François Leleux
Oboist François Leleux is among Europe's preeminent wind soloists and chamber players. Leleux is also a conductor, an important educator, and an orchestral player who has served as artist-in-residence with various ensembles.
Leleux was born in Croix, in far northern France, on July 30, 1971. He began taking oboe lessons at age seven in the Conservatory in nearby Roubaix and won entrance to the Paris Conservatory (the CNSM in Paris) at 14. Studying with Pierre Pierlot and Maurice Bourgue, he earned first prizes in both oboe and chamber music. Prizes at major competitions, most of them outside France, helped launch a successful career, as did stints at the National Orchestra of France (as a replacement musician) and the Youth Orchestra of the European Community, the latter conducted by Claudio Abbado. Leleux won an Orchestre National de l'Opéra Bastille de Paris recruitment competition when he was 18 and joined that ensemble four years later. Then he became a member of the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, playing under such conducting heavyweights as Lorin Maazel and Mariss Jansons. Leleux joined the European Chamber Orchestra in 2003 and has also played with the Paris-Bastille Ensemble and the ensemble Les Vents Français. Leleux is a professor at Germany's Musikhochschule München.
After making his recording debut with an album of music by Poulenc and Britten on the Harmonia Mundi label in 1995, Leleux was signed to Sony Classical and released Alles fühlt der Liebe Freuden, an album of Mozart wind works, in 2008. He released several more albums as an oboist on Sony. In the late 2010s, Leleux became active as a conductor, appearing with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, among other groups. He has regularly conducted the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and led the group on an Asian tour. Leleux has served as artist-in-residence with the Aalborg Symfoniorkester, performing as both conductor and soloist. He made his recorded debut as a conductor in 2020, with an album of music by Gounod and Bizet with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, on the Linn label.
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Discography
11 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 1 & Symphony No. 1 - Gounod: Petite Symphonie
François Leleux, Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Classical - Released by Linn Records on Mar 13, 2020
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Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 24 KV 491 & 17 KV 453
Eric Le Sage, Gävle Symfoniorkester, François Leleux
Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on Jul 1, 2022
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Jarrell: …prisme / incidences...
Emmanuel Pahud, Paul Meyer, François Leleux, Ernest Ansermet, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Classical - Released by AEON on Sep 13, 2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Les quatre saisons
François Leleux, Jean-François Verdier, Orchestre Victor Hugo
Classical - Released by Klarthe Records on Apr 29, 2016
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Hört! Die Engelsboten singen
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, François Leleux, Christian Pilz, Florian Helgath, Unknown Artist
Choral Music (Choirs) - Released by BR-Klassik on Nov 5, 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Richard Strauss : Concerto pour hautbois
Concertos - Released by Sony Classical on Aug 20, 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Mozart: Works for Oboe and Orchestra
Classical - Released by Sony Classical on Jul 18, 2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Bienvenue en France
François Leleux, Emmanuel Strosser
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Aug 21, 2020
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Mozart: Werke für Oboe und Orchester
Classical - Released by Sony Classical on Jul 18, 2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Britten & Poulenc: Works for Oboe
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on Jan 1, 1996
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Dvořák: Serenade in D Minor, B. 77; String Quartet No. 13 in G Major, B. 192 (Live Recordings from Spannungen Festival 2008)
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin on Aug 3, 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo