Hania Rani (born Hanna Raniszewska in 1990) is a Polish pianist, composer and singer.
Early life and education Rani was born in Gdańsk to parents who are a doctor and an architect. She studied music at the Feliks Nowowiejski Music School in Gdańsk, Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, and the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin.
Career Trained as a classical pianist, Rani began incorporating jazz into her work during music school. In 2015, she collaborated with Dobrawa Czocher on the album Biała Flaga, featuring their arrangements of music by Grzegorz Ciechowski. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Rani started experimenting with improvisation and composing. She has blurred traditional distinctions between jazz, classical and house music.
In 2023, she won the Paszport Polityki award in the "popular music" category.
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.
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. , Rani has won seven Fryderyk Awards.
In 2026, Rani won the European Film Award for Best Composer for her original score for the film Sentimental Value.
On 8 June 2026, Rani performed at the Grand Theatre – National Opera in Warsaw at the opening concert of the Ephemera festival, where she gave the Polish premiere of her piece Shining, inspired by the music of Steve Reich and Philip Glass, performed with the Hashtag Ensemble. After the concert she was awarded the Silver Gloria Artis Medal for Merit to Culture by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Marta Cienkowska.
Discography Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications BEL(FL)Classic BEL(WA)Classic GER UK Esja Released: 5 April 2019 Label: Gondwana Records Format: Digital download, CD, LP———65 ZPAV: Gold Home Released: 29 May 2020 Label: Gondwana Records Format: Digital download, CD, LP———— Music for Film and Theatre Released: 18 June 2021 Label: Gondwana Records Format: Digital download, CD, LP———— Inner Symphonies (with Dobrawa Czocher) Released: 15 October 2021 Label: Deutsche Grammophon Format: Digital download, CD, LP——68— On Giacometti Released: 17 February 2023 Format: Digital download, CD, LP———— Ghosts Released: 6 October 2023 Label: Gondwana Records Format: Digital download, CD, LP——52— Nostalgia Released: 27 September 2024 Label: Gondwana Records Format: Digital download, CD, LP———— Non Fiction - Piano Concerto in Four Movements Released: 14 November 2025 Label: Decca Records (USA) Format: Digital download, CD, LP 4 5—— "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
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