# List of Romanian musicians

This is a list of musicians from Romania.

## Classical

* 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

* Kumm
* Partizan
* The Kryptonite Sparks
* Timpuri Noi
* Urma
* Vunk

### Avant-garde

* Ana-Maria Avram
* Iancu Dumitrescu
* Octavian Nemescu
* Ştefan Niculescu
* Octave Octavian Teodorescu
* Horațiu Rădulescu

### Cafe singers

* Jean Moscopol (pre-war singer reminiscent of Carlos Gardel)
* Gică Petrescu
* Cristian Vasile

### House/Dance

* 3 Sud Est
* Activ
* Akcent
* Alexandra Stan
* David Deejay
* Deepcentral
* Deepside Deejays
* DJ Project
* DJ Sava
* Edward Maya
* Fly Project
* Haiducii
* Inna
* Morandi
* Play & Win
* Randi
* Radio Killer
* Tom Boxer

### Electronica

* Mihai Crețu
* Adrian Enescu
* DJ Project
* Octave Octavian Teodorescu
* Shukar Collective
* Sunday People
* Șuie Paparude

### Folk

* Mircea Baniciu
* Dorin Liviu Zaharia
* Ducu Bertzi
* Mircea Florian
* Tudor Gheorghe
* Adrian Ivanițchi
* Florian Pittiș
* Ion Dolănescu
* Dumitru Fărcaş
* Gabi Lunca
* Ion Miu
* Romica Puceanu
* Ileana Sararoiu
* Maria Tănase
* Gheorghe Zamfir
* Fanfare Ciocărlia
* Mahala Raï Banda
* Taraful Haiducilor

### Psych-folk/world fusion

* Dorin Liviu Zaharia

### Folkloric/Ethnic/World

* Ion Dolănescu
* Dumitru Fărcaş
* Gabi Lunca
* Ion Miu
* Romica Puceanu
* Ileana Sararoiu
* Maria Tănase
* Gheorghe Zamfir
* Fanfare Ciocărlia
* Mahala Raï Banda
* Taraful Haiducilor

### Hip-Hop, Rap

* B.U.G. Mafia
* CTC Controlul Tehnic de Calitate
* La Familia
* Paraziţii
* R.A.C.L.A.
* Zale

### Jazz, Acid jazz

* Anca Parghel
* Johnny Răducanu
* Aura Urziceanu
* Harry Tavitian
* Blazzaj

### Pop

* Mihai Trăistariu
* 3rei Sud Est
* Activ
* Antonia
* Akcent
* Blaxy Girls
* Andreea Bălan
* Ştefan Bănică, Jr.
* The Cheeky Girls
* Razvan Fodor
* Elena Gheorghe
* Hara
* Hi-Q
* Krypton
* Delia Matache
* Mirela
* Morandi
* Loredana
* Nicole Cherry
* Nicola
* O-zone
* Spitalul de Urgenţă
* Cleopatra Stratan
* Taxi
* Voltaj
* Radu Sirbu
* Inna
* Corina

### Rock and Metal

* Altar
* Bucovina
* Byron
* Cargo
* Celelalte Cuvinte
* Goodbye to Gravity
* Grimus
* Iris
* Krypton
* Kumm
* Luna Amară
* Magica
* Negură Bunget
* Octave Octavian Teodorescu
* Pasărea Colibri
* Timpuri Noi
* Phoenix
* Trooper
* Transsylvania Phoenix
* Valeriu Sterian
* Vunk
* Zdob şi Zdub