A prizewinner in several international competitions, in 1994 he won the ‘Prague Spring’ international competition, as well as three special prizes: the prize for interpretation of contemporary works, the ‘Prague Spring’ foundation prize and the donation of a cello.
He has since appeared as soloist with the Orchestre National de France, the Orchestre Symphonique de Mulhouse, the Toulouse Chamber Orchestra, the Prague Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, the Pardubice Philharmonic Orchestra, the Josef Suk Chamber Orchestra and the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra. with whom he has performed concertos by Haydn, Dvoràk, St Saëns, Strauss, Brahms, Schostakovitch and Lalo.
In 2005, under the musical direction of Kurt Masur, he was appointed super solo cellist with the Orchestre National de France.
A passionate chamber musician, he has taken part in numerous festivals alongside Hugues Borsarello, Lise Bertaud, Svetlin Roussef, Sarah and Deborah Nemtanu, Eric Lesage, Mara Dobresco, Daishin Kashimoto and Frank Braley.
His recordings include Claude Debussy’s Sonata with Laurent Wagshal at the piano, and Henri Dutilleux’s three strophes sur le nom de Sacher, recorded in the presence of the master as part of the ‘Sonates d’Automne’ festival. For the ‘la dolce volta’ label, he recorded two Brahms sonatas with pianist Geoffroy Couteau, winning a Choc Classica 2020.
After working as an assistant at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (Jean-Marie Gamard’s class), Raphaël Perraud is currently Professor at the CRR – Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Paris.
