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Scales in Proportion
‘Boring scales? Scales are my favourite part!’ I have one 8 year old student at the moment and we are working towards her grade 3 exam. It has been the most amazing surprise to me to discover that her favourite part of the preparation is the element we most commonly...
Website Update
We have updated our website address to a secure connection (https). This should not impact upon any links that you may have to us. It's business as usual (but improved).
Showing up and being seen…
New from Hattie Butterworth. 'If we have the belief that we as a unique individual has something to say on stage at a specific moment in time, the anxiety about a critical voice diminishes. The critic wasn’t on the stage with you, you are the one with the courage and...
Larsen on Tour: London.
On our recent visit to the UK, in addition to working with the Kanneh-Mason family, we also enjoyed an insightful strings trial session with Leonard Elschenbroich. Pictured with Larsen’s Dr Thomas Zwieg and Leonard’s Matteo Goffiller “Ex-Rose-Ex-Piatti” (1693). Our...
Happy New Year!
All systems are go at Larsen Strings and we are looking forward to a (very) busy 2019. Some interesting projects are well underway so please do check in here for our updates.
Downloads
Lots of lovely things to download. We have reorganised our downloads section online to speed up the process of finding what you need. String packet images, information sheets, tension charts, newsletters and more all available to view and/or download. Anything else?...
Less is More…
It often feels to me that there are some people in life who appear to do very little, yet are frequently very successful. There always appeared to be people at school who ‘hardly revised’ and still came out with top grades. The other end of the spectrum are those who...
Nejla Komar writes from the Music Academy of Sarajevo
I am a cellist studying at the Music Academy of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and I have been playing on Larsen Magnacore cello strings since 2016. From the second I had these strings on my cello they adapted to the instrument. I was surprised by the new and...
Johannes Wildner & the Sønderjyllands Symphony Orchestra
We are pleased to announce that we will be exclusively sponsoring the appointment of Johannes Wildner as Chief Conductor at the Sønderjyllands Symphony Orchestra to commence from the 2019-2020 season and for the subsequent two seasons until June 2022. Johannes Wildner...
‘Wobbling Cellos and Falling in Love with Shostakovich’
Please enjoy Katri Patel's Blog update at Larsen Strings. Extract: 'On his next lesson his cello was wobbling oddly. I asked him to keep his cello snuggly between his knees to stop the cello moving. He then asked me that hadn’t I seen how Mr Gerhardt had been swaying...
Thoughts on Managing Loneliness as a Musician
Please read the latest contribution to Hattie Butterworth's Blog ‘It’s Just a Big Violin’. 'Thoughts on Managing Loneliness as a Musician' Loneliness can affect many music students not least with the constant demand for hours of individual practice. It is through...
Play for Peace: A Concert for Cooperation
This is an excellent initiative that we are pleased to publicise. Calling all classical musicians from around the world... Play for Peace: A Concert for Cooperation On Sunday 11 November 2018 for a global concert which will show that, one hundred years on, since the...
Kronberg Academy
Larsen Strings Workshop. 'How Can I Optimise My Instrument?' Dr. Ing. Thomas Zwieg, Product Development Manager at Larsen Strings A/S with Tobias Krutz, violinmaker and cellist. Dr. Ing. Thomas Zwieg and the violinmaker and cellist Tobias Krutz will explain and...
What Chamber Music Has Taught Us
The Odora Trio -An extract from Hattie Butterworth's Larsen Blog It's been almost two years since my piano trio and I fell together. Our violinist Sophie and I were close friends at Chetham's School of Music in Manchester and when the cellist in her trio at the Royal...
Guest Blogs
Have you visited our guest musician blogs? To give contrasting perspective, the two blogs currently up and running, are from the viewpoint of a cello teacher in London and a student cellist currently studying at the Royal College of Music. The Student Cellist Hattie...
Featuring Jason Lippmann
New to our online Musicians section is Jason Lippmann. A cellist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Jason has recently performed contemporary works by Frank Zappa and Phillip Glass. He can also be heard on the sound track of major Hollywood productions including The...
A Life Less Ordinary…
Far be it from us to suggest the miraculous but we would like to think that we produce extraordinary strings. Did you know? The key stage in the development of every new string is you. We trial our strings extensively, hands on, with musicians to tweak and perfect the...
Larsen Strings on Tour
‘Strings have a far larger effect on the timbre and playing characteristics of a cello than one might expect. Similarly to our vocal folds, they contribute greatly to an instrument’s quality of articulation and expression. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Zwieg from Larsen Strings A/S...
Once upon a time…
As a Danish company we could be forgiven for referring to one of our greatest literary figures, for example, in telling the story of an individual string. Where would be a very good place to start? Let’s start at the very beginning (no ugly ducklings involved). The...
Stradivarius vs Guarnerius
‘Trying out the Lord Aylesford 1696 Stradivarius on loan to me by the Nippon Music Foundation and the Joseph Filius Guarnerius 1694 from Beares in London.’ Cellist Pablo Ferrández compares the two greats. To make things fair, as in the...