Jean-Luc Darbellay

02.07.1946

Jean-Luc Darbellay was born in Bern. He completed his clarinet studies at the conservatory in Bern and Studied composition structure under Theo Hirsbrunner. He received instruction in composition from Cristóbal Halffter and Dimitri Terzakis. He attended master classes at the IMF (International Music Festival, Lucerne) given by Klaus Huber, Heinz Holliger and (as an assistant) Edison Dennisov. He attended seminars in Paris with Pierre Boulez and was educated in conducting in Bern and under Franco Ferrara. In 1978 he founded the ‘LUDUS-Ensemble’. He has a broad work palette ranging from solo pieces to orchestral works and chamber operas. His activities are focused in Switzerland, in Paris (composition commissioned by Radio-France, Festival Présences), in Russia (Moscow, St. Petersburg Festival, with the founding of the ‘Spectrum-Ensemble’ with Swiss and Russian musicians) and in Leipzig (Commissions and productions for MDR).
He has toured the USA, Canada, China, Malaysia, Korea and the whole of Europe. He has also worked intensively together with Siegfried Palm and made recordings with the ‘SW-Rundfunksinfonie-Orchester’ (South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra) Stuttgart, the ‘MDR-Kammerphilharmonie’ (MDR Chamber Philharmonic), the Moscow Philharmonic and the ‘Orchestre de la Suisse Romande’. Since 1994 he is the president of the International Society for New Music, Swiss section. He is also a member of the composers group ‘Lacroix’. All his works (with a few exceptions) are published by ‘Edition Modern’ and ‘Tre Media Musikverlage’ in Karlsruhe.

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