Born in 1951, she studied at the University of Music in Bucharest. She has taken part in the Summer Courses for New Music in Darmstadt and the International Composers' Workshops of the Gaudeamus Foundation in Amsterdam. She was a student of Theo Loevendie in Amsterdam in 1991. At present she is a Professor of Composition at the University of Music in Bucharest. She holds a Ph. D. in musicology. She won First Prize at the International Competition for Composers gedok in Mannheim (1994), as well as awards of the Romanian Composers' Association and the Romanian Academy (1986). Her works have been performed in numerous concerts and festivals in Romania, many countries of Europe, as well as in Japan, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.

Selected works: String Quartet No. 1 (1974), Cello Sonata (1978), String Quartet No. 2 (1981), String Quartet No. 3 (1982), Legend for flute (1982), Balance of Light for quintet (1982), Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra (1983), Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra (1984), Mirrors play for four flutes (1984), Symphony No. 1 (1985), Concerto for Flute and Orchestra No. 1 (1986), Clocks for chamber ensemble (1987), Cello Concerto (1987), Symphony No. 2 (1988), Dor for alto flute (1989), Troite for clarinet/soprano saxophone, piano/synthesizer and percussion (1990), Concerto for Flute and Orchestra No. 2 (1991), Over time for shakuhachi and bass flute (1992), Joker for clarinet, piano and percussion (1992), Concerto for Flute and Orchestra No. 3 (1993), Florilegium, concerto for flute and flute orchestra (1998), Symphony No. 3 (2001), Umbre II (Shadows II) for viola, cello and piano (2002).

The work Umbre II (Shadows II) tries to associate and disassociate several meanings of the word 'shadow', traditionally understood as a symbol of opposition to light, as well as an image of the passing of unreal, changeable, and unstable things. In some traditional cultures, the shadow is also connected with death. The absence of a shadow means 'purity' and 'inner peace'. Its presence brings the coexistence of the opposites. Umbre II was written for the 'Pro Contemporania' Trio, which is made up of three talented, sensitive and open-minded musicians: Irinel Anghel, Ladislau Csendes and Andrei Kivu.

Doina Rotaru