François Leleux

François Leleux , born in July 1971 with Cross, is a hautboïste French now considered as one of large of its generation.

Biography

It begins the Hautbois as of the 7 years age to the Academy from Roubaix. It only returns to CNSM of Paris at 14 years, where it unanimously obtains the first prices of oboe and Chamber music in the classes of Pierre Pierlot and Maurice Bourgue. François Leleux is prize winner many international contests such as Munich, Prague, Trieste, Manchester, Toulon, like prize winner of the European Foundation Juventus.

Leleux, apart from its international career of soloist takes also share with the orchestral life. It in particular belonged to the National orchestra of France and the orchestra of the young people of the European Community under the direction of Claudio Abbado. It is at 18 years that François Leleux gains the contest of first oboe solo in the National orchestra of the Opéra Bastille of Paris, under the direction of Myung-Whun Chung, before integrating the same item later four years within the Symphony orchestra of Bavarian Broadcasting of Munich, led by Lorin Maazel then by Mariss Jansons. Professor in Musikhochschule of Munich, he is member since 2003 of the Chamber orchestra of Europe.

But François Leleux attaches also importance to the chamber music: he is besides member of the Octuor to winds Paris-Bastille, which gained the first international prize of the town of Paris one month only after its creation.

Within the " Unit; The Français" Winds; , it carries out also international rounds in concerts.

Recordings

Recital Poulenc/Britten, Harmonia Mundi HMN 911556
Bach, Concerto for violin with Viktoria Mullova, Philips 4466752
12 Imaginations for oboe, Georg Philipp Telemann, Syrius
Bach: Concerto in major F, Concerto in minor D, Double concerto (LISA Batiashvili, violin) Chamber off Orchestrated Europe, oboe and direction: François Leleux. Sony Classical 8-8697112742-3

External bonds

Biographical note with photography

Random links: