 April 2007 saw the première by the Bruckner Orchestra under Ingo Metzmacher, of the full length ballet "Lorenzaccio" commissioned by the Landestheater, Linz, with choreography by Jochen Ulrich.One can find recordings of Bălănescu's original work on his albums for Mute ("Maria T", "Possessed", "Luminitz", "Angels & Insects") as well as his tribute to the Yellow Magic Orchestra, "East Meets East" (Con-Sipio), his score for the Italian war film "Il Partigiano Johnny" (Virgin, Italy), collaborations with electronic artists, "Lume, Lume" (Staubgold), being featured on Carla Bley's "Big Band Theory", as well as guesting on albums by Goldfrapp, Gianna Nanini, Malika, To Rococo Rot, Spiritualized, Rabih Abou Khalil, The Pet Shop Boys and Grace Jones.He has also documented on record his collaborations with the Russian accordionist Evelina Petrova, "Upside Down" (Leo records), as well as his quartet with the guitarist Maurizio Brounod, Claudio Cojanitz and Masimo Barbieri, "Marmaduke" (splasc(H)records) and Luigi Cinque's group Luna Reverse (EMI).