Ioana [EE W AH N AH] Șelaru is a Romanian composer, violinist and string arranger based in London. Her compositions are a mix of classical styles and vocal textures combined with experimental processing techniques.

Ioana recently contributed additional music and assisted Sion Trefor throughout FX's latest series, Say Nothing, starring Lola Petticrew, Maxine Peake, Anthony Boyle, and Rory Kinnear.

Latest short film work includes Down The Length (dir. Milo Edwards), starring Joseph Quinn, and Love me, Hold me, Always, co-scored with Sion Trefor. Other film credits include BAFTA-nominated Magid/Zafar (dir. Luís Hindman), winner of the BIFA Award for Best Short Film, and Seventeen (dir. Ajuan Isaac-George), a WePresent production.

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Ioana has also written and recorded string arrangements for artists like Eejebee & FKJ, Henny Herz and Cari.  

She is a Young British Arrows winner and a nominee for the Music+Sound Awards’ Composer Rising Star Award.

Additionally, she has been fortunate to receive mentorship from Max Richter.