Cellist Ovidiu Marinescu, has played at Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory and the Rachmaninov Hall, and has been a soloist with the New York Chamber Symphony, the National Radio Orchestra of Romania, the Bucharest Symphony, the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, Cleveland Philharmonic, and the Helena Symphony. His critically acclaimed first recording "Fiesta Latina" was followed by a recording of the complete Miaskovsky cello works with the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra and pianist Kenneth Boulton released by Cambria.
Marinescu has commissioned and performed many new works for cello solo, among which are those of Jae-Wook Kim and his brother, Liviu Marinescu. Last spring, Penn Presents featured Marinescu in a multi-media program at the Annenberg Center in Philadelphia featuring works for solo cello, film and electronics by Andrea Clearfield, Richard Belcastro, David Ludwig, Paul Geissinger, teamed with four local filmmakers. In 2000, Marinescu premiered with the Newark Symphony "Anecdote" for cello and orchestra by Hilary Tann, followed by the first performance of “Ostinato” by Liviu Marinescu with “Orchestra 2001” in Philadelphia.
Equally outstanding as a conductor, Marinescu brings to the podium a precise technique matched with great musical inspiration. He is the Director of the West Chester University Symphony, which under his leadership made a sold out debut at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia and embarked in its first European tour. Subsequently, the orchestra was invited to participate in the prestigious Catania International Festival in Sicily, Italy. He served as the conductor for the Wilmington Orchestra between 2003-7, as the Music Director of the Manalapan Orchestra in New Jersey, and Principal Conductor of the Goppisberg Festival Orchestra in Switzerland. His guest conducting includes the Bacau, Craiova, and Brasov Philharmonics in Romania, and Orquesta de Extremadura in Spain, both as conductor and soloist.
Known for his powerful interpretations of orchestral works by Russian composers, Marinescu was invited to record Tchaikovsky’s Symphony no. 5 and Marche Slave with the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra in Moscow. Soon to be released are CD’s with orchestral music by Stephen Limbaugh III, David Laganella, and Andrea Clearfield, also recorded in Moscow, and orchestral music by Samuel Barber. Marinescu is on faculty at West Chester University.