Born in Valence, Olivier Bombrun began playing the trumpet at the age of 8. He studied at the National Conservatory of Lyon from 2001 to 2005 in the classes of Pierre Dutot and Thierry Caens. He then perfected his skills at the Salzburg Mozarteum with Hans Gansch, former principal trumpet of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2004, he was engaged as solo trumpet at the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra and in 2006, he was chosen by Lorin Maazel to become co-soloist of the new Orchestra of the Valencia Opera in Spain. In September 2010, Olivier Bombrun joined the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande as solo trumpet. He is also a laureate of the prestigious international competitions in Budapest, the Prague Spring and the Maurice-André in Paris.

He is regularly invited to play as a soloist with piano, organ and orchestra for the Orchestre national d'Île de France, the Orchestre des Pays de Savoie,Prague Soloists Orchestra...

Olivier Bombrun also plays chamber music with his brass quintet onLy Brass, a group with which he is a laureate of the Lyon International Competition.