Luka Šulić
Luka Šulić | |
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 Luka Šulić in 2011 | |
| Born | August 25, 1987 |
| Occupation | Cellist |
Luka Šulić (Serbo-Croatian pronunciation: [lu?ka ?u?lit??]; born 25 August, 1987) is a Croatian cellist.[1][2][3]
Šulić was born in Dubrovnik, Croatia in a musical family[4]. His family moved to Maribor because his father Bozo got employed in the Maribor Opera while [5] his mother worked as a teacher at a local music school.[6]
Šulić began his musical education in Maribor, after which he attended the Music Academy in Zagreb in the class of Professor Valter Dešpalj.[7] He continued his education in Vienna with Professor Reinhard Latzko.[8] Šulić is currently studying with Mats Lidstrom at the Royal Academy of Music in London. [citation needed]
In 2004 Šulić won an award at the 5th International Competition for Young Musicians Tchaikovsky, followed by first prizes at the International Alpe-Adria in Gorizia in 1999 and 2003, and the National Competition in Ljubljana in 2000 and 2003. He often performs at various concerts at home and abroad. Šulić won the first award of the International Cello Competition "Witold Lutoslawski" in 2009.[9]
In January 2011, Šulić, along with friend and fellow cellist Stjepan Hauser, performed a cover of Michael Jackson's Smooth Criminal which was played solely on cello. In just a few days, the music video became a YouTube sensation.[10][11][12]
Under the name of 2Cellos, Šulić and Hauser recorded an album with Sony Music Entertainment, which was released in July 2011.[13]
On April 25, 2011 Šulić and Hauser appeared live in Ellen DeGeneres Show, on which they performed Welcome to the Jungle.[14]
References
- ^ "Biografija Luke Šulića". www.matica.hr (in Croatian). Matica hrvatska.
- ^ "Violončelist Luka Šulič, zvezda na youtube". www.delo.si (in Slovenian). Delo.
- ^ "Prize Winners » Luka Šulić". www.emcy.org. European Union of Music Competitions for Youth.
- ^ "Biografija Luke Šulića". www.matica.hr (in Croatian). Matica hrvatska.
- ^ "Luka Šulić virtuoz na violončelu; Pozdrav mojim Pilarima". www.dubrovacki.hr (in Croatian). Dubrovački vjesnik.
- ^ http://www.siol.net/kultura/novice/2011/07/2cellos_ne_moreva_vse_zivljenje_igrati_glasbe_iz_18_st
- ^ "Koncert: LUKA ŠULIĆ (1987) – violončelo". www.matica.hr (in Croatian). Matica hrvatska.
- ^ "Mariborski čelist bo z Eltonom Johnom nastopil tudi v Izoli". Radiotelevizija Slovenija (in Slovene). MMC RTV Slovenija. 9 May 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ "Hrvatskom violončelistu 1. nagrada u Varšavi". www.slobodnadalmacija.hr (in Croatian). Slobodna Dalmacija.
- ^ "VIDEO: Stjepan i Luka postali hit na YouTube u samo dva dana. I Hollywood je poludio za njima". www.jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). Jutarnji list.
- ^ "Hrvatski čelisti hit na YouTubeu". www.jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). Jutarnji list.
- ^ ""Smooth criminal" na violončelu hit na YouTubeu". www.novilist.hr (in Croatian). Novi list.
- ^ D'Andrea, Niki (6 June 2011). ""Welcome to the Jungle," As Performed by 2Cellos". Phoenix New Times. Phoenix New Times, LLC. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
- ^ "VIDEO Vatreni duet nastupio u showu Ellen DeGeneres: Stjepan od žestine slomio gudalo!". www.jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). Jutarnji list.
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