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Isabelle van Keulen

Isabelle van Keulen

Welcoming a long-time friend, Isabelle van Keulen, to the Larsen Strings family. Just released, Variations on Buenos Aires (Astor Piazzolla), recorded by the Isabelle van Keulen Ensemble. Listen and download now on all good music platforms. Highly recommended. . . ....

Josef Špaček

Credit: Aleksey Igudesman: Funk the String Violin: Josef Špaček (Larsen Performing Artist) Encore by the artistic partner of the Czech Philharmonic Josef Špaček after the concert with Jakub Hrůša on 3 December 2021. Recorded by Studio...

Arlen Hlusko

Arlen Hlusko

A warm Larsen welcome to the Canadian cellist, Arlen Hlusko, to the family. Arlen plays Larsen Magnacore® and specifically: medium A & D, strong G and an Arioso C. Home is where the heart is and as Arlen has kindly said... “I found myself always coming back to...

Tamás Varga

Tamás Varga

A new member of the family. We are pleased to formally welcome Tamás Varga, principal cellist of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, to Larsen Strings. It’s great to have you on board Tamás! . . . https://larsenstrings.com/tamas-varga

Miami String Quartet

Miami String Quartet

We are delighted to welcome one of America’s top-rank chamber ensembles to the Larsen Strings family. The Miami String Quartet featuring Benny Kim, Cathy Meng Robinson, Keith Robinson and Scott Lee all performing with Larsen Strings. “Cohesion is the byword with this...

Pablo Ferrández & Camille Thomas

Larsen Performing Artists. Pablo Ferrández “TALKING CELLO” 7 With Camille Thomas. EP7. “Here we talk about how it is to play a Stradivarius, cello technique, recordings, stage fright, and other cello stuff!”

Professor Ma Wen

Professor Ma Wen

Larsen Performing Artists. Welcome to Professor Ma Wen: Cellist, professor, doctoral supervisor and director of the cello teaching and research office of the orchestra department at the Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing. "I always like to use Larsen strings. This...

Michal Dmochowski

Michal Dmochowski

"I really love these strings, every day I play them they are developing more and more the sound quality. I have found the perfect balance." "Especially when testing the direct and bass-focused set, I noticed that my sound in this register became wider and more...

Sol Gabetta

Sol Gabetta

Welcome Sol Gabetta to the Larsen Strings family: “Wit, aristocratic poise and elegance; mercurial shifts of mood, intensity and lightness of touch in near-miraculous balance” The Glasgow Herald https://larsenstrings.com/sol-gabetta-cellist/

Larsen Strings for Violin

Larsen Strings for Violin

Paulo Chicória is a professional violinist and music teacher. He plays on a violin kindly provided by luthier Igor Laubach. Paulo Chicória uses Il Cannone Direct & Focused strings by Larsen and here are some of his thoughts: "The Larsen strings are spectacular on...

Esther Abrami with Aurora

Esther Abrami with Aurora

Esther Abrami features in this month's Strad (inside front cover). Esther is a Larsen Strings Performing Artist and plays Aurora for violin. Esther Abrami releases her eponymous debut album with Sony Classical February 04, 2022. Available for pre-order.

Pablo Ferrández

Pablo Ferrández

Our congratulations to Larsen Performing Artist, Pablo Ferrández. Pablo has just won Best Young Artist (cello) for his album 'Reflections' at the Opus Klassik Gala October 2021. . . . Stream the album Pablo Ferrández

Hold the front page!

Hold the front page!

Hold the front page! We now feature a cover artist at the top of the homepage on our website. Any new releases let us know and we will also promote via our Socials etc. For the next few weeks we have cellist Camille Thomas as our cover star. . . . Home

Camille Thomas

Camille Thomas

We are delighted to welcome the Franco-Belgian cellist, Camille Thomas, to the Larsen Strings family. “I strongly believe that music has the power to enlarge the heart, to make you feel everything with more intensity…music gives hope for the beauty and greatness of...

Prof. Emilio Colón

Prof. Emilio Colón

A warm Larsen Strings welcome to Prof. Emilio Colón, faculty of the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. Emilio plays Il Cannone for cello. "I have the Warm & Broad on my Amati and the Direct & Focused on my Sylvestre and 1750’s Bohemian cello. I am...

Amálie Dobšíková

Amálie Dobšíková

Amálie Dobšíková is a fourth grade student of Radim Kresta at the Prague Conservatoire. Thank you Amálie for your review of Larsen Aurora for violin and for the images. Good luck with your continuing studies. "I was utterly fascinated by the quality of this rainbow...

Christel Lee

Christel Lee

Welcome to Christel Lee. First-prize winner of the 2015 International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition in Helsinki, Canadian-American violinist Christel Lee became the first North American winner in its fifty-year history. From 2012 to 2014 she studied at the Kronberg...

Esther Abrami

Esther Abrami

We are delighted to welcome Esther Abrami to the Larsen family. Violinist, educator and influencer Esther Abrami has been highly successful in making the crossover from classical music into social media. At Cannes this year she received the International Success Award...

Il Cannone Cello

Il Cannone Cello

Cellist Richard Isaac has sent us a review of Il Cannone (Direct and Focused). 'I really like these strings, they produce a powerful, clear and resonant sound that I’m sure would travel to the back of any concert hall. I’m pretty sure they have made my cello 10%...

Southwest Strings

Southwest Strings

Great to hear that our friends at Southwest Strings (HQ in Arizona, US) are now using Larsen Aurora as part of their standard set-up for advancing cellos. Thank you for the image of Aurora in performance. . . . Southwest Strings