Noëlle-Anne Darbellay
Noëlle-Anne Darbellay was born in 1980 in Bern and grew up in a family of musicians. After studying at the University of the Arts in Utrecht (the Netherlands) with Karen Turpie, she graduated with a master’s degree in performance from the Geneva University of music under the guidance of Stefan Muhmenthaler, whom she now assists in the field of contemporary violin music. She received valuable insights from teachers including David Takeno, Felix Andrievsky, Bruno Canino and Siegfried Palm, as well as from Julia Schröder for the baroque violin. As a soloist she has played amongst others at the Lucerne Festival, the rainy days Festival from the Philharmonia Luxembourg, the Musiksommer Ernen, New Music Festival Kraków, Rencontres Musicales de Champéry, at the ISCM World New Music Days, Music Documents Tokyo and the Festival International de Musique Tibor Varga in Sion.
Her activity as a chamber musician has taken her on numerous concert tours in Europe and Asia. She is a member of the Nouvel Ensemble Contemporain and plays as a guest with the Basel Chamber Orchestra and the Freitagsakademie for ancient music, amongst others. Noëlle-Anne Darbellayʼs particular interest lies in contemporary music and music theatre. She has premiered numerous compositions for singing and reciting violinist, including works by Jürg Wyttenbach. 2011 she received the recognition award by the music committee Bern.