Mariana Sîrbu (1948 or 1949 – 1 August 2023), also credited as Sârbu, was a Romanian classical violinist and academic teacher, who made an international career performing and recording.

[5] Her debut in concert was in 1966, at the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company: she performed Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto, with Emanuel Elenescu [ro] as the conductor.

[1] Graduating high school in summer 1967, Sîrbu initially enlisted at Iași Conservatory, and performed with her colleagues at that year's edition of the George Enescu Festival, taking third prize in the violin competition.

[6] She had also won an award presented by the Soviet Pioneer Organization; in June 1970, she took fourth prize at the Carl Flesch International Violin Competition in London.

[9] She gave master classes in France, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, the Banff Centre in Canada, in China and Japan.

[9] In September 2001, she returned to her native Romania to perform once again at the Enescu Festival, earning praise for her since-acquired expertise in Baroque music.

[7][9] Sîrbu was married to her cellist colleague Mihai Dăncilă; they had a daughter, who performed as a violinist under her father's family name.

According to writer Miklós Fáy, it proved disappointing: "Despite the skill of the new first violinist, Mariana Sîrbu, this style, this kind of understanding and interpretation of Vivaldi is completely out of date.

"[14] Sîrbu also recorded The Four Seasons with I Musici, as many violinists (including Federico Agostini) had done; a reviewer from Gramophone found her as incisive, and her lines in the slow movements "more finely and imaginatively nuanced".