31 ROMAIN LELEU & THOMAS LELEU Thomas Leleu Voted ‘Instrumental Newcomer of the Year’ (Révélation) at the Victoires de la Musique Classique in 2012, when he was twenty-four years old, Thomas Leleu was the first tuba player in history to win this distinction. He obtained a Premier Prix for tuba at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris and won prizes at international competitions in Germany, South Korea and Luxembourg. At the age of nineteen, he was appointed principal tuba of the Orchestre Philharmonique de l’Opéra de Marseille. In 2018 he was named one of the ZDF/Arte ‘Stars von Morgen’, followed in 2019 by nominations in three categories at the Opus Klassik awards in Germany. He has performed as a soloist and with orchestras in the leading concert halls of more than forty countries. Since 2011, he has founded several unique and innovative ensembles with tuba, including the Thomas Leleu Sextet (tuba and string quintet), TubaVScello (tuba and cello), TL Trio (tuba, vibraphone and piano) and Born to Groove / OUTSIDER (jazz, pop). Since the start of his career, Thomas Leleu has appeared with such artists as Richard Galliano, Vladimir Cosma, Claude Bolling, Jean-François Zygel, the Quatuor Arod, Airelle Besson, Guillaume Vincent, Christoph Poppen, Adélaïde Ferrière and Aurélien Pascal. He is a ‘Melton Meinl Weston Artist - Endorser Buffet Crampon’, and developed with this firm the 2250 TL ‘French Touch’ tuba, which he currently plays.
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