Aurélien Darbellay is now and a grandi à Liddes en Valais (Suisse). It’s from the music society “the Union Instrumentale de Liddes” to discover the music. After obtaining a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and musicology at the University of Fribourg, he decided to study music. This is the raison pour la source il entame un Master en direction d’orchestre auprès de Jean-Claude Kolly de 2018 à 2021. Aurélien directed the harmony “l’Echo de Châtillon” de Massongex, the orchestra de Belp, the Young Guard of the Landwehr de Fribourg and the Brass Band Fribourg B.
Depuis son adolescence, Aurélien se passionne also pour la composition. In May 2019, the oeuvre “Exiles” was presented to the orchestra at the vent, the mixed choir and the children’s choir received the ex-aequoie prize in the international public competition in the composition of Haute-Savoie. In 2021, he won the second prize in the organized competition for the contemporary ensemble « Diachrony » with the piece « O.L.D. ». This year, the decoration with “Dark is the Horizon” won the Swiss Prize for the Composition Competition of the Italian Fiat Fiat (OFSI). In September 2022, Aurélien debuted a second Master in contemporary composition at the Berne University of the Arts. He got his Master diploma in September 2024.