2Cellos

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2Cellos (stylized 2CELLOS ) is a duo of Croatian cello players, consisting of Luka? classically trained uli? and Stjepan Hauser. Signed to Sony Masterworks since 2011, they have released four albums and played the instrumental arrangements of famous pop and rock songs as well as classical music and movies. The duo is featured internationally and has been featured on several US TV shows including Glee and The Bachelor .

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Hauser, born in Pula, Croatia, and? Uli?, Born in Maribor, Slovenia, is a classically trained musician. They met in the master class at Pula as a teenager. ? uli? - younger than both of them by one year - attended the Musical Academy in Zagreb, and then studied in Vienna. ? uli? then entered the London Royal Academy of Music. Hauser attended the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, having completed his studies at Trinity Laban in London.

The duo rose to prominence in 2011 after their "Smooth Criminal" cover became a hit on YouTube, receiving more than three million views in the first two weeks and over twenty-seven million views in Feb 2018. The production of music videos was solicited by financial difficulties cello players, despite their successful music in the UK. One of Hauser's friends at Pula, a director, suggested that they try the pop music market by making a video for "Smooth Criminal." Video feature? Uli? and Hauser came face-to-face in a big white room, playing Jackson's song. Before they became partners, the two cellos were sometimes rivals, competing against each other in a music contest.

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2Cellos signed a contract to record with Sony Masterworks, and finished recording their first album in May 2010, which carries the name Menart Records in Croatia. Released on July 19, 2011, their eponymous debut album, including cover track by U2, Guns N 'Roses, Nine Inch Nails, Sting, Coldplay, Nirvana, Muse, and Kings of Leon. Hauser told la Repubblica that the album will also feature a cello version of Michael Jackson's "Natural Man". The duo said that they chose a song that can be arranged as a cover played only on two cellos. To anticipate the release, 2Cellos released their second single "Welcome to the Jungle," a cover of the Guns N 'Roses song of the same name. For many numbers, they are accompanied by drummer, Du? An Kranjc, occasional group member.

Elton John asked the duo to perform with him on a summer tour of 2011, which begins in Cardiff, Wales on June 8. John, who personally called? Uli ?, said that he had watched the video "Smooth Criminal" and wanted 2Cellos to participate in his tour for thirty cities. Both have previously appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on April 25, 2011. 2Cellos also appeared at the iTunes Festival 2011 in London.

The duo made the "Smooth Criminal" arrangement in the third season of Glee's television show. The episode in which they appeared, titled "Michael", aired on January 31, 2012, and is the first time that this series highlights instrumental musicians. The scene featuring "Smooth Criminal" was formed similar to the original 2Cellos music video for the song. On June 4, 2012, 2Cellos performed with Elton John at the Queen's Jubilee Diamond Concert at Buckingham Palace. On 12 June 2012 2Cellos performs in front of the full Zagreb Arena.

Although both of them usually record the cover of a rock song, "uli". and Hauser says they are still playing with the orchestra and will not abandon playing classical music. The cello players say that one day they want to go on tour with the classical and contemporary orchestra. Their second studio album, titled In2ition , came out early in 2013, and featured a new twist on a variety of classic tracks with some surprising pair of vocals and duet instrumental including Elton John, Lang Lang, Naya Rivera, Steve Vai, Sky Ferreira, and Zucchero. The album was produced by Bob Ezrin.

Other songs include the AC/DC cover "Highway to Hell" featuring Vai, Coldplay's "Clocks" featuring Lang Lang, Muse's "Supermassive Black Hole" featuring Rivera, The Book of Love's "The Book of Love" by The Magnetic Fields "Il Libro Dell'Amore" featured Zucchero, Karl Jenkins' "Benedictus", and "Oh Yah" featuring Sir Elton.

In July 2013, they filmed an advertisement for Japanese mobile phone company, Docomo. Their album In2ition , debuted at the Japanese Albums Chart, in August 2013 at number 1. As part of their world tour with Elton John, including concerts in North America, Europe and Asia, 2Cellos performs in Madison Square Garden two days in a row, in December 2013. In March 2014, they held a Japanese solo tour.

In 2015, 2Cellos released their third album, Celloverse , which they also produced together. The album contains a wide variety of renditions including Thunderstruck AC/DC, Avicii's Wake Me Up, Michael Jackson's They Do not Care About Us, Han's Zimmer's Mombasa (from Inception ), and an original piece entitled Celloverse , among many other covers.

2Cellos uses YouTube to reach his fans. In addition to producing music videos from their works, they also post videos of famous live performances, including at Arena Zagreb (2012), Arena Pula (2013), EXIT Festival (2014), and their fifth anniversary concert at the Arena in Verona (2016 ). ). In February 2014, the couple published their rendition of AC/DC "Thunderstruck" to YouTube. The video depicts the duo playing in front of a Baroque audience, who soon learns that the song is not classical. The video became viral in early March, garnering 10 million views in the first two weeks. Until May 2018, the video has garnered over 116 million views.

US? Uli? told The Sydney Morning Herald , "we love AC/DC as much as Bach." Hauser added, "both [AC/DC and Bach] are simple and convincing in what they do."

In 2017, Sulic and Hauser released their album Score , which was recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra and included a wide variety of television and movie music. To mark the release of the album, 2Cellos released their official YouTube video for Game of Thrones Medley, which garnered over 1 million views in two days.

On May 26, 2018, 2Cellos made UEFA Champions League Anthem ahead of the 2018 UEFA Champions League Final between Real Madrid C.F. and Liverpool F.C.