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