Estate Living Digital Publication Issue 3 March 2015 | Page 60

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i TUNE YOU
Classical music is not all about listening to sleep inducing music from yesteryear - in fact the
musical genre is making a fresh and fashionable comeback. We have rounded up just some of
the artists making classical music anything but classic.

Kanye West

American hip hop artist Kanye West released Late Orchestration in
2006. The live album featured recordings of live renditions of songs
derived from his first two studio albums and was recorded at the
internationally recognised Abbey Road Studios in London before an
audience of three hundred personally invited guests and fans. One
makes this album particularly stand out is the fact that the singer was
backed by a seventeen-piece all-female string orchestra – creating a
captivating soundtrack featuring guest appearances by John Legend,
Lupe Fiasco, GLC and Consequence.

2 Cellos

2 Cellos is a Croatian cello duo, consisting of classically trained Luka
Šulić and Stjepan Hauser who are enjoying international acclaim having
featured on hit teen TV series, Glee. Playing mainly instrumental covers
of well-known pop and rock songs, the young duo are both classically
trained musicians who met at a master class in Croatia while still in
their teens. They rose to fame after their cover of “Smooth Criminal”
became a hit on YouTube, receiving over three million views in the first
two weeks and over ten million views in all.