Jean-Luc Darbellay

Jean-Luc Darbellay (born 2 July 1946) is a Swiss composer, conductor, clarinetist and physician.

[2] In 1975 he studied the clarinet with Kurt Weber at the Bern Conservatory and musical composition with Theo Hirsbrunner, Cristobal Halffter and Dimitri Terzakis.

He attended seminars with Pierre Boulez (IRCM and Collège de France) and Franco Ferrara and masterclasses with Heinz Holliger and Klaus Huber.

The cellist Anssi Karttunen first premiered his Concerto for violin and cello at the Maison de Radio France in 1989.

The Nouvel Ensemble Contemporain Chandigarh premiered his work for 17 instruments and megaliths – Lutéce for horn.

Palm composed a piece for two pianos and two basset horn that Darbellay arranged in 1991 at the Witten Days for new chamber music.