"It's so rare to find any instrument with as much versatility as this one. It'll blow any electric instrument off the stage with its pure, first-rate, powerhouse sound." Marissa Licata, Rock Violinist, Jethro Tull
Col Choochart Pitaksakorn is Thailand’s most prestigious viola and violin player. On June 9, 2011 the Chulalongkorn University Symphony Orchestra, under the Royal Patronage of Her Royal Highness Princess Vadhana Krom Luang Naradhiwas Rajanagarindra gave a concert to honor him. This part of that very special concert featured him as soloist and he chose to [...]
George Wilson playing "Rond de Voyageur" from the Madeleine Islands on his Luis & Clark violin.
Jasmine Beams was born in Santa Rosa, California. She began her violin lesson at age of 6, and became the concertmaster of the Shasta Youth Symphony in Redding, CA when she was 13. Currently she is Solo Viola of the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra in Finland and previously Deputy Principal viola in the Finnish National Opera.
Steven Sharp Nelson of The Piano Guys comes into Classic FM and performs A beautifully moving rending of "Nearer My God To Thee" on his Luis & Clark carbon fiber cello.
Violist Sekyeong Cheon playing the Hummel Fantasy for Viola and Orchestra with the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra in Jeju, South Korea on 6/30/11
Lindsey Stirling takes her Luis & Clark through fire on her latest video - a cover of Evanescence's song "My Immortal". Take a look!
Roxana Moisanu (concert harp and Celtic harp) and Mladen Spasinovici (cello), both solo instrumentalists in the orchestra of the Bucharest National Opera.
One of two Luis & Clark instruments at the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's Academy Week. Amusing thing to note is that I'm sitting with my 2011 L&C violin next to Concertmaster Jon Carney who is playing a 1687 Stradivarius.
Thomas Edison stumbled upon a carbon-fiber precursor while experimenting with lightbulb filaments in 1879. He superheated splinters of bamboo and produced strands of carbon that could withstand high temperatures and conduct electricity. Physicist Roger Bacon expanded on this process in 1958, creating "whiskers" roughly 10 times the tensile strength and more than three times the [...]
Lindsey Stirling and the Luis & Clark Violin on Dancing with the Stars April 30th, 2013.
Musical Happening at Avant Gardner - an excerpt from a review of a concert by A Far Cry, Boston's exciting self-conducted chamber orchestra
Game of Thrones Theme - Violin - Taylor Davis >>>> Taylor writes about this video: "I absolutely love the Game of Thrones series and am so excited for Season 3! Hope you like my rendition of the theme, I created the orchestral backtrack and arrangement. Thanks so much for watching and for all your support!" [...]
The Luis and Clark carbon fiber cello can be heard and seen in the latest Mazda6 sedan commercial. Check out the fantastic sounds of our cellos in this video!
Multi-talented composer Lisa Ralia Heffter bridges the worlds of classical, rock and theater composition to create a dazzling universe of musical beauty in “From Mozart to Mars,” on Mon., Oct. 1, 7pm. The concert, a highlight of the ninth season of Calhoun’s Performing Arts Series, features a distinguished cast of vocalists, musicians--including surprise guests from Broadway.
Link to The Strad Digital Masters UK-based duo 2Cellos tell Tim Woodall how the power of the internet took them from a single video upload to a six-album deal and stadium tour - Stjepan Hauser and Luka Sulic are featured in this month's The Strad magazine with their signature (and now famous) Luis and Clark [...]
Less than a year ago, a pair of Croatian cellists posted a YouTube video showing off their shredding, percussive take on the Michael Jackson song "Smooth Criminal." That almost immediately led to a multialbum deal with Sony Masterworks and a slot on an Elton John tour that continues through a two-month run in Las Vegas starting next month.
Last month, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) opened the doors on the new 80,000 square foot Linde Family Wing for Contemporary Art. Approximately 250 contemporary works are on display in the 7 galleries of the new wing, including one of Luis and Clark's very own Carbon Fiber Violins. In fact, the the Luis and Clark violin is the only instrument from the Museum’s musical instrument collection to be showcased in the exhibtions which aim to offer new perspectives and encourage connections between art of the present and past.
By Trish Crawford Entertainment Reporter Article and video originally from Toronto.com He’s known as Carbon Baby and he’s the sturdy delight of cellist Shauna Rolston. The sleek, black, modern-looking cello is such an integral part of Rolston’s performances that composer Douglas Schmidt has recently written a special work for the cellist and her instrument titledThe Devil’s Sweat (a “carbon concerto” for carbon cello and orchestra).
Luis and Clark, The leading manufacturer of concert-grade carbon-fiber stringed instruments marks the sale of their 1,000th Instrument. Milton, MA, August 2, 2011- July 29, Luis and Clark, maker of the worldʼs finest carbon-fiber stringed instruments, celebrated their 1,000th sale.
NEW YORK, April 19, 2011 -- Living in a small town in Croatia, 24-year-old music students, Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser, are living a dream come true – and quickly! After posting a self-made music video of them performing Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal" on their cellos, the longtime friends received more attention than they ever expected.
Alja Mandic (Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1989) is a student of professor Valter Despalj at The Music Academy Zagreb, where she was accepted at the age of 16.
Laura Goldberg plays Fritz Kreisler "Preludium and Allegro" on the Luis and Clark Carbon-Fiber violin.
LISA RALIA HEFFTER (Composer, Viola) is a prominent composer whose variety of styles has been performed on stages around the world. One of Heffter's first classical chamber works, "Eschape," was reviewed by the New York Times as "astonishingly beautiful."
From the Calhoun School Performing Art Series – Carbon Fiber Cello Choir & Chamber Orchestra concert that took place January 30th, 2009
From the Calhoun School Performing Art Series – Carbon Fiber Cello Choir & Chamber Orchestra concert that took place January 30th, 2009
From the Calhoun School Performing Art Series – Carbon Fiber Cello Choir & Chamber Orchestra concert that took place January 30th, 2009
From the Calhoun School Performing Art Series – Carbon Fiber Cello Choir & Chamber Orchestra concert taht took place January 30th, 2009
From the Calhoun School Performing Art Series - Carbon Fiber Cello Choir & Chamber Orchestra concert that took place January 30th, 2009