List of Romanian composers

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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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–), pianist and composer
  • Irina Olga Hasnaş (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
  • 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–)
  • Ştefan Niculescu (1927–2008), composer and professor
  • Irina Odăgescu (1937–)
  • Anton Pann (1790s–1854), wrote Romania's national anthem and music for the Orthodox Divine Liturgy
  • Ion Căianu (1629-1687), the first to record the custom Călușari dance
  • Cristian Pațurcă (1964–2011)
  • Ionel Perlea (1900–1970), composer and conductor
  • Carmen Petra-Basacopol (1926–)
  • Ciprian Porumbescu (1853–1883)
  • 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–)
  • Cornel Trăilescu (1926–), opera composer and conductor
  •  [ro] (1925–1998), light music composer
  • Anatol Vieru (1926–1998), composer of symphonic, chamber and choral music; winner of Herder Prize in 1986
  • Marina Marta Vlad (1949–)
  • Roman Vlad (1919–2013), Romanian-born Italian composer, pianist and musicologist
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