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VEDRAN KOCELJ is one of the leading Croatian trumpeters, who is actively performing as a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician. He received his musical education at the Luka Sorkočević School of Arts in Dubrovnik in the class of Nina Obradović, and graduated from the Academy of Music in Ljubljana in the class of Stanko Arnold. He has improved his skills at master classes with John Wallace, Bo Nilsson and Ed Carroll.

Since 1998, he has been a solo trumpeter in the Croatian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra. He has been a member of the Cantus ensemble, specializing in contemporary music, since its founding in 2001. Since 2015, he has collaborated with pianist Krešimir Starčević, and in 2018 founded the Trio Seraphim, together with soprano Monika Cerovčec and organist Pavle Mašić.

He also demonstrates the breadth of his musical interests by playing music from different periods, which is why he has perfected his skills on a number of related instruments such as the natural trumpet, piccolo trumpet and cornet. The range of his solo repertoire includes some of the most demanding compositions for this instrument, such as concertos by André Jolivet and Michael Haydn, Johann Sebastian Bach's 2nd Brandenburg Concerto and Matthias Pintscher's Chute d'etoiles.

Known as a promoter of music by Croatian authors, as part of the 27th Zagreb Music Biennale he premiered the composition Tromberia by Milko Kelemen with the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Luca Pfaff. Vedran Kocelj has performed at almost all major music festivals in Croatia. In addition to regular performances with the Croatian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, he has given solo concerts with almost all Croatian orchestras, and has collaborated with many conductors.