I love to teach percussion in ways that opens up your possibility of finding your own expression with a clear respect and open attitude to the message from the composer.

My main concept for my teaching derived from Ki-Aikido - a Japanese Friendly Martial Art - is to teach you methods that immediately can give you a clear feeling of what kind of use of your body and mind are most efficient and leads to the sound and expression you want.

I have also been teaching artistic entrepreneurship the last 10 years - a new subject that I took part in developing as a tool for the students to explore their own artistic ideas deriving from their values and perspectives on the world, and knowing the project management methods that makes the projects a reality through cooperation and modern leadership. I also give lessons in this field e.g. helping you to develop your career and future projects.

Short CV:
Danish percussion artist and educator Henrik Knarborg Larsen has performed as a soloist and chamber-musician all over Scandinavia, Europe, USA and Asia. He is Head of Percussion at the Royal Academy of Music Aarhus/Aalborg, where he has started a new approach to percussion education. He has based his teaching system on modern principles that encompass interpretation theory, practice strategy and new concept of body and mind awareness inspired by the Japanese martial art Ki-Aikido, which he presented first time at PASIC Indianapolis 2009. He has made masterclasses and concerts around the world, including Juilliard School of Music New York, Sibelius Academy Finland and Conservatorium van Amsterdam.
In 2014 he acquired the position as percussionist at Århus Sinfonietta, the oldest and most prestigious contemporary music ensemble in Denmark, and he often performs with orchestras in Denmark and abroad.
He has recorded several CD’s, including the solo-CD Convergence (Classico), and in 2015 he released a new media format video, and a artistic research article about Simon Steen-Andersen’s solo work written for him: Split Point and he made the America premiere of this piece as the opening concert for PASIC (Percussive Arts Society International Convention) in 2016.

Please visit www.knarborg.com to see some free e-learning videos and get an idea about my principles of teaching.