•
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 ==