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Biobar son with cello storms barefoot social media
He plays cello on dizzying mountain peaks and in picturesque streams, or on the street: a Swiss storms social media channels. Now he is planning something in high ventilation.
The Swiss organic farm son Jodok Vuille conquers social media with his cello in the storm. He plays on a sled or on a narrow mountain ridge in a breathtaking nature. His videos go viral with millions of clicks. “You just have to dance with the algorithm,” he told the German press agency. His recipe? “Commercial pop with a symphonic note.” Vuille – known on social media as Jodok Cello – plays with cello solos arranged cover versions of pop songs.
Vuille (36) comes from the Emmental – where the famous cheese comes from – and is actually a sports and music teacher. As a trained cellist, he also uploaded videos to YouTube with his game. Until his students said two years ago: “YouTube is for the old ones, do something cool,” says Vuille.
Play cello on the summit
So he started with Instagram and Tikkok, and the third video already had 60 million views. Today he has eleven million followers on all platforms. He hung up the teacher job a few weeks ago.
His videos in the wild are dramatically beautiful: he plays on a narrow comb in the Alpstein Mountains in Appenzell, as always with a blissful smile on his face. “It was a little crazy,” he says. With such adventures, he is traveling alone, cello on his back, drone and camera equipment in front of his stomach. The barefoot game came by chance because after a climbing game he had taken off his dirty shoes. Because that was commented on a lot, he made it his trademark.
In planning, there is a video with cello games on a parachute jump, and he would also like to climb on a pyramid in Egypt, should he get the permit.
“Street Style” is on Tikok, says Vuille. There he is currently staging himself as a street musician, sometimes with other musicians who come to appear spontaneously. Vuille loves classical music, but: “Colleagues play classical music in a small combing in front of a few spectators, while I can emotionally touch millions with Coldplay cover versions.”
His big dream? “One day on a organic farm with kittens and goats lead a cozy life,” he says – in the Emmental, of course.
dpa
Source: Stern
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