2cellos and the Zagreb Soloists

Due to their immense popularity around the world, the renowned Croatian violoncellists, Stjepan Hauser and Luka Šulić, collectively known as 2cellos, will once again attract a large crowd to the Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall on December 22nd, where they will perform a somewhat different repertoire with the Zagreb Soloists; classical music will briefly replace their recognizable rock style.

We believe that 2cellos need no special introduction in Croatia, or abroad for that matter, but we are very proud to announce they will once again perform in Zagreb this year. This time they will hold a concert with the Zagreb Soloists at the Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall on December 22nd. However, instead of their recognizable rock style that has gained them global fame, this time they will briefly return to a classical repertoire.

The concert, which will take place as part of the traditional program “Lisinski on Saturdays”, consists of four parts – the violoncello and string concert in D-major, no. 2, G. 479 by Luigi Boccherini, Haydn’s violoncello and orchestra concert in C-major, no. 1, Hob. VIIb/1, the double concert in G-minor for two violoncellos, strings and a continuo, RV 531 by Antonio Vivaldi, and the final –“Violoncelles, vibrez!”, for two violoncellos and strings by Giovanni Solima.

With such a classical repertoire, performed together with the Zagreb Soloists, the 2cellos will demonstrate why they are globally well respected as classical musicians. After all, classical music is the style they started with, and they are still immensely inspired by it to this day.

It is known that Stjepan Hauser and Luka Šulić gained global fame with their innovative covers of hits by global music stars such as Nirvana, Michael Jackson, Sting, U2, Coldplay, etc. In less than a year on the scene, they managed to secure a contract with the great Elton John, enthralling audiences around the world as his support act. They have already had guest appearances on numerous television programmes of renowned television stations, and they have achieved it all with hard work and an innovative approach to music. Of course, they have the talent and quality necessary for global fame.

Both of them were educated at prestigious music academies in Zagreb, Vienna, London and Manchester, where they took lessons with renowned professors. They had private tutors in order to perfect their skill, and it must be noted that Stjepan Hauser was one of the last students of the great Russian violoncellist Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich (1927-2007).