Conductor & soloist Francois Leleux

“The 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..”
Salzburger Nachrichten

Conductor & soloist Francois Leleux

…[François Leleux is] a star act. Here was phenomenal skill and personality, displayed across a vast range of colours and dynamics, delivered with winking wit through an oboe constantly circling the air."
The Times

Conductor & soloist Francois Leleux

“The Camerata Salzburg played under the direction of conductor and oboist Francois Leleux, who was as transparent and clear, as intense and focused as if this chamber orchestra were but a string quartet sitting on the podium”
Dreh Punkt Kultur

Conductor & soloist Francois Leleux

Leleux's sound is simply gorgeous, his high register breathtaking, and he reeled off MacMillan's torrents of notes in vivid shapes."
The Guardian

Bio

About François

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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Latest News

François Leleux returns to Orchestre National de Lille

24 November 2020

François Leleux returns to the Orchestre National de Lille to play-conduct a programme of Strauss’ Serenade for 13 Wind Instruments, Mozart’s Oboe... {...}

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#AudiTogether Solidarity Concert – Livestream on April 14

10 April 2020

François Leleux joins Lisa Batiashvili, the artistic director of the Audi Summer Concerts, together with a group of renowned... {...}

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Bizet/Gounod album – Apple’s ’10 Classical Albums You Must Hear This Month’

31 March 2020

François Leleux’s Bizet/Gounod album has been chosen for Apple’s ’10 Classical Albums You Must Hear This Month’! {...}

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François Leleux Conducts Bizet

5 March 2020

In his debut recording with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra oboist François Leleux celebrates his dual roles of conductor and... {...}

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Die 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 January 2018 Read more

The 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 December 2008 Read more

The 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 February 2017 Read more

This 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 May 2007 Read more

The 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 October 2014 Read more

French 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 July 2016 Read more