# 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