Bringing a fresh approach to the tired orchestral ‘classical rock’ format, the duelling cellos of Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser chalked up 5m hits with their version of Michael Jackson’s ‘Smooth Criminal’ within a month of posting on YouTube. To date, 2Cellos have performed with Sir Elton John and George Michael, and appeared on TV shows around the globe.

For their performances, the duo call on AKG's IVM 4 In-Ear Monitoring system and C414 XLS microphones, provided by Croatian distributor AVC. ‘2Cellos have come a long way in such a short time,’ says Reinhard Mitter of AVC. ‘Using AKG’s mics and monitoring systems, their tour and performances are as successful as their online videos. AKG’s classic C414 microphones provide a great, true sound that translates into any genre, including the amazing style of 2Cellos. Luka and Stjepan also continue to praise the supreme performance of their monitoring system, IVM 4.’

Extremely accomplished musicians, Sulic and Hauser both started playing cello at an early age. Sulic has won numerous international awards and performed at venues, including London’s Wigmore Hall, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw and Vienna’s Musikverein and Konzerthaus.

Hauser has performed in the majority of European countries, including for Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace and St. James’s Place, South Africa, New Zealand and throughout Asia and the United States. He has earned 21 national and international awards.

2Cellos self-titled, debut album, which features covers of well-known rock and pop songs, was released in the summer of 2011, landed them in Billboard’s Top 200 albums at No.2 in the Classical Crossover chart.

For more than 20 years, AVC has had an active voice in systems integration of professional audio and video, broadcast systems, lighting, multimedia presentations and networks and video surveillance.

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