30 VIRTUOSI Romain Leleu Romain Leleu studied classical trumpet at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, winning Premiers Prix for trumpet and chamber music before going on to postgraduate training with Reinhold Friedrich at the Musikhochschule in Karlsruhe. Switching easily between the Baroque repertoire and new music, he has inspired many of today’s composers to write for him. He has also enriched the trumpet repertoire with transcriptions that defy the barriers of style or period. His radiant, virtuoso playing and impregnable technique have earned him many awards, including a ‘Révélation Classique de l’Adami’, scholarships from the Fondation d’Entreprise Banque Populaire and the Fondation SAFRAN pour la Musique, and the Prize of the Fondation Del Duca from the Académie des Beaux Arts. He has also been voted ‘Instrumental Newcomer of the Year’ (Révélation) at the Victoires de la Musique Classique and appointed Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. He performs as a soloist on all five continents, both in recital and with the world’s leading orchestras. In chamber music, his generous sense of dialogue is displayed in partnership with Thierry Escaich, his brother Thomas Leleu, Adam Laloum, Ibrahim Maalouf and Frank Braley. Romain Leleu holds the titles Artiste Générations Spedidam and Yamaha Performing Artist, and is editor of a series for the Paris music publisher Gérard Billaudot.
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