François Leleux’s pre-eminence as an oboist is internationally recognised but over the last twenty years he has in parallel developed a significant reputation as conductor, and is now in demand on the podium both with and without oboe in hand. Leleux is regularly invited by the world’s leading orchestras, festivals and concert series, both as soloist and player/director with repertoire ranging from baroque to newly commissioned works.
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Auditorium de la Cité de la musique et de la danse, Strasbourg, France
Saint-Saëns: Sonata for Oboe in D major, Op. 166
Hindemith: Sonata for Oboe
Poulenc: Sonata for Oboe and Piano FP185
Schumann: Adagio & Allegro, Op.70
Dutilleux: Sonata for Oboe and Piano
Schumann: Three Romances op 94 for Oboe and Piano
Dorati: Duo Concertante for Oboe and Piano
Buy TicketsThéâtre des Champs Elysées, Paris, France
Debussy: Clair de lune (arrangement d’André Caplet)
Kancheli : Childhood revisited, pour hautbois, piano, guitare basse et cordes
Debussy : Rhapsodie (arrangement de Gilles Silvestrini pour cor anglais et orchestre)
Bizet: Symphonie n° 1
Buy TicketsTokyo Opera City, Tokyo, Japan
MacMillan: Concerto for Oboe
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Continuing his residency with Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg this season, François Leleux performs Chen’s Oboe Concerto and Hummel’s Introduction, Theme and Variations under Music Director... {...}
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Leleux appeared with the Orchestra as soloist in previous seasons and now returns to conduct Fauré’s Pelléas et Mélisande Suite,... {...}
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François Leleux returns to the Aalborg Symphony Orchestra to conduct Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade and Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No 5 with François-Frédéric Guy (Jan 25). Leleux,... {...}
Read ArticleRead MoreDie erste Konzert-Sequenz kommt er ohne Dirigierpult und Stab aus - da dominiert das Instrument, das François Leleux so meisterlich beherrscht wie wohl kein Anderer: die Oboe. Der Großmeister wird selber zum König, wenn er als Zugabe der Zauberflöte mit seinem Instrument “singt”.
Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra Read More
Read MoreThe elegance and vivacity of Francois Leleux’ oboe playing and the fresh, bright sound of Camerata Salzburg dazzle through Mozart’s Rondo in C, Oboe concerto and the transcription for the Flute Concerto.
Mozart Rondo in C Read More
Read MoreThe sparkling vitality of the conductor François Leleux was clear from the first movement of the "Kleine G Minor" … He carefully drew the leitmotiv out from the piano in a viscous legato, drove it up and chased it...
Salzburg Read More
Read MoreThis adroit teaming of first-rate chamber musicians, led by husband and wife François Leleux and Lisa Batiashvili, makes for an exceptional disc which brims with treats
Mozart Recording Read More
Read MoreThe terrific French oboist Francois Leleux was artist in residence at this year’s Lammermuir Festival, and he used the opportunity to explore repertoire from Bach to Berio.
Artist-in-Residence / Lammermuir Festival Read More
Read MoreFrench oboist François Leleux, who cast himself prominently in four pieces… And when he was playing, he was unmistakably the force majeure, the star of the show
Tanglewood Festival Read More