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Developing Virtuoso® for Viola
Dear Fellow Musician, The greatest difficulty facing the violist in the crowd of an orchestra is the opportunity to be heard. Your voice can sometimes become lost between the highs of the first and second violins and the depths of the lower cello and bass. The...
Violinist Kirk Hunter about the Larsen Il Cannone strings for violin
"Larsen's Il Cannone Violin Strings have brought an increased range of tonal color and power while being extremely left-hand-friendly! These strings will now be indispensable for my recordings." Kirk Hunter Owner - Kirk Hunter Studios, world-renowned string library...
2018 Catalogue
We have just updated our catalogue and this is available now online as a PDF. Depending upon your internet connection may want to put some coffee on…it’s 18 MB. Please feel free to download and browse –it includes our latest string releases. download
Larsen fractional strings for young cellists
Suzannah Clark a young cellist from the United Kingdom sent us this nice review about our fractional strings for cello: “Larsen Strings make the most amazing sound and always help me perform better.” Thank you Suzannah for sharing this with us and congratulations on...
New Larsen Virtuoso® for Viola
If something works then why change it? Since its original launch back in 1995, our Original A has become almost the default choice for violists. The new D, G and C, have been built upon the firm foundations of our tried and trusted A. Finding a balance of qualities to...
Meta Weiss plays the Larsen Magnacore® and Magnacore® Arioso strings
Meta Weiss from the Streeton Trio has sent us this nice review of our Magnacore strings for Cello: “I have performed on Larsen strings for most of my life as a cellist, and I have used the Larsen A & D combination on almost every cello I have played. It was only...
In viaggio con ‘Il Cannone’.
Cari amici musicisti, Molti dei nostri progetti sono stati realizzati con la partecipazione attiva di musicisti, sia qui a Sønderborg che in tutta Europa. Provare e testare le nuove corde con la collaborazione diretta degli artisti, per noi ha un valore fondamentale...
Our Journey with ‘Il Cannone’
Dear Fellow Musician, Much of our string development process has always been actively ‘hands-on’ with musicians both here at Sønderborg and across Europe. Trialling and testing new strings with the direct feedback and input supplied by players seen by us as an...
Sustainability
Our aim here at Sønderborg is to progressively work toward sustainable solutions in the way that we operate as a company. Some steps are small and some, such as our decision to upgrade to a C0² neutral electricity plan –Medvind- delivered by SE’s Danish land wind...
Il Cannone: Some Design Background
You will have noticed that the artwork for Il Cannone represents quite a departure from our usual packaging designs. This was prompted by customer request such that our envelopes are almost all text based and can, therefore, be difficult to easily identify and request...
Sealed for Quality
On the reverse of the new packaging for the Il Cannone range you will have noticed a change in the way that we seal our envelopes. Since the early days we have used a traditional red wax seal to symbolise that each product had passed inspection as being of the highest...
Introducing Il Cannone®for Violin
We are delighted to introduce Il Cannone® for violin. Launched today and available as individual strings or sets in Medium and Soloist Editions. A Truly Revolutionary Sound... Please discover more here
Daniel Müller-Schott
Daniel Müller-Schott Discusses and Performs with Magnacore® Arioso A & D: '...a revelation for me and for the instrument.' We invite you to view two rather wonderful short films recorded with the renowned cello soloist Daniel Müller-Schott. Mr. Müller-Schott...
Rusanda Panfili
We have been working with Rusanda Panfili over the past few months having been delighted to have met her at Marcel Richters premises in Vienna. Rusanda finished her Master of Arts studies at the University of Music and Arts in Vienna in 2015 having joined the...
Timo-Veikko Valve plays the Magnacore Arioso A String
Timo-Veikko “Tipi” Valve, Principal Cello of the Australian Chamber Orchestra has sent us this rather exceptional feedback after trying out the Magnacore® Arioso A string: "For me the Magnacore Arioso A has unprecedented tonal capabilities! The beauty, richness and...
Hattie Butterworth
Talking About Performance Anxiety Having started the cello much later to most other musicians, I found myself battling the fear of performing at the same time as facing an insecure self-image that often comes with being a 12 year old. I believe this made the issue far...
Magnacore® Arioso The Complete Set Available Now
Find your voice: With the completion of the Magnacore® Arioso set a new synergy has arrived. At Larsen Strings we have always believed that the development process of new strings is an essential partnership of elements: A blend between creativity and innovation...
Visiting Larsen Strings A/S with German violinmakers and GEWA
Last week we had the pleasure of welcoming a group of violinmakers from Northern Germany together with our German partner, GEWA Music, to Larsen Strings’ factory. During their visit the violinmakers had the possibility of seeing how a string is made and how, through a...
A matching sound for the string players of the Streeton Trio.
In collaboration with the Sydney String Center, Emma Jardine and Umberto Clerici from the Streeton Trio tested strings to find a good match for their violin and cello. Listen to the video and understand how Larsen strings help the trio acquire the same idea of sound:...
It’s Just a Big Violin
Strings are to a musician like ballet shoes are to a dancer. Just as each dancer is very different and requires different size and softness of shoes, every cello is vastly different and requires different strings to compliment the resonance of the instrument. My cello...
