Bloch Concerto Grosso
Luis Clark Admin2015-04-17T09:16:34-04:00From the Calhoun School Performing Art Series - Carbon Fiber Cello Choir & Chamber Orchestra concert that took place January 30th, 2009
Stjepan Hauser and Luka Sulic – Smooth Criminal
Luis Clark Admin2015-02-09T13:48:03-05:00Stjepan Hauser and Luka Sulic in an amazing cello arrangement of Michael Jackon‘s “Smooth Criminal”. Playing dueling Carbon-Fiber Cellos from Luis and Clark these artsist put the instruments to the test in a dynamic, passionate display of artistry, technique and interpretation. And don't those cellos look and sound great!
Upcoming Concerts
Luis Clark Admin2013-12-10T16:19:23-05:00The Calhoun Performing Arts Series presents Carbon Fiber Concert with Synchronicity Laura Goldberg, violin, and the Carbon Fiber Chamber Ensemble
Firing Squad
Luis Clark Admin2013-12-10T16:41:54-05:00"Luis and Clark Carbon Fiber Violin: $5000, tux: $500, blindfold: $5, music director with a sense of humor, PRICELESS!"
Even dragged through snow, your cello can stay in tune.
Luis Clark Admin2015-02-02T15:39:37-05:00A short anecdote about the Luis and Clark cello....
Would your cello look like this if it spent two weeks under water?
Luis Clark Admin2013-12-10T16:49:19-05:00That is what happened to the cello of Kaaren Makas, (37 years principal cello, New Orleans Philharmonic, Emeritus principal, Louisianna Philharmonic) when Hurricane Katrina came through New Orleans. Sadly the cello was one of the few things that survived the flood waters in Kaaren’s house. It needed new strings and bridge and soundpost, but is [...]
January 2009
Luis Clark Admin2013-12-10T16:57:41-05:00The first all Carbon Fiber Cello and Chamber Orchestra Concert was presented by The Calhoun Performing Arts Series in the Mary Lea Johnson Performing Arts Center at The Calhoun School, New York, on January 2009. Carbon Fiber Cello and Chamber Orchestra Concert, Calhoun Performing Arts Series, NY, January 2009. PHOTOS: Beth Krieger/The Calhoun School
Mihai Marica won the 33rd International Music Competition
Luis Clark Admin2013-12-11T11:14:01-05:00Playing a Luis and Clark carbon fiber cello, Rumanian cellist Mihai Marica won the 33rd International Music Competition in Viña del Mar in Chile, regarded as one of the most prestigious music competitions in the world. Marica, a protégée of Aldo Parisot, competed against cellists from a dozen different countries to win this celebrated prize.
That Carbon Fiber Cello
Luis Clark Admin2016-11-04T12:11:00-04:00By now we all probably know that Yo Yo Ma did NOT play his carbon fiber cello at the Inauguration and we didn’t hear the real notes he actually did play. But Mr Ma does play a carbon fiber cello and did play one at the Washington Mall for 10 days in 100-degree heat during a Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 2003. He said that in heat like that he could control the strings on his carbon fiber cello in a way not possible on a wooden cello, and joked that the instrument could probably even double as a barbeque.
Luis and Clark at Seven Hills, Lenox 2007 Schubert “Trout”
Luis Clark Admin2015-04-17T08:54:58-04:00Franz Schubert Piano Quintet in A Major ('Trout') D667. First 3 movements. Played by Laura Godberg, Julianne Lee, Luis Leguia, Lawrence Wolfe and Carmen Rodriguez-Peralta. The stringed instruments are all Luis & Clark Carbon Fiber including Violin, Viola, Cello and Double Bass.
The Bacon Brothers at the Michael Bacon Music studio
Luis Clark Admin2015-04-17T09:19:57-04:00The Bacon Brothers at the Michael Bacon Music studio, New York City November 2001
Luis Leguia playing Bach C Major Prelude
Luis Clark Admin2015-04-17T09:37:07-04:00Luis Leguia playing Bach C Major Prelude for unaccompanied Cello
Luis and Clark at Seven Hills, Lenox 2007
Luis Clark Admin2015-04-17T08:55:50-04:00Lawrence Wolfe plays the Luis and Clark Carbon-Fiber Double Bass in Concert with Pianist Carmen Rodrigues-Peralta. 7/30/2007. Serge Koussevitsky: Two Pieces for Double Bass and Piano.
Caroline Leguia at age 15
Luis Clark Admin2015-04-17T08:56:11-04:00Caroline Leguia playing Bach from the 2006 7 Hills concert.
Josephine van Lier selects the Luis and Clark Cello
Luis Clark Admin2015-02-09T13:48:03-05:00For quite some time, I wanted to purchase a cello that I could safely use for teaching; my 1870 Mirecourt cello suffered quite seriously from being picked up and put down a thousand times a day, not to mention being dropped against the stand, I confess.
Carbon-Fiber Cellos No Longer Playing Second-Fiddle to Wooden Instruments
Luis Clark Admin2015-02-09T13:48:03-05:00February 25, 2009 - Scientific American Historically, carbon-fiber composites have beefed up airplane and space shuttle wings, formed rocket nose cones, and sliced through the waves in the America's Cup.
Derek Gomez’s carbon fibre cello unique
Luis Clark Admin2016-11-04T12:11:00-04:00It's lighter, cheaper and it turns heads in the pit: Derek Gomez plays his $7,500 (Canadian dollars) space-age cello.
The Double Bass is Here
Luis Clark Admin2016-11-04T12:11:01-04:00“The bass sounds just magical in the middle register and totally sings when soloing. Plus it's a ton of fun to play - the sloped shoulders are really comfortable and make accessing the upper register very easy...."
Luis and Clark at the 2009 Inauguration
Luis Clark Admin2013-12-12T11:38:38-05:00Luis & Clark instruments take over the Inauguration! 44 Luis and Clark carbon fiber instruments were used exclusively by The Marine Orchestra during the Inauguration ceremony.
Philip Heyman and Luis Leguia
Luis Clark Admin2016-11-04T12:11:01-04:00Philip Heyman is the principal viola of the Welsh National Opera Orchestra. He owns and plays a Luis and Clark viola. During the month of January, he and Luis Leguia played two recitals at the Welsh Royal College of Music, Oxford University and the Victoria Albert Museum in London. Read the article.
June 2008
Luis Clark Admin2013-12-12T13:43:03-05:00Maine's first "all carbon fiber concert" and it was the culmination of The Maine Festival of American Music: Its Roots and Traditions - held at the historic 1794 Shaker Meeting House, Sabbathday Lake, New Gloucester, Maine.
Selecciones-Readers’s Digest: Innovadores
Luis Clark Admin2016-11-04T12:11:01-04:00A veces, un momento de inspiracion concluye en un gran triunfo.
El Universo
Luis Clark Admin2016-11-04T12:11:02-04:00Luis Luguia, musico estadounidense Un renovador del violoncello
Luces: El Chelista
Luis Clark Admin2009-11-25T16:39:40-05:00Inventor del instrumento de fibra de carbon, especial para solistas, Luis Luguia ofrece hoy un concierto con la Orquesta Sinfonica National
An Afternoon of Music – St. John’s Episcopal Church, Chicago
Luis Clark Admin2009-11-27T13:38:08-05:00April 17, 2008
August 2005
Luis Clark Admin2013-12-12T14:14:05-05:00"The Nine Cellos," a Luis and Clark Gala Concert in the Berkshires on August 17, 2005. Presented by Stockbridge Summer Music, the concert included selections from the Bachianus Brasilieras by Villa Lobos and the Popper Requiem, performed entirely with Luis and Clark cellos.