Larsen has composed a wide variety of concert works as well as music for theater and film. He has had many highly successful premieres throughout Europe and the United States with various international artists.
Inspired by his background as a concert pianist in Europe performing a large repertoire of the High Romantics, Larsen has an unusually prolific output of piano works. (See Repertoire) The composer also has written a significant body of orchestral compositions, as well as orchestrations of his piano works, including Eternal Rhapsodie, Celebration and Mass Assencion.
Larsen's technique is grounded in his direct lineage of history's greatest composers including Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Liszt Chopin, Saint-Saens and Ravel, as well as his work with John Adams. (see Lineage)
He is currently composing Fantasia Suite; a continuous cycle of music in a bold, new contemporary idiom (see below). Also, Larsen is currently working on his first opera and composing a ballet to be premiered in 2009.
Larsen's transcriptions of film scores have met with resounding success including Innocents Mission Fantasy, Nosferatu Overture, music written for Star Trek and Martin Scorsese's Something To Believe In.
The composer's output of transcriptions for solo piano included Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, Beethoven's 7th Symphony and Coriolanus Overture, which have received premieres in London.
Larsen's DVD of original music "Elegie", directed by Lydia Green, was completed in October, 2003 and his new DVD "Bridges and Beyond", directed by Enrico Benegivenga is slated for shooting in September, 2008.
For a sample of Larsen's concert music, including Transcendence, Nosferatu Overture, Dawn of Freedom, Solstice, Sherwood Forest and Ascension, please visit the Music Page. Recordings, including "Live at St. Martins-in-the-Fields" are available through Montage Media.
