Raphaël Chrétien (born 17 February 1972 in Paris) is a French classical

cellist The violoncello ( , ), commonly abbreviated as cello ( ), is a middle pitched bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), tuned i ...

and music educator.

Biography

Raphaël Chrétien was born into a family of musicians and learned the piano and the cello at a very young age with his father and Alain Meunier. He then entered the

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's class. After a First Prize of

cello The violoncello ( , ), commonly abbreviated as cello ( ), is a middle pitched bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), tuned i ...

and

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, he followed a cycle of training during which he met

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and

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. Raphaël Chrétien is the winner of several international competitions, including the Martinů Special Prize at the Prague International Competition and the Grand Prize and the Audience Prize at the Belgrade International Competition. He has been the guest of major international orchestras including the

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, the

Orchestre national d'Île-de-France The Orchestre national d'Île-de-France is a French symphony orchestra with its administrative base in Alfortville. The orchestra, made up of ninety-five permanent musicians, gives around a hundred concerts each season, thus offering Ile-de-France ...

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, the

City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (Czech: ''Filharmonici města Prahy'') is a classical orchestra, predominantly composed of Czech classical, jazz and guest musicians. The history of the orchestra goes back to the Film Symphony Orchest ...

, the

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and the

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. He is also dedicatee and creator of several contemporary works by

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, ,

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, , Alessandro Solbiati, Christian Lauba,

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. After having been professor at the Conservatory of Bordeaux and Caen, Raphaël Chrétien teaches at the Conservatoire de Paris. Raphaël Chrétien plays on a

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of 1866.''Je joue depuis mes premiers prix toujours sur le même instrument : un Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume de 1866.'' ("Since my first prizes I have always been playing on the same instrument: a Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume of 1866,

Selected discography

* 2008:

Édouard Lalo Édouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo (27 January 182322 April 1892) was a French composer, violist, violinist, and academic teacher. His most celebrated piece is the '' Symphonie Espagnole'', a five-movement concerto for violin and orchestra that re ...

and

Camille Saint-Saëns Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (, , 9October 183516 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic music, Romantic era. His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863), the Piano ...

, Sonatas for cello and piano - Olivier Peyrebrune, piano (15/17 février 2008, Ligia Digital) . * 2008:

Jacques Offenbach Jacques Offenbach (; 20 June 18195 October 1880) was a German-born French composer, cellist and impresario. He is remembered for his nearly 100 operettas of the 1850s to the 1870s, and his uncompleted opera ''The Tales of Hoffmann''. He was a p ...

, Duos for cellos -

Jérôme Pernoo Jérôme Pernoo (born 1972) is a French contemporary cellist. Biography Jérôme Pernoo learned to play the cello with Germaine Fleury then Xavier Gagnepain. After his studies at the Conservatoire de Paris with Philippe Muller, he obtained th ...

, cello (27–29 juin 2008, Ligia Digital Lidi 0302194-08) . * 2002:

Bohuslav Martinů Bohuslav Jan Martinů (; December 8, 1890 – August 28, 1959) was a Czech composer of modern classical music. He wrote 6 symphony, symphonies, 15 operas, 14 ballet scores and a large body of orchestral, chamber music, chamber, vocal and ins ...

, Sonatas for cello and piano - Franz Michel, piano (12–14 November 2001, Daphénéo A 202). * 2000:

Guy Ropartz Joseph Guy Marie Ropartz (; 15 June 1864 – 22 November 1955) was a French composer and conductor. His compositions included five symphonies, three violin sonatas, cello sonatas, six string quartets, a piano trio and string trio (both in A min ...

and Henri Duparc, Sonatas for cello and piano - , piano (3–5 July 2000, Daphénéo A 010) . * Ginastera, Sonatas for cello and piano, op. 49, 12 American preludes, op. 12 - Franz Michel, piano (1999, Daphénéo) . * 1998:

Jean Huré Jean-Louis Charles Huré (17 September 1877 – 27 January 1930) was a French composer and organist. Though educated in music at a monastery in Angers, he was mostly self-taught. Life Born in Gien, Loiret, France, on 17 September 1877, Huré stu ...

, Three sonatas for cello and piano - Maciej Pikulski, piano (2–4 September 1998, Daphénéo 9812) * 1997:

Alfredo Piatti Carlo Alfredo Piatti (8 January 182218 July 1901) was an Italian cellist, teacher and composer. Biography Piatti was born at via Borgo Canale in Bergamo Bergamo ( , ; ) is a city in the Alps, alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, appro ...

, Caprices for cello solo (20 December 1996/20 January and 22 February 1997, Daphénéo 9704) . World premiere.

References

External links

Raphaël Chrétien's biography

Raphaël Chrétien
on

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Official website

Trio Fractal Beethoven Serenade with Raphaël Chrétien as the cellist
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