Luka Sulic concerts Tour 2024-2025

Biography

Luka Šulić (born 25 August, 1987) is a Croatian cellist. Šulić was born in Maribor, Slovenia. He comes from a Dubrovnik musical family, his father Božo is also a cellist, and many members of his family are associated with music. Šulić began his musical education in Maribor, after which he attended the Music Academy in Zagreb in the class of Professor Valter Dešpalj. He continued his education in Vienna with Professor Reinhard Latzko. 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. 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. Šulić and Hauser are currently recording an album with Sony Music Entertainment, which will be released at the end of August, 2011. On April 25, 2011 Šulić and Hauser appeared live in Ellen DeGeneres Show on which they performed Smooth Criminal Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.