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François Leleux both conducts and plays the oboe in Edinburgh, initiating a strong partnership with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.

Nicholas Collon and his Aurora Orchestra remind us that classical music is still made by us, for us, in Rihm, Strauss and Mozart.

Ms Batiashvili performed her final concert as the New York Philharmonic’s Artist-in-Residence alongside her companion and oboe virtuoso François Leleux in works by two distinguished organist-composers.

Les Vents Français are musical alchemists, turning some rather humdrum wind repertoire into something approaching musical gold. 

Written for oboist Nicholas Daniel and first performed in Birmingham in 2010, there was excitement and anticipation in Perth for James MacMillan’s Oboe Concerto receiving its Scottish première.The Scottish Chamber Orchestra with soloist François Leleux gave a virtuosic performance of this thought-provoking work, conducted by Thierry Fischer.

The husband and wife team of acclaimed concert violinist Lisa Batiashvili and solo oboist François Leleux forms the backbone of this as-yet-unnamed chamber group, which performs as often as busy individual schedules permit. For some the main draw of an ensemble of like this might be hearing the music buffeted around by strong personalities.

Le chef d'orchestre s'est montré très inspiré dans un programme riche et varié à la Philharmonie, avec Lisa Batiashvili, François Leleux et Thierry Escaich en invités de marque.

El Festival Internacional de Música de Canarias continúa con su excelente programación y en esta ocasión presentó la Camerata Salzburgo dirigida por François Leleux.

Sous la direction enthousiaste du hautboïste et chef, les forces lilloises ont particulièrement convaincu dans Ravel et Beethoven, après avoir accompagné un Victor Julien-Laferrière prudent dans le Concerto pour violoncelle de Lalo.

En direct sur sa chaîne YouTube, l'orchestre lillois montre sous la direction du hautboïste François Leleux qu'il n'a rien perdu de sa superbe malgré deux confinements.