Conductor and oboist François Leleux is celebrated for his irrepressible energy, exuberance, and musical clarity. From the 2025/26 season he will serve as Artistic Director of the Kammerakademie Potsdam, and principal guest artist with the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra. Building on a distinguished career, this has included roles such as Artistic Partner of Camerata Salzburg, Artist-in-Association with Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, and Artist-in-Residence with orchestras including hr-Sinfonieorchester, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Berner Symphonieorchester, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, and Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife.
Leleux’s 2025/26 season highlights include guest appearances with Bamberger Symphoniker, Dresdner Philharmoniker, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias, Sinfonia Lahti, Staatsorchester Hamburg, and Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal. These follow his 2024/25 season, which included conducting engagements with Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra; play-conducting collaborations with Camerata Salzburg; solo performances with SWR Symphonieorchester under Andrés Orozco-Estrada and Orchestre de Paris under Roberto González-Monjas; and a residency with Orquesta de València as both conductor and soloist.
As an oboist, Leleux has appeared with leading orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Budapest Festival Orchestra, and NHK Symphony Orchestra, and performs chamber music with Lisa Batiashvili, Eric Le Sage, Emmanuel Strosser, and Les Vents Français.
His recordings span Bienvenue en France (Warner Classics); Bizet’s Carmen and Gounod’s First Symphony (Linn); and the award-winning Hummel and Haydn albums. Leleux is Professor at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München.
