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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Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest, Hungary
Rossini: William Tell Overture
Pasculli: Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra after a Theme from Donizetti’s La Favorita
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C major (“The Great”), D. 944
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Ravel: Suite ‘Ma Mère l’Oye’
Adès: Three Studies from Couperin
Debussy: Rapsodie for cor anglais and chamber orchestra
Haydn: Oboe Concerto
Brahms : Variations On a Theme by Haydn
Buy ticketsHet Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Ravel: Suite ‘Ma Mère l’Oye’
Adès: Three Studies from Couperin
Debussy: Rapsodie for cor anglais and chamber orchestra
Haydn: Oboe Concerto
Brahms : Variations On a Theme by Haydn
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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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François Leleux joins Lisa Batiashvili, the artistic director of the Audi Summer Concerts, together with a group of renowned... {...}
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François Leleux’s Bizet/Gounod album has been chosen for Apple’s ’10 Classical Albums You Must Hear This Month’! {...}
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In his debut recording with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra oboist François Leleux celebrates his dual roles of conductor and... {...}
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