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Deutsche Grammophon is delighted to announce the signing of an exclusive agreement with pianist, composer and singer Hania Rani and cellist Dobrawa Czocher (pronounced “Chock-air”). The young Polish duo, friends since their student days at the Feliks Nowowiejski Music School in Gdańsk, are known for their emotionally restrained yet revealing, wholly honest and authentic musical style. Their first album, Biała flaga (“White Flag”), marked the start of their artistic partnership. Having been invited to reimagine music by the late Polish composer Grzegorz Ciechowski (founder and frontman of the band Republika), Dobrawa asked Hania to join her in making the album. Biała flaga entered the top 30 of Poland’s album chart following its release in September 2015. The recording revealed the artists’ ability to take a distinctive sound and translate it into their own unique musical language. It won them a cult following and set secure foundations for their dynamic creative dialogue. The duo’s DG debut, their first full album of original works, will reflect the sense of adventure that has developed from years of close artistic collaboration.
“Signing to Deutsche Grammophon is something very special for us,” say Hania and Dobrawa. “Our friendship and shared love for music has guided us to many fascinating places but we would never have dreamt it could lead us to Deutsche Grammophon. Throughout our musical education we admired incredible artists who were part of this legendary label; we would be inspired and sometimes even intimidated by their enchanting artistic presence. It’s an honour and motivation for us to be part of the DG family, and we’re just tremendously grateful. We can’t wait to show the end results of this collaboration.”
Both artists have already made their mark on Deutsche Grammophon, Hania with an exquisite rework of Debussy’s La Damoiselle élue for Víkingur Ólafsson’s Reflections project, Dobrawa as part of DG’s “Project XII” community of composers and performers. They appeared together at the end of March in company with fellow DG artists Joep Beving and Dustin O’Halloran for a Deutsche Grammophon Clubhouse Chat about the limitless possibilities of composing for piano.
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