Christiaan Pieter Wilhelm Kriens (April 29, 1881 – December 17, 1934) was an American composer, pianist, violinist and conductor of Dutch parentage.

He was born in Germany while his father, clarinetist Christiaan Pieter Willem Kriens, was playing with the Sächsische Staatskapelle in Dresden during the 1880/1881 season.

He ran an orchestra school in Carnegie Hall (Kriens Symphony Club) and a string quartet.

In November 1910, Musical America published an interview with Kriens with the headline: "No Wealth, No Friends, No Influence, Yet Optimistic".

[2] He became musical director of WTIC, a radio station with choir and orchestra, in West Hartford, Connecticut.