Félix Battanchon (9 April 1814 – 1893) was a French cellist, composer, and one of the venerated teachers at the Paris Conservatory.
He studied at the Conservatory with Olive Charlier Vaslin (1794–1889) and Louis Pierre Martin Norblin (1781–1854).
[1] In 1840 he entered the orchestra of the Grand Opéra.
[2] Little is known about his life until his death in Paris in 1893.
[1] Battanchon wrote some sixty compositions, mainly salon pieces and studies for cello.