The Latest News from Sønderborg
The latest news from Larsen Strings. Please read updates on forthcoming events, new products, recent visits and recent visitors.
Image: Dr Thomas Zwieg and Ole Wichman with Rusanda Panfili and Tina Guo
All the things besides
Hattie Butterworth explores the relationship between poetry and music in her latest blog entry. Responding to music with words is such a wonderful way of capturing the moment and transmuting one experience into another. During the summer the past few years in London,...
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...
Aiming for sustainable solutions
Our ambition at Larsen Strings 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, are larger steps towards our destination.
Ingolf Nielsens Vej 14A , DK 6400, Sønderborg, Denmark.
Larsen Strings A/S has chosen to support the environment by upgrading to a CO2 neutral wind energy plan. Larsen Strings also supports UN World Goal 7 "Sustainable Energy" through its green choice.
