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–), 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–)
 * Șerban Nichifor (1954–), neoromantic composer and cellist
 * Ştefan Niculescu (1927–2008), composer and professor
 * Irina Odăgescu (1937–)
 * 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)
 * 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–)
 * 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–)
 * Roman Vlad (1919–2013), Romanian-born Italian composer, pianist and musicologist