38 Romani musicians

The Romanian word lăutar denotes a class of musicians, traditionally members of a professional clan of Romani musicians, also called țigani lăutari. The term is derived from lăută, the Romanian word for lute. Lăutari usually perform in bands, called taraf.

Stuart Leslie Goddard, better known as Adam Ant, is an English singer and musician. He gained popularity as the lead singer of new wave group Adam and the Ants and later as a solo artist, scoring 10 UK top ten hits from 1980 to 1983, including three UK No. 1 singles. He has also worked as an actor, appearing in over two dozen films and television episodes from 1985 to 2003.

Ayọ is a Nigerian-German singer-songwriter and actress. She uses the Yoruba translation Ayọ or Ayo. of her first name Joy.

Vasil Troyanov Boyanov, professionally known as Azis, is a Bulgarian recording artist, of Romani ethnicity. Azis initially rose to prominence in Eastern Europe performing songs mostly in chalga, a genre which can be described as the Bulgarian rendition of pop-folk. Azis has collaborated with other Bulgarian pop-folk singers, such as Gloria, Malina, Sofi Marinova, Toni Storaro, and with Bulgarian rap artists – Ustata and Vanko 1. Other than that, his repertoire includes duets with Serbian singers, including Indira Radić, Marta Savić and Jelena Karleuša.

Šaban Bajramović, nicknamed Šabi (Шаби), was a Serbian vocalist and recording artist of Arlije Romani ethnicity. He was one of the most internationally critically acclaimed Romani singer-songwriters. Due to his eminent impact on music in Eastern Europe, he was dubbed the "King of Romani music".

Janika Balaž was a famous tamburitza musician and band leader from Vojvodina, Serbia.

Ștefan Constantin Bănică was a Romanian actor and singer from Călărași. Aside from starring in multiple films, he was also known for his interpretation of songs such as "Îmi acordați un dans", "Cum am ajuns să te iubesc", "Gioconda se mărită", "Hei, coșar, coșar", and "Astă seară mă fac praf". His son, Ștefan Bănică Jr., is also well known in the entertainment industry.

Robi Botos is a Hungarian-Canadian jazz pianist. He has recorded several albums as a leader and was the winner of the TD Grand Jazz Award at the 2012 Montreal International Jazz Festival. In 2016, Botos won the JUNO Award for Best Jazz Album of the Year (Solo) for his recording of Movin' Forward.

José Monje Cruz, better known by his stage name Camarón de la Isla, was a Spanish Romani flamenco singer. Considered one of the all-time greatest flamenco singers, he was noted for his collaborations with Paco de Lucía and Tomatito, and the three of them were of major importance to the revival of flamenco in the second half of the 20th century.

Manuel Ortega Juárez was a Spanish flamenco cantaor (singer).

Diego Carrasco is a Spanish flamenco guitar player, composer and singer (cantaor).

Diego Ramón Jiménez Salazar, known as El Cigala, is a famous Romani Flamenco gypsy singer. As he himself has said, the nickname was given to him by three guitar players, Los Losada, for his powerful voice, not by Camarón de la Isla as commonly believed.

Ștefan Relu Mihalache, better known by his stage name Connect-R, is a Romanian roma rapper, singer, producer and occasional actor, best known for his association with Romanian hip hop group R.A.C.L.A. early in his career and the successful solo career that followed his leaving of the group. He has been noted as having a baritone-range singing voice and an eclectic musical style.

Edward Dębicki is a Polish Romani poet, musician and composer. His work is connected with the Romani community and its cultural, itinerant and music traditions.

David Peña Dorantes is a Romani pianist and composer from Andalusia (Spain) known for his compositions and performances of flamenco. His music has been influenced by Debussy and jazz. His first album, Orobroy, released in 1998, received both critical and public acclaim. His second album, released in 2001 and titled Sur, was recorded in Paris, Sevilla, and Sofia, and was also well received. His third album, Without Walls!, was released in 2012. Dorantes has collaborated with prominent artists such as Lole Montoya, Alba Molina, Susheela Raman, El Barrio, Arcángel, Carmen Linares, Miguel Poveda, and José Mercé.

Damian Drăghici is a Romanian musician of Romani origin.

María Dolores González Flores, better known as Lolita Flores, is a Spanish actress and singer. She is the daughter of Lola Flores and Antonio González, sister of Antonio Flores and Rosario Flores. She was married to Guillermo Furiase and they had two children Elena and Guillermo.

Rosario del Carmen González Flores better known as Rosario Flores is a two-time Latin Grammy Award-winning Spanish singer.

César Guerra-Peixe was a Brazilian violinist, composer, and conductor.

Nicolae Linguraru ({{IPA-ro|nikoˈla.e linguraru is a Romani manele singer.

Víctor Heredia is an Argentine singer songwriter.

Vlastimil Horváth is a Czech singer and winner of the second Česko hledá SuperStar show. He is of Roma origin.

Emeric Imre is a Romanian guitarist, musician, vocalist and composer.

Gheorghe A. Lăzăreanu-Lăzurică or George Lăzurică, also known as Lăzărescu-Lăzurică or Lăzărică, was a leader of the Romani (Gypsy) community in Romania, also remembered for his support of Romania's interwar far-right. Originally a musician, he became active within the General Association of Gypsies in Romania, but broke away to establish the General Union of Roma in Romania. From September 1933 to May 1934, he was also a "Voivode of the Gypsies", recognized as such by various local tribes. He and his followers came to resent ethnic designation as "Gypsies", and pleaded for the usage of "Romanies". Lăzurică also tried to introduce the term Zgripți as a reference to the people's legendary ancestors.

Pyotr Konstantinovich Leshchenko, a singer in the Russian Empire, Romania and later the Soviet Union, is universally considered "the King of Russian Tango" and specifically known for his rendition of "Serdtse"—a tango, sung unusually not in Spanish but in Russian.

Fănică Luca was a Romani-Romanian musician and a Romanin pan pipe (nai) virtuoso, who was the first to make this instrument popular outside his own country.

Boban Marković is a Serbian Romani trumpet player and brass ensemble leader from Vladičin Han.

Alfonso Mejia Arias is a Mexican musician, writer, social activist and politician. He was born in Veracruz, Mexico on 11 September 1961 and has lived mostly in Mexico City, where his family settled.

Ferus Mustafov, also known as King Ferus Mustafov ,is a Macedonian saxophonist of Romani descent. He is a multi-instrumentalist and is highly popular in his home country for his repertoire of Balkan folk and gypsy, or Rom, wedding music. He is also credited as one of the artists from the Balkan region to have made this type of music internationally popular.

Ibolya Oláh is a Hungarian pop singer. She was the runner-up of the first series of Hungarian television singing competition series Megasztár.

Aladár Pege was a jazz musician from Hungary. He was well known for his work and was dubbed "the Paganini of double bass".

Robert Anthony Plant is an English singer and songwriter, best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the English rock band Led Zeppelin for all of its existence from 1968 up until 1980.

Johnny Răducanu was a Romanian jazz pianist of Romani ethnic background, whose family has a long musical tradition dating back to the 17th century.

Florin Stoian, better known by his stage name Florin Salam, is a Roma manele singer.

Anjeza Shahini is an Albanian singer. She is best known for representing Albania at the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest in Istanbul, after winning the 42nd edition of Festivali i Këngës.

Santino Spinelli is an Italian musician, composer and teacher.

Harri Stojka is a Viennese jazz guitarist. He comes from the diasporic Lovara-Roma dynasty of the Bagareschtschi clan.

Mihaela Ursuleasa was a Romanian concert pianist. In 1995, she won the Clara Haskil International Piano Competition.