Born in France in 1968, Hugues Leclère perfected his playing with Catherine Collard before entering first nominated the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, from which he graduated with high honors in piano, music theory, and chamber music.

He performs in more than 50 concerts a season, in France, such as Cité de la musique, Ile-de-France festival, Présences festival of Radio France, Piano in Riom, Comminges festival, Chopin festival in Nohant, Vézère festival … and abroad : in the USA (University of Illinois, Bloomington, western Michigan, north Texas), in far East countries (Japan, China), and in most of European countries : Netherlands (Concertgebouw and opera in Amsterdam), Deutschland (Musikhalle in Hambourg), Russia, Italy, Spain (Madrid), Portugal (Coimbra Festival)… He is invited by many orchestras (Berliner Philharmoniker Camerata, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lorraine National Orchestra, Auvergne National Orchestra, Sate of Mexico Symphony Orchestra, Nancy Symphony and Opera Orchestra, Minsk orchestra, Samara National Orchestra, , Timisoara Orchestra, Itinéraire ensemble...), conducted by Jacques Mercier, Jean-Pierre Wallez, Arie Van Beek, Mikhail Shcerbakov, Ondrej Lenard, Sebastian Lang-Lessing…

As an outstanding interpreter of Debussy, Ravel and their contemporaries, Hugues Leclère confirms his full maturity in German repertoire (Haydn, Beethoven, Brahms...) in which he performs solo or in chamber music. He gives concerts with Philippe Bernold, Augustin Dumay, the Berliner Philharmoniker Streichquintett, Paris Orchestra Soloists, Talich, Debussy, Ludwig and Amarcord quartets…

His passion for Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven brought him to search for the original sonority of classical instruments. He owns a copy of a Stein's instrument which ideally fits with the masterpieces of late eighteenth century.

As an active participant in contemporary artistic life, Hugues Leclère works with many composers, contributing to commissions for new works. Furthermore, he proposes various original shows intermingling different artistic expressions, with the comedian Alain Carré or the painter Ruben Maya in particular.

In addition to his career as a concert artist, Hugues Leclère teaches at the Conservatoire Supérieur de Paris, Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Lyon and is the artistic director of the international festival Nancyphonies.