Directing the orchestra while playing the oboe used to feel like a party piece, and it’s still marvellous to watch, but it’s impossible to deny the dep

Scottish Chamber Orchestra in Edinburgh janvier 2023 En lire plus

"French oboist and conductor François Leleux brought a winning mixture of virtuosity, theatricality and wit to this thoroughly refreshing concert"

BBC SSO concert in Glasgow octobre 2021 En lire plus

"A suitably exuberant and boisterous performance"

Bizet et Gounod album avril 2020 En lire plus

Francois Leleux was the conductor, musicianship oozing genially out of every gesture, a collaborator with his colleagues rather than a chef d’orchestre. His account of Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture began with impeccably tuned and balanced woodwind (Leleux also wears an oboist’s hat)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra décembre 2019 En lire plus

Something quite special takes over when a set of musicians like this play without a conductor: overt direction is replaced by collective telepathy and, when it goes right, a little dusting of magic.

Scottish Chamber Orchestra février 2019 En lire plus

Als Zugabe verwandelte Leleux Mozarts „Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen“ aus der „Zauberflöte“ mit rasanten Auszierungen in ein Virtuosenstück.

HR-Sinfonieorchester novembre 2018 En lire plus