Olivier Darbellay
Olivier Nicolas Darbellay (* 1974 in Bern ) is a Swiss horn player .
Life
Darbtellay comes from a family of musicians; his father is the composer Jean-Luc Darbellay (* 1946). He first studied cello with Patrick Demenga and Peter Hörr and horn with Thomas Müller and David Johnson at the Bern University of Music and Theater (graduated in 1996). He also studied horn with Bruno Schneider at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg im Breisgau (graduated in 1998) and natural horn at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis . In 2000 he was awarded international prizes.
He has appeared at numerous festivals, such as the Lucerne Festival , the Berliner Festwochen and the Wratislavia Cantans . He has appeared as a soloist with several orchestras. In addition to baroque and classical music, his focus is on contemporary music . He performed chamber music a. a. with Joshua Bell , Akiko Suwanai , Sol Gabetta , Siegfried Palm , Konstantin Lifschitz , Heinz Holliger and Christoph Prégardien in appearance. He also plays u. a. with the Collegium Novum Zurich , the Bach Collegium Japan , the Ensemble Contrechamps and the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Toronto. Darbellay premiered several pieces, including Holliger's Duo Induuchlen for natural horn and countertenor in 2006 .
He is principal horn player in the Bern Symphony Orchestra as well as in the Basel Chamber Orchestra and in the Gstaad Festival Orchestra . He is also a professor at the Haute École de Musique in Lausanne and at the Institute for Classical and Church Music at the Lucerne School of Music .
Awards
- 2000: Jeune Soliste de l'an 2000, Communauté des Radios publiques de langue française
- 2000: First prize, Tribune Internationale des Jeunes Interprètes
Discography (selection)
- Jeune soliste de l'année 2000 (RSR 2000)
- Jean-Luc Darbellay : Résonances (Cascavelle 2003)
- 5 Octuors du XXème Siècle (Saphir Productions 2008)
- Grammont Sélection 1 (Musiques Suisses 2008)
- Matthias Arter : Solo Pieces 1993-2007 (Neos 2009)
- Heinz Holliger : Induuchlen ( ECM 2011)
- Jean-Luc Darbellay: Jean-Luc Darbellay (Musiques Suisses 2011)
- Olivier Darbellay (Musiques Suisses 2011)
- Constellations Ardentes (Challenge Records 2017)
Web links
- Literature by and about Olivier Darbellay in the catalog of the German National Library
- Olivier Darbellay at Discogs (English)
- Olivier Darbellay's website (German, French, English)
- Olivier Darbellay at the Lucerne School of Music
- Olivier Darbellay with Ensemble Contrechamps (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The members of the CNZ. Collegium Novum Zurich, accessed on February 17, 2018.
- ↑ The Bern Symphony Orchestra. Horn. Olivier Darbellay. ( Memento of the original from March 2, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Konzert Theater Bern, accessed on February 17, 2018.
- ^ Current line-up of the Basel Chamber Orchestra. Basel Chamber Orchestra, accessed on February 17, 2018.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Darbellay, Olivier |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Darbellay, Olivier Nicolas (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss horn player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bern , Switzerland |