List of Romanian composers

The following is a list of Romanian composers.

Liana Alexandra (1947–2011), neoromantic composer and pianist
Elena Asachi (1789–1877), Austrian-born Romanian composer, pianist, and singer
Nicolas Astrinidis (1921–2010), composer who settled and worked in Greece
Anton Pann (1796–1854), composer, folklorist, orthodox chanter
Esmeralda Athanasiu-Gardeev (1834–1917), composer and pianist
Ana-Maria Avram (1961–2017), spectral music composer
Maya Badian (1945–), Romanian-born Canadian composer and musicologist
Filaret Barbu (1903–1984), composer, known for the operetta Ana Lugojana
Pascal Bentoiu (1927–2016), Modernist composer
Tiberiu Brediceanu (1877–1968), composer and folklorist
Nicolae Bretan (1887–1968), opera composer, also baritone, conductor and critic
Ion Căianu (1629–1687), the first to record the custom Călușari dance
Dimitrie Cantemir (1673–1723), composer, historian, writer, folklorist
Eduard Caudella (1841–1924), composer, wrote the first Romanian opera, Petru Rareș
Sergiu Celibidache (1912–1996), composer and conductor
Maia Ciobanu (1952–)
Paul Constantinescu (1909–1963), composer, especially of religious and vocal music, also wrote music for Romanian films
Vladimir Cosma (born 1940), composer, conductor and violinist
Dimitrie Cuclin (1885–1978), classical music composer, musicologist, philosopher, translator, and writer
Constantin Dimitrescu (1847–1928), composer of Peasant Dance
Violeta Dinescu (1953–), composer and pianist
Grigoraș Dinicu (1889–1949), composer best known for his violin showpiece Hora staccato
Felicia Donceanu (1931–), composer best known for chamber works, painter, and sculptor
Sabin Drăgoi (1894–1968), composer and folklorist, one of the pioneers of scientific gathering of Romanian folklore
Iancu Dumitrescu (1944–), avant-garde music composer
George Enescu (1881–1955), composer, violinist, pianist, conductor and teacher
Valentin Gheorghiu (1928–2023), pianist and composer
Irina Olga Hasnaș (1954–)
Philip Herschkowitz (1906–1989), Romanian-born American composer
Ion Ivanovici (1845–1902), composer of The Danube Waves waltz
Mihail Jora (1891–1971), "the father of Romanian ballet"; works include Intoarcerea din adâncuri and La piață
Nicolae Kirculescu (1903–1985), composer of theatre and film music, including the theme of the television programme Teleenciclopedia
Dumitru Georgescu Kiriac (1866–1928)
Sorin Lerescu (1953–)
Sammy Lerner (1903–1989), Romanian-born American composer
György Ligeti (1923–2006), Transylvanian-born Hungarian and Austrian composer
Dinu Lipatti (1917–1950), pianist and composer
Myriam Marbe (1931–1997), composer and pianist
Cristian Matei (1977–)
Marcel Mihalovici (1898–1985)
Teo Milea (1982–), pianist and composer
Gavriil Musicescu (1847–1903), composer, conductor and musicologist
Octavian Nemescu (1940–2020), composer and professor
Șerban Nichifor (1954–), neoromantic composer and cellist
Ştefan Niculescu (1927–2008), composer and professor
Irina Odăgescu (1937–), music educator and composer
Tiberiu Olah (1928–2002), composer, teacher, and musicologist
Anton Pann (1790s–1854), wrote Romania's national anthem and music for the Orthodox Divine Liturgy
Cristian Pațurcă (1964–2011)
Ionel Perlea (1900–1970), composer and conductor
Carmen Petra Basacopol (1926–2023), composer, pianist, and academic
Ciprian Porumbescu (1853–1883), composer
Horațiu Rădulescu (1942–2008), Romanian-French composer of spectral music
Doina Rotaru (1951–), composer of mainly orchestral and chamber works
Constantin Silvestri (1913–1969), composer, lived in England
Matei Socor (1908–1980), composer and musician
Cornelia Tăutu (1938–), composer best known for film soundtracks
Octave Octavian Teodorescu (1963–)
Sigismund Toduță (1908–1991)
Cornel Trăilescu (1926–), opera composer and conductor
Anatol Vieru (1926–1998), composer of symphonic, chamber and choral music; winner of Herder Prize in 1986
Marina Marta Vlad (1949–), compose
Roman Vlad (1919–2013), Romanian-born Italian composer, pianist and musicologist

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