Asia’s pre-eminent young conductor, Darrell was born in Singapore and is a regular guest with some of the world’s greatest orchestras: the Philharmonia, London Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool, Royal Philharmonic, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestre National de Lyon, Munich Radio, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, NHK Symphony, Yomiuri Nippon, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Singapore Symphony, RTVE Madrid, La Verdi, Belgian National Orchestra, etc. Having studied in St. Petersburg and at Yale, he was mentored by Lorin Maazel, Sir Colin Davis and Esa-Pekka Salonen. Music Director of the Orchestre Symphonique de Bretagne since 2012, he was until recently Young Associate Conductor of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and Music Director of the Singapore National Youth Orchestra.