Hania Rani: Tiny Desk Concert

Lars Gotrich | January 29, 2024
Hania Rani makes beautiful music that’s haunted, yet enchanted. The Polish pianist and composer blurs the lines of ambient, classical and house — submerged beats pulse under ripples of piano, synths and her delicate voice. She regularly performs in concert halls across Europe, but during an American tour she brought the cinematic, yet intimate songs of her album Ghosts to the Tiny Desk.

Rani is conservatory trained, but like so many post-classical artists working right now, brings her own influences to centuries-old tradition. The way her fingers chromatically surge in a cascade of color suggest the later compositions of Mozart — somehow lush and sublime in their tension, on the brink of something different. But there’s also a restlessness in how Rani, accompanied by Ziemowit Klimek on upright bass and synth, bounces between the piano and synths with ease and often within the same song. She is a wonder to watch.

SET LIST
“Thin Line”
“Moans (Instrumental)”
“Don’t Break My Heart”

MUSICIANS
Hania Rani: upright piano, synth, vocals
Ziemowit Klimek: bass, synth

TINY DESK TEAM
Producer: Lars Gotrich
Director/Editor: Kara Frame
Audio Technical Director: Josh Rogosin
Series Producer: Bobby Carter
Videographers: Kara Frame, Joshua Bryant, Alanté Serene
Audio Engineer: Neil Tevault
Production Assistant: Ashley Pointer
Photographer: Elizabeth Gillis
Tiny Desk Team: Suraya Mohamed, Maia Stern, Hazel Cills
Series Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson
VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins
Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann

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[spharr]

Hania Rani is one of those extremely rare composer/performers where the music literally just flows out of them as an unhindered stream of light direct from the soul.

[bobuk]

Hania Rani on Tiny Desk. I’ve been waiting for this for years. Incredibly talented and charismatic musician. From Esja to Les Invalides and now here. Her art and personality evident in any setting. ❤️

[KasiaZ]

How awesome is that! And she just won a Fryderyki award in PL for best Polish artist :)

[Geekraver]

She is a gift (Ziemowit too). I never get tired of watching their Cercle concert.

[kellygrighi]

It's been over a year I'm completely obsessed with her music! That's almost a therapy.

[erroljoe]

Hania is already a legend here in Europe... Welcome to rest of the world Hania 🖤🎼🎹

[marekkulak]

Gratulacje Haniu, udział w tym programie to wielki zaszczyt, zważywszy kto tam wcześniej występował!!!❤💘💘💘💘💘

[pdcichosz]

If you haven't already, play her video from Polish Radio Studio S2. There's a lot of good music, there's a handful of great music, but it doesn't coming across something truly, truly special doesn't happen very often. That video recorded one of those moments. Everyone I showed it to just went silent for a moment, awestruck by the raw talent Hania is.

[tomaszgola]

Przecudna, nasz skarb narodowy....duma rozpiera, mogąc ogładać i słuchać jak się rozwijasz!!!! ❤

[ronshina]

0:01 Thin Line (vocals)
5:54 Moans (vocals)
9:52 Don’t Break My Heart (vocals)

[piotrmichaowski]

Ile razy słucham i i oglądam Hanię to się wzruszam. Jestem już starszym panem i to uczucie jest dla mnie najdoskonalszym probierzem najwyższej jakości tego Zjawiska jakim jest Hania Rani

[tiffanycovemaker]

This is the way. Classical music needs to be kept alive. So beautiful!

[joshnkoy]

her music has genuinely made my life loads better and i’m so glad to see her get the recognition that has been so overdue😊

[andrewbell]

I had the honor to attend her art live two days ago at Paradiso - Amsterdam. What - an - artist!
The concert was a secret present for my wife who never heard her before. I wanted to witness the magic of a true first listening in a human being who is prone to beauty. She was already enchanted by Hania’s instrumental intro. But - oh my - when she blossomed into the harmony with her pure voice! What a magical feeling.

[mirosawapawlik]

ta delikatność.. jakby się wchodziło do lasu wiosną Haniu brawo, kolejny sukces, jesteśmy dumni, że jesteś

[sankalpdharge]

Super hyped to see Hania on NPR! Her musical prowess is finally getting the limelight it deserves :)

[OlegSidorenko]

On a recent concert in Utrecht, Don't Break My Heart was (or felt like?) 20 minutes of complete hypnosis with enveloping sensations and laser visuals. Unforgettable. So happy to see Hania get this recognition — we all know that an invitation to Tiny Desk is the highest form of musical praise:)

[staffanolofsson]

Poland had Chopin long ago, now they have Hania Rani. Congratulations! ❤

[DarkShogun]

So smooth on that piano it doesnt even look like shes actually playing it at times. Love that i found another hidden gem on tiny desk!

[m.a.v.p.]

She is a true musical genius of the 21st century... 😍😍😍🌹🌹🌹.. Getting better, getting better... And her voice!!.. She is acquiring soprano levels.. I can't live without hearing and seeing her every day!! 😍😍😍