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Hania Rani is an award-winning pianist, composer and singer. Her debut album 'Esja', a beguiling collection of solo piano pieces on Gondwana Records was released to international acclaim in 2019, earning Rani four prestigious Fryderyk Awards including “Best Debut Album”, “Best Alternative Album” and “Best New Arrangement”, in recognition from the Polish music industries very own Grammys. In the same year, Rani became the “Discovery of the Year 2019” in the Empik Bestseller Awards whilst also earning the distinguished Sanki Award for the “New Face of Polish Music”. Her follow-up sophomore album, the expansive, cinematic, 'Home', was released in 2020 on Gondwana Records and finds Rani expanding her palate: adding vocals and subtle electronics to her music. The album earned Rani another notable accolade of ‘Best Composer’, a further acknowledgement from Fryderyk and with Rough Trade including it in their essential “Albums of the Year”. In 2021 Rani released a collection of Music for Film and Theatre before the 'Live from Studio S2', EP in 2022. The BBC Radio 4 Profile series invited Hania to be the subject of an in-depth portrait presented by Marc Coles and sees the program explore her background, inspirations and motivations to build a picture of this unique artists’ creative world. Hania has collaborated with Dobrawa Czocher on their album 'Inner Symphonies', 'Biała flaga (Remastered 2021)', Portico Quartet and most recently providing a rework for Ólafur Arnalds.