Vlad's music features 'vivid contrasts' (London Financial Times) and was described as 'powerfully expressive and modern from within' (Music Today Bucharest). His compositions have been recieved with great enthusiasm accross Europe and beyond.

Born in Romania in 1985, Vlad started composing at the age of 7. Shortly he was noticed by Dan Voiculescu, and the respected Romanian composer admitted him to his composition summer school in Brasov. There, Vlad composed Triptic for violin and piano which was subsequently recorded and broadcast on Romanian Radio and Television, performed by the composer.

Until the age of 16 Vlad wrote various chamber and orchestral works, including a violin concerto. In 2002, after being admitted to the Menuhin School as a violinist, he wrote Night Music string quartet, which was awarded the Gold Medal at the George Enescu Competition by a panel which included Krzysztof Penderecky and Stefan Niculescu. The work was premiered at the 2005 Enescu Festival and recieved great critical acclaim.

In 2004, Vlad started studying composition at the Royal College of Music with Richard Causton, and then Jonathan Cole. In 2005 he wrote Monument for violin and piano, a tribute to his hero, George Enescu. Premiered in Bonn by the composer and pianist Bernd Puschmann, the work recieved a 'very warm reaction from the audience' (General Anzeiger). Since then, the work was taken up by other musicians and was performed accross Europe, USA and Australia.

In 2007 he was selected to be one of the 6 young composers to take part in the Britten-Pears Programme, where, under the supervision of Oliver Knussen, Colin Mattheus and Magnus Lindberg, he composed Ocean Wing for chamber orchestra, which was premiered at the Aldeburgh Festival in 2008. The title is the name of the building where the composer stayed while in Aldeburgh, from where he could observe the dramatic scenary of the south-eastern beach, which ultimately inspired the piece. The Norfolk Eastern Daily Press found Ocean Wing to be 'continuing the Britten legacy'.

In 2008 he wrote Transcent for solo piano, which was awarded the Clive Christian 'Sound of Perfume' Award. Inspired by X, one of the luxury items in the Clive Christian Perfume line, the work is a poem about the chemical reactions in the body that are provoked by the art of perfume-making.

Highlights of 2009 were a commission by the BBC which was recorded by pianist Andrew Zolinsky and broadcast on BBC3, a commission for Northern Chord Chamber Music Festival, which was premiered at the Sage Gateshead by tenor Ben Johnson, the premiere of Hypnosis by the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Clement Power, as part of the 'Seven Minutes Soundings' Young Composer Scheme and the premiere of Microkosmos by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Francois Xavier Roth, as part of the LSO Discovery Panufnik Young Composer.