Ovidiu Marinescu, one of the outstanding musicians of his native Romania, was chosen to play at Carnegie Hall for Romanian President Constantinescu on an official visit to the United States. Soon after, he made his debut with the New York Chamber Symphony in Beethoven's Triple Concerto, followed by recitals in Merkin Hall (New York), Philadelphia, and Los Angeles. After his debut with the National Radio Orchestra of Romania in 2001 in the Saint-Saens Cello Concerto, which was broadcast live on “Romania Cultural” radio station, he returned to perform "Ipostaze 3" by Adrian Iorgulescu, and his own transcription of the Mozart G Major Concerto. Most recently, Marinescu played Haydn’s Cello Concerto in C Major with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory and the Slobodkin Center, the Elgar Concerto with the Helena Symphony, Schumann in Cleveland and Shostakovich Cello Concerto no. 2 in Delaware. 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.  His solo performances this season include the Shostakovich Concerto no. 1 with the Cleveland Philharmonic, the Triple Concerto by Beethoven with the Helena Symphony and Southeastern Pennsylvania Symphony, the Schumann Concerto with the Independence Sinfonia.

Marinescu has performed at festivals in Luzerne, Bayreuth, Chautauqua, South Bohemia, Orlando and Brasov, the New Hampshire Music Festival, and Magie Barocche in Italy.  Active as a chamber musician, between 1995 and 2002 Marinescu was a member of Adirondack Ensemble, a year-around resident group in New York State that performed over 200 concerts, presented school programs and founded Adirondack Music Camp.   Currently, he performs with Trio Casals and Trio Lipatti.

Ovidiu Marinescu feels a strong commitment to expanding the cello repertoire by making transcriptions of works such as Mozart violin concerti and in supporting the composition of new music. He has commissioned and performed many new works, among which are those of Lawrence Moss and Jae-Wook Kim, as well as those of his brother, Liviu Marinescu.  In December of 2000, Mr. Marinescu premiered with Newark Symphony a new work for cello and orchestra, "Anecdote," by Hilary Tann, and last season he presented the first performance of “Ostinato” by Liviu Marinescu with “Orchestra 2001” in Philadelphia.  Penn Presents featured Marinescu in a multi-media program at the Annenberg Center in Philadelphia, in works for solo cello, film and electronics by four local teams of composers and filmmakers.  This season, he will premiere seveal works at the Bargemusic in New York. Marinescu is on faculty at West Chester University.

Equally outstanding as a conductor, Marinescu combines a precise technique 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.  Marinescu has been appointed Music Director of the Immaculata Symphony starting in fall of 2008.  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 Philharmonic Orchestra in Bacau, Brasov and Ploiesti, and Orquesta de Extremadura in Spain, both as conductor and soloist.  Marinescu led the Delaware Chamber Orchestra in its first tour abroad, with performances for the South Bohemia Festival in the Czech Republic.

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.   He has developed several programs for young audiences, including a narrated version of Lt. Kije by Prokofiev.