Classical sounds. Shaped by technology.
Adina Nelu is a classically-trained film composer, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist based in Manchester, UK, whose narrative-driven work focuses on sound as a means of 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.
Specialising in music for film and media, Adina studied Popular Music Composition at the National University of Music inBucharest, and has completed her MA(Dist) in Music Composition at The University of Salford, Manchester. Her ambient EP The Heavy Now was commissioned by the GMCA to become part of Greater Manchester’s archive of creative responses to the pandemic, and her experimental piece Dear Hometown was co-produced by BBC Arts and Arts Council England for BBC New Creatives.
Adina has recently released her first album, Huey (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) and her fourth feature film, Copacul Dorintelor — Romania’s first charitable feature film — has been shortlisted for Romania’s entry for the Academy Awards Best International Film category.
She is an awardee of Sound and Music’s Francis Chagrin Award, HMUK Do it Differently Fund and a BAFTA Crew member. Adina has created original works for Johnnie Walker, Spitfire Audio, BBC Arts, Tibi Clenci, Glamour Romania, GMCA, Alina Ceusan.
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