Sociétaire : UCMR-ADA | code IPI de l'artiste : 00 262 54 16 76 Ioan Dobrinescu was born in 1960 and studied the violin at the George Enescu Music High school
and then composition at the University of Music in Bucharest, which he graduated in 1986 as head
of his class. Among the masters that have marked his artistic path are the late composers and
professors Aurel Stroe, Tiberiu Olah, Stefan Niculescu, Alexandru Pascanu, Dan Constantinescu,
Anatol Vieru and Constantin Bugeanu.
After a short career in teaching, Ioan Dobrinescu becomes an editor for Actualitatea Muzicala, the
magazine of the Romanian Composers and Musicologist Union. From 1991 onward he became editor
and later artistic counselor for the Romanian Broadcasting Corporation. He is currently the head of
the Evaluation Committee for Musical Recordings.
In tandem with his numerous programs and music shows of all genres, Ioan Dobrinescu has also
written as a music critic, presented numerous concerts and written concert programmes.
Even during his studies, Ioan Dobrinescu was bestowed numerous awards for his creations such as
the Mihail Jora prize of the Romanian Music Critics Union in 1995 and the Competition for Musical
Programmes organized by Radio Brno in the Czech Republic in 1996.
He became a member of UCMR in 1990 and his original works and arrangements have been played
in Romania, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Great Britain, Belgium, The Netherlands and the