The Costa-Violin "originates from Mozart's estate and Mozart always played it. I bought it from Mozart's widow", noted publisher and composer Johann Anton André 1840....

The Costa-Violin "originates from Mozart's estate and Mozart always played it. I bought it from Mozart's widow", noted publisher and composer Johann Anton André 1840. He purchased from the widow the greater part of his MSS & effects, amongst which was this identical violin. This valuable instrument was kept under lock and key by the company Hill & Sons until its dissolution. During the time Mozart lived and worked in Vienna, he possessed and played the Costa violin. It is quite likely that, now, Mozart's Costa violin resounds again in this public concert after very long time of silence. Here, the magnificent instrument is played by Esther Hoppe.