Cello duo 2Cellos returns to Romania for new concert

Musical duo 2Cellos will perform in Bucharest at the end of 2017, in a concert set for December 5 at Sala Palatului, the group announced on their website. The Bucharest concert is part of their world tour. 2Cellos is made up of young Croatian cellists Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser, and is known for their cross-over style. They rose to fame in 2011 with a version of Michael Jackson’s Smooth Criminal. Always performing live, their repertoire spans from Bach and Vivaldi to AC/DC. Sulic graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in London, and Hauser from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, both in 2011. Sulic won a series of top prizes at international music competitions including First and Special Prize at the VII Lutoslawski International Cello Competition in Warsaw (2009), First Prize at the European Broadcasting Union New Talent Competition (2006) and First Prize at the Royal Academy of Music Patron’s Award in Wigmore Hall (2011), among others. Hauser worked with acclaimed classical artists such as Mstislav Rostropovich, Bernard Greenhouse, Mennahem Pressler and Ivry Gitlis, among others. He won twenty-one first prizes at national and international music competitions and performed twice for Prince Charles in Buckingham and St. James’s Palace. Their latest album is Celloverse, released in January 2015. On this album and the previous albums 2CELLOS (2011), IN2ITION (2012) and numerous side projects, they collaborated with artists, composers, and producers such as Elton John, George Michael, Zucchero, Steve Vai, Lang Lang, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Queens of the Stone Age, Andrea Bocelli, Zubin Mehta, T Bone Burnett, Bob Ezrin, Humberto Gatica and James Newton Howard. They are set to release new material this year. They previously performed in Romania in 2014 and 2015. editor@romania-insider.com (Photo source: 2Cellos Facebook Page)