photo credits: Liam Ratcliffe
Adina Nelu is a Manchester-based film composer whose narrative-driven work focuses on sonic storytelling and music as metaphor.
Her highly tailored approach leads to a unique sonic identity exploring the line between aesthetically pleasing and sonically challenging, inviting the listener to temporarily adjust to a different norm of beauty in music. Her aesthetic ranges across many genres, from orchestral, to experimental sound-design and everything in between.
Adina was commissioned by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority to create a piece inspired by the pandemic, was selected for BBC New Creatives to create an experimental audio piece called Dear Hometown. She is an awardee of Sound and Music’s Francis Chagrin Award, HMUK Do it Differently Fund and a BAFTA Crew member. Her latest feature film The Wishing Tree was recently shortlisted for Romania’s entry for the Academy Awards Best International Film category. She was commissioned by Tyneside Cinema to create a sound-led multimedia installation in celebration of their 85th Anniversary and was recently awarded with the Arts Council England Developing Your Creative Practice grant.
Adina has created original music for Johnnie Walker, Spitfire Audio, BBC Arts, Tibi Clenci, Glamour Romania, GMCA, Alina Ceusan.
Through her work, Adina aims to address the issue of gender representation within the creative industries and amplify female-led stories.
WHAT’S ON
Adina is now officially signed to 515, a new London-based composer agency focused on women and gender minority composers. 515 is founded by Resister, a multi-award winning & women owned full service music agency specialising in music supervision, licensing, bespoke composition, songwriting and audio branding for all media. Click here to view Adina's 515 profile and learn more.
Adina will be part of a panel discussion part of Abbey Road Equalise along with her agent Emily Richardson on Friday, March 8th at 12:30pm in Studio Three at Abbey Road Studios. The event can be live streamed here.
Adina’s voice-centred trailer track The Things You’ll See has been published by SATV Wall of Noise in their trailer track album SIRENS. The track can be licensed via SATV and is available on all streaming platforms.
OLDER
Adina’s bespoke track for Johnnie Walker Fabric of Film has been shortlisted for an AMP Award for Best Use of Music and Sound in New Media Marketing and has been featured in The Drum magazine as US Ad of the Week.
Adinaproject Expanding Compositional Skills into the Realm of Creative Songwriting and Modern Song Production has been awarded with the Arts Council England Developing Your Creative Practice Grant.
Adina’s voice-centred folk noir trailer tracks Don’t Fall Asleep and Here Be Witches have been published by SATV in Wall of Noise trailer music album PRIMAL. The tracks can be licensed via SATV and are available on all streaming platforms.
