David has played in London’s leading concert venues with the violin, including Wigmore Hall, the Royal Festival Hall and Conway Hall.
David López Ibáñez, who is a second violinist with London’s Philharmonia Orchestra, was at the Marquess Tavern in Canonbury on Tuesday evening when the instrument was snatched.
A top violinist playing in a prestigious London orchestra has had their ‘irreplaceable’ 300-year-old violin stolen from a pub in Islington.
David was forced to use a spare violin during a concert with the Philharmonia Orchestra on Thursday night.
Three bows, including one with a mother-of-pearl tip, were also stolen, as well as a white cotton bag made by David’s late grandmother.
