Raphaël Chrétien (born 17 February 1972 in Paris) is a French classical cellist and music educator.
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.
After a First Prize of cello and chamber music, he followed a cycle of training during which he met Mstislav Rostropovitch, Janos Starker and Paul Tortelier.
He is also dedicatee and creator of several contemporary works by Nicolas Bacri, Franck Bedrossian [fr], Paul Méfano, Piotr Moss, Philippe Schoeller [fr], Alessandro Solbiati, Christian Lauba, Iannis Xenakis ou Philippe Hersant.
[1] After having been professor at the Conservatory of Bordeaux and Caen, Raphaël Chrétien teaches at the Conservatoire de Paris.