Raphaël Hamburger


Raphaël Michel Hamburger is a French producer and a soundtrack music supervisor.

Early life

He is the son of French singers Michel Berger and France Gall, the grandson of French physician, surgeon and essayist Jean Hamburger, the great-grandson of co-founder of Manécanterie des Petits Chanteurs à la Croix de Bois, Paul Berthier, and godson of French stand-up comedian and actor Coluche.

Education and career

After studying sound engineering, he produced albums for several French artists, including Adrienne Pauly, Spleen, HollySiz, June&Ours and Polo&Pan. He participated in the French version of Sean Lennon's song "Parachute", called "L'Éclipse", with Mathieu Chedid, and founded Hamburger Records, Radiooooo, with Kolkoz artist Benjamin Moreau, Chi-Fou-Mi Records and MMM agency, with Schmooze music supervision and sound production company founder, Matthieu Sibony.
In 2016, he produced the Ritz Bar compilation. He bought the former Studios Acousti, rebaptised Studios Saint-Germain, directed by Élodie Filleul.
In 2018, 37 female singers recorded the new version of the Hymn of the Mouvement de libération des femmes.
In 2019, for the first anniversary of his mother's death, Mathieu Chedid dedicated him a song, Un autre paradis, that appears on the album Lettre infinie.

Personal life

A difficult teenager, he was severely injured in a scooter accident at a young age and almost died. After his sister Pauline died on December 15, 1997 from cystic fibrosis, he went through a morbid trial, in June 1998, against his aunt, and his father's former companion, Véronique Sanson, because he wanted to transfer Pauline's remains to put them with her father's in a closed vault in the Montmartre Cemetery. After the October 26 audience, and the January 11, 1999 failed mediation, there were new audiences on May 31 and June 28. On October 4, the Tribunal de grande instance de Paris gave the order to transfer singer's remains next to his daughter's.
He is a regular Poker player.

Filmography

Film