List of Romanian musicians

This is a list of musicians from Romania.

Classical

George Enescu
  • Alberta Alexandrescu (1978–present), pianist and chamber musician
  • Filaret Barbu (1903–1984), composer, well known for the operetta Ana Lugojana
  • Pascal Bentoiu (born 1927), Modernist composer
  • Tiberiu Brediceanu (1877–1968), composer and folklorist
  • Nicolae Bretan (1887–1968), opera composer, also baritone, conductor and critic
  • Ionel Budișteanu (1919–1991), violinist and conductor
  • Eduard Caudella (1841–1924), composer, wrote the first Romanian opera, Petru Rareș
  • Sergiu Celibidache (1912–1996), composer and conductor
  • 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
  • Grigoraș Dinicu (1889–1949), composer best known for his violin showpiece Hora staccato
  • Sabin Drăgoi (1894–1968), composer and folklorist, one of the pioneers of scientific gathering of Romanian folklore
  • George Enescu (1881–1955), composer, violinist, pianist, conductor and teacher
  • Valentin Gheorghiu (born 1928), pianist and 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)
  • Dinu Lipatti (1917–1950), pianist and composer
  • Cristian Matei (born 1977), composer
  • Marcel Mihalovici (1898–1985), composer
  • Anton Pann (1790s–1854), wrote Romania's national anthem and music for the Orthodox Divine Liturgy
  • Ionel Perlea (1900–1970), composer and conductor
  • Ciprian Porumbescu (1853–1883), composer
  • Doina Rotaru (born 1951), composer of mainly orchestral and chamber works
  • Constantin Silvestri (1913–1969), composer, lived in England
  • Matei Socor (1908–1980), composer and musician
  • Cornel Trăilescu (born 1926), opera composer and conductor
  • Anatol Vieru (1926–1998), composer of symphonic, chamber and choral music; winner of Herder Prize in 1986
  • Ion Voicu (1923–1997), violinist
  • Teo Milea (born 1982), pianist and composer

Contemporary

Some of the most prominent contemporary musicians of Romania:

Alternative

Avant-garde

Cafe singers

House/Dance

Electronica

Folk

Psych-folk/world fusion

Folkloric/Ethnic/World

Hip-Hop, Rap

Jazz, Acid jazz

Pop

Inna
Activ performing in Costinești

Rock and Metal

Zdob şi Zdub

See also

  • Biography portal
  • Lists portal
  • Music portal
  • flagRomania portal

References