Hania Rani
Polish pianist, composer and singer (born 1990)
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Hania Rani (born Hanna Raniszewska in 1990)[1] is a Polish pianist, composer and singer.[2]
1990 (age 35–36)
- Piano
- synthesizer
- vocals
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Rani performing in 2021 | |
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| Born | Hanna Raniszewska 1990 (age 35–36) Gdańsk, Poland |
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| Years active | 2015–present |
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| Website | haniarani |
Early life and education
Rani was born in Gdańsk to parents who are a doctor and an architect.[2][3] She studied music at the Feliks Nowowiejski Music School in Gdańsk, Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw,[4][5] and the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin.[6]
Career
Trained as a classical pianist, Rani began incorporating jazz into her work during music school.[7] In 2015, she collaborated with Dobrawa Czocher on the album Biala Flaga, featuring their arrangements of music by Grzegorz Ciechowski. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Rani started experimenting with improvisation and composing.[8] She has blurred traditional distinctions between jazz, classical and house music.[9]
In 2023, she won the Paszport Polityki award in the "popular music" category.[10]
In 2024, ITV, one of the UK's leading broadcasters, commissioned a piece by Rani for the opening credits of their football coverage for the England national football team on ITV Sport.[11]
Rani announced her first piano concerto, Non Fiction, composed partially in response to the discovery in 2020 of the compositions of a young music prodigy, Josima Feldschuh, written during the horrors of World War II in the Warsaw Ghetto. It was recorded in Abbey Road Studios and was released on Decca Records.[12] As of 2025[update], Rani has won seven Fryderyk Awards.[3]
In 2026, Rani won the European Film Award for Best Composer for her original score for the film Sentimental Value.[13]
Discography
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||
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| BEL (FL) Classic [14] |
BEL (WA) Classic [15] |
GER [16] |
UK [17] | |||
| Esja |
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— | — | — | 65 | |
| Home |
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— | — | — | — | |
| Music for Film and Theatre |
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| Inner Symphonies (with Dobrawa Czocher) |
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— | — | 68 | — | |
| On Giacometti |
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— | — | — | — | |
| Ghosts |
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— | — | 52 | — | |
| Nostalgia |
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— | — | — | — | |
| Non Fiction - Piano Concerto in Four Movements |
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4 | 5 | — | — | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||
