Costin Petrescu

Costin Petrescu (born in 1947 in Bucharest) is an architect, graphic artist, percussionist and Romanian-French composer.

He is one of the pioneers of the Romanian rock performing in two pop-rock bands, Olympic 64 and Phoenix. His love for jazz and jazz / rock led to numerous projects and collaborations with Mircea Tiberian, Marius Popp, Dan Mandrila, Johnny Răducanu, Cătălin Târcolea, Dragoş Nedelcu, Mircea Florian, Nicu Alifantis, Sergiu Cioiu. He has a prestigious activity in avant-garde contemporary music, performing alongside Iancu Dumitrescu / Hyperion Ensemble and participating in the works of other composers such as Vlad Ulpiu, Mihaela Vozganian, Horia Surianu, as well as his personal projects.

In parallel, he has worked in the field of architecture for a long time with a successful career in Bucharest, Paris, and Beirut. During all this time he never abandoned his early love for graphics and drawing.

He is one of the grandchildren of the painter Costin Petrescu.