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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Philharmonie de Paris, Paris, France
Bach: Concerto for violin and oboe
Thierry Escaich: Organ improvisations
Thierry Escaich: Double concerto for violin and oboe
Tchaikovsky: Roméo et Juliette - Ouverture-Fantaisie
Respighi: Pini di Roma
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Bach: Concerto for violin and oboe
Thierry Escaich: Organ improvisations
Thierry Escaich: Double concerto for violin and oboe
Tchaikovsky: Roméo et Juliette - Ouverture-Fantaisie
Respighi: Pini di Roma
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Beethoven: Quintet for wind and piano in E-flat major, op. 16
Verdi: Quintet in E minor (arr. for winds of the string quartet)
A. Caplet: Quintet for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and piano, op. 8
Poulenc: Sextet for piano and wind quintet in C major, FP100
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His four-year tenure will begin in the 2025/26 season. A long-time collaborator with the orchestra, Leleux expressed his excitement... {...}
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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”.
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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.
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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