016.
He asks anyone with information to contact the police.
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