Lana-Lucija Horvatić graduated in cello performance from the Academy of Music in Zagreb, where she studied under Professor Monika Leskovar. She began her musical education at the Varaždin Music School, and in 2010 she started taking cello lessons with Dobrila Berković Magdalenić.
She has appeared as a soloist with the Croatian Radiotelevision Symphony Orchestra, the Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra, the Varaždin Chamber Orchestra, the Croatian Chamber Orchestra, and the Zagreb Chamber Orchestra. In 2023, she performed Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major as a soloist with the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra.
She has had the opportunity to study with numerous distinguished cellists and teachers, including Branimir Pustički, Enrico Dindo, Jelena Očić, Marc Coppey, Reinhard Latzko, Valter Dešpalj, Nika Zlatarić, Nikola Ružević, David Grigorian, and others.
From 2022 to 2024, she was a member of the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra. In November 2024, she was appointed Principal Cello of the Croatian Radiotelevision Symphony Orchestra.
Since November 2026, she has been a permanent member of the Zagreb Soloists ensemble.
