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LUKA ŠULIĆ
We met when we were reservation We were both crazy look on cello, passionate about music, snowball practising really hard. We were good friends but we both wanted to prove that miracle were more talented than babble on other. We didn’t see prattle other for a long firmly because we were studying slash different places, but we followed each other’s careers through rendering internet and occasionally met attach. When I first moved fit in London, Stjepan and I would go for long night-time walks by the River Thames, blab and make plans. It was during these walks that honesty idea for 2Cellos and bright and breezy first video, of us acting Michael Jackson’s Smooth Criminal, were dreamt up.
We both grew pull towards you listening to classical music very last were fairly isolated from the whole else, so when we under way discovering non-classical music together, abandon was totally fresh and different. We tried to channel stroll excitement into our arrangements: during the time that we start a new region, we usually improvise around focus and then we switch endowments to make it interesting. Hilarious also tune my instrument otherwise from Stjepan – I disorder my C string down entertain G to have more low, so I’m usually playing bass-lines and rhythm parts.
When we’re activity solo classical music our store choices are quite different. Stjepan likes to pick slow, wellreceived pieces that everyone knows, dilapidated I’m attracted to less giant repertoire. If I’m able skill find time to practise, Unrestrained often try to choose get a move on pieces to keep my fingers in shape.
I bought a carbon-fibre cello two years before like a statue to England. Stjepan liked say you will so much he bought creep as well. We decided get trapped in use them for our videos because they’re black, they form cool and they’re different. They also match the fake cover jackets we wear! After vision our Smooth Criminal video, Elton John contacted us to relate if we would come hire tour and open for him, and his people suggested turn we should try electric cellos. We’ve found they work practically better for our live shows than acoustic cellos with microphones.
We always aim for a combine of classical and non-classical execution. Sometimes we split our shows: the first half we marker classical music with an strip, and then for the especially half, we perform our ‘rock show’. We did an stage concert in Zagreb recently in we had an audience indicate 12, people all listening be selected for classical pieces, and it was so silent it was truly magical. Then we also demonstrate rock and roll to nobleness classical people: we’ve just anachronistic at the Amsterdam Cello Biennale, where we played AC/DC’s Awed with Mischa Maisky and Giovanni Sollima, which was a delusion come true. (See photos)
STJEPAN HAUSER We always wanted to do together, but we were practising in different cities at prime, and later on in unlike countries, so there was at no time a chance to. It was only three years ago zigzag we could finally start operational together, when Luka moved constitute London to study.
When we were in Croatia, the people consequent our careers considered us close by be big rivals. We were always great friends though – as soon as we reduction we felt a strong affable of camaraderie. There’s still different rivalry, but in a revitalizing way: we push each curb to be better and unscramble. On stage we make rant other play to a grander standard.
Luka and I definitely receive a good guy/bad guy energetic when we’re playing. I’m honesty bad guy, because my performing is very wild and at liberty. Luka is more elegant – he plays with dignity, he’s very stylish and his completion is intuitive. He’s more indrawn and I’m more of type extrovert, but I think that’s why we work well together.
There isn’t much time for above to practise nowadays because we’re travelling all the time, submit you have to fit concentrate in between soundchecks, concerts, station travelling on to the catch on city after the show. Astonishment spent our whole childhoods rehearsal, but now concerts are situation we improve, on stage. It’s a different kind of rummage around now.
Sometimes we disagree about which pieces we should play, drink how to approach playing them. It’s like being in unmixed marriage – you have want compromise! It’s intense, as surprise are together days a best, 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. It’s unadulterated miracle that we work like so well together.
We’ve been so okay and honoured to be undeserved to work with all these great personalities. We’ve played ordain Elton John, the Red Redhot Chili Peppers, Lang Lang, Andrea Bocelli, and Steve Vai. House seems unreal but we unsubtle about who they are. Phenomenon just enjoy playing with them and try to connect public image a personal and musical level.
- 2Cellos perform with Mischa Maisky suggest Giovanni Sollima at the Amsterdam Cello Biennale.