Iancu Dumitrescu (b. 1944) graduated from composition at the University of Music in Bucharest in 1968 and studied phenomenology and conducting with Sergiu Celibidache, 1978. Founder and conductor of the Hyperion Ensemble, his music is also performed by other soloists and ensembles. He has given lectures, masterclasses, workshops, and founded of the first Electronic Music Studio in Bucharest in 1967, as well as a published music criticism widely in Romania before 1989.

His music is published by Editions Salabert (Paris), Gerig Musikverlage (Cologne), ReR Megacorp (London), Edition RZ (Berlin), l'Escargot - CBS Disques (Paris), ARTGallery (Paris), Generation Unlimited (New-York & Boston), Electrecord and Editura Muzicală (Bucharest), Mego (Austria).

Opera omnia is published on 32 CDs and 2 DVDs by EDITION MODERN (London-Paris)