Ania Rusowicz

Last updated

Ania Rusowicz
2015 Woodstock 234 Ania Rusowicz.jpg
Rusowicz at the 2015 Woodstock Festival Poland
Born
Anna Sandra Kędziora

(1983-03-28) 28 March 1983 (age 40)
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Years active2005–
SpouseHubert Gasiul
Musical career
Genres
Instrument(s)
Labels

Anna Sandra Rusowicz (born 28 March 1983) is a Polish singer.

Contents

From 2005 to 2007, Rusowicz was the vocalist of the band Dezire, with whom she released a studio album entitled Pięć smaków (2005). From 2009 to 2011, she was the vocalist of the band IKA, which she founded with her husband, Hubert Gasiul. A solo artist since 2011, she has released four studio albums: Moje Big-Bit (2011), Genesis (2013), Retronarocze (2016) and Przebudzenie (2019). Since 2017, she is the lead singer of her own band niXes, with which she released a studio album, also entitled niXes (2017).

Rusowicz is a three-time recipient of the Fryderyk award and a recipient of the Superjedynki award.

Early years

Born into a family with musical traditions, Rusowicz is the daughter of Ada Rusowicz and Wojciech Korda. When she was seven years old, [1] her mother was killed in a car accident near Poznań. [2] Then her father moved in with his 13-year-old son Bartłomiej (born 1977), [2] and Anna was brought up by Krystyna, her mother's sister, and Adolf Grynicz. [3] She grew up in Dzierzgoń [1] and then in Bydgoszcz. [1] In her adult life, she adopted her mother's surname, swapping it from her father's surname Kędziora. [1]

After graduating from the 9th Secondary School in Bydgoszcz, she studied i.a. pharmacy (which she did not graduate) and psychology (which she graduated in 2011). [4]

Music career

During her studies, Rusowicz took up music. In 2005, she established cooperation with the band Dezire, [5] with whom in 2006 she took part in the concert Song for Europe 2006, which was the national qualifying for the Eurovision Song Contest. With the song "Good Girl", they took fourth place with a total of 14 points, including the maximum of 12 points from the jury and 2 points from the viewers. [6]

In the following years, together with her husband, Hubert Gasiul, she formed the band IKA. [7] In 2011, they performed in the Polish selections for the Eurovision Song Contest. With the song "Say" they came in 10th and last place, winning 1.76% of the public vote. [8] On 11 June 2011, she performed solo at the 48th National Polish Song Festival in Opole with songs from the repertoire of her mother Ada Rusowicz: [7] "Don't knock on my door", "Big mistake", "Hey, girl, hey" and "Too far you live, dear". On 21 October, she released her debut studio album, entitled Mój Big-Bit. [9] In 2011, she also recorded the single "Flower of Hatred" with the band Czarno-Czarni . On 8 October 2013, she released her second solo studio album entitled Genesis. Also in 2013, she took part in the recording of the song "Orzeł may" for the promotional campaign of Radio Three. [10]

Ania Rusowicz performing at the 2015 Woodstock Festival Poland 2015 Woodstock 191 Ania Rusowicz.jpg
Ania Rusowicz performing at the 2015 Woodstock Festival Poland

In the following years, Rusowicz reached for the repertoire of other performers several times, especially from the 1960s and 1970s, at Przystanek Woodstock and the Jon Lord Memorial. [11] A collection of such recordings, from the repertoire of Led Zeppelin, Jefferson Airplane and Deep Purple were featured on the live album released in December 2015 entitled. Flower Power, which is a recording of the performance at the 2015 Woodstock Festival Poland. [12] In the same year, she was a juror in the TVN talent show Aplauz, applauz! [13] On 9 December 2016, Rusowicz released her third solo studio album entitled Retronarodzenie. In 2019, in a duet with Sławek Uniatowski, she recorded a new version of the hit "Search for me" for the soundtrack to Kordian Piwowarski's film Miszmasz, or kogel-mogel 3. [14] On 25 October, she released her fourth solo studio album Przebudzenie.

In spring 2022, Rusowicz participated in the sixteenth edition of Polsat's entertainment program Twoja twarz brzmi znajomo; [15] after nine episodes, she reached the finals, where she finished in third place.

Personal life

Rusowicz is married to Hubert Gasiul. They have a son, Tytus (born 2017). [16]

Discography

Studio albums

YearAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSales Certifications
POL
2011Mój Big-Bit
  • Released: 21 October 2011
  • Label: Universal Music Polska
12 [17]
2013Genesis
  • Released: 8 October 2013
  • Label: Universal Music Polska
30 [20]
2016Retronarodzenie
  • Released: 9 December 2016 [21]
  • Label: Agora SA
–
2019Przebudzenie
  • Released: 25 October 2019
  • Label: Agora SA
41 [22]
"–" album did not chart

EP

Video

Singles

Contributions

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kasia Kowalska</span> Musical artist

Katarzyna "Kasia" Kowalska is a Polish singer, songwriter, producer, and actress.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kasia Cerekwicka</span> Polish pop singer

Kasia Cerekwicka is a Polish pop singer. She has been singing since she was a little girl. In 1997, at the age of 17, she won the popular Polish show Szansa na sukces.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hunter (band)</span> Polish heavy metal band

Hunter is a Polish heavy metal band. The band was formed in 1985 in Szczytno, Masuria.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ania (singer)</span> Polish singer-songwriter and composer

Anna Monika "Ania"Dąbrowska, usually referred to as Ania, is a Polish singer, songwriter, and composer performing pop music, born 7 January 1981.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Agnieszka Włodarczyk</span> Polish actress and singer (born 1980)

Agnieszka Włodarczyk is a Polish actress and singer. As an actress she is best known for her roles in the movie Sara and a TV comedy series 13 posterunek. In 2007, she released her debut album, Nie dla oka....

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vader discography</span>

The discography of Vader, a Polish death metal band, consists of twelve studio albums, two compilation albums, two live albums, eight extended plays, one cover album, four video albums, nine singles, twelve music videos, and three demo albums. Formed in 1983, the group was founded by then bassist Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek, and guitarist Zbigniew "Vika" Wróblewski.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sasha Strunin</span> Musical artist

Aleksandra Igoriewna Strunina, known professionally as Sasha Strunin, is a Polish singer, actress, and model. From 2005 to 2008, she was a member of the Jet Set, with whom she represented Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kayah discography</span>

Kayah discography consists of eleven studio albums, one live album, two compilation albums, one extended play (EP) and sixty singles.

Ania Teliczan is a Polish singer-songwriter who rose to fame as a finalist of the second series of television show Poland's Got Talent in 2009. Soon after the end of the show, she was signed by Sony Music Poland. Her debut album was released on 16 January 2012 and had been recorded in the United Kingdom with producer Troy Miller, who previously worked with Amy Winehouse. It consists of 10 songs in style of 60's in English and Polish, some of which written by Andrzej Piaseczny and Teliczan herself.

Star Guard Muffin also known as SGM is a Polish band formed in Brzeg in 2008, and suspended in February 2012. It consisted of vocalist Kamil Bednarek, guitarist Szymon Chudy, keyboardist Radek Szyszkowski, bassist Kuba Wojciechowski and drummer Maciek Pilarz. The band is widely associated with reggae music, including roots reggae, ragga and dancehall.

<i>Ania Teliczan</i> (album) 2012 studio album by Ania Teliczan

Ania Teliczan is the self-titled debut studio album from Polish singer-songwriter Ania Teliczan. It was released on 16 January 2012 and consists of 10 songs in style of 60's in English and Polish, some of which written by Andrzej Piaseczny and Teliczan herself. The album was recorded in the United Kingdom with producer Troy Miller, who previously worked with Amy Winehouse.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pablopavo</span> Polish vocalist, songwriter, and DJ

Pablopavo is a Polish reggae and raggamuffin vocalist, songwriter, and radio DJ. He has a radio show on Roxy FM called Tramwaj z Pragi. Pablopavo is the lead singer of Warsaw-based reggae band Vavamuffin. He has also recorded with a side-project called Pablopavo i Ludziki. He is one of the first vocalists singing raggamuffin in Polish and specializes in long and complicated freestyle vocal parts.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Muchy (band)</span> Polish rock band

Muchy is a Polish rock band. It was founded in 2004 by Michał Wiraszko, Piotr Maciejewski and Szymon Waliszewski. The band's current line-up includes Wiraszko, Waliszewski, Tomasz Skórka, Damian Pielka and Krzysztof Zalewski.

Twoja twarz brzmi znajomo is a Polish talent show developed by Polsat and based on the Spanish version of the series. The show is presented by Maciej Rock and Maciej Dowbor, whilst the judging panel consists of Paweł Domagała, Małgorzata Walewska and Robert Janowski.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cleo (Polish singer)</span> Polish singer

Joanna Krystyna Klepko, known by her stage name Cleo, is a Polish singer. She represented Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark along with Donatan with the song "My Słowianie".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mela Koteluk</span> Polish singer

Malwina Koteluk, known by her stage name Mela Koteluk, is a Polish singer. At the beginning of her career she worked with artists such as the Scorpions and Gabriela Kulka. In 2003, she came second in a Polish song contest entitled "Pamiętamy o Osieckiej". Koteluk's debut album Spadochron was released in May 2012. In April 2013, she won the Fryderyk award in the New Face of Phonography and Author of the Year categories.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Monika Kuszyńska</span> Polish singer and songwriter (born 1980)

Monika Kuszyńska is a Polish singer and songwriter. She represented Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "In the Name of Love" and was previously the lead singer of the Polish pop rock band Varius Manx.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Taco Hemingway</span> Polish rapper, songwriter, and musician (born 1990)

Filip Tadeusz Szcześniak, better known by the stage name Taco Hemingway, is an Egyptian-born Polish rapper, songwriter, and musician.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anna Wyszkoni</span> Musical artist

Anna Wyszkoni is a Polish pop rock singer, composer and songwriter, also performing under the diminutive Ania Wyszkoni. Between 1996 and 2010, she was the lead singer in a popular Polish pop rock band Łzy, with whom she released six albums, four of which gold- or platinum-certified, and had multiple hits, such as "Agnieszka już dawno...", "Narcyz się nazywam", "Jestem jaka jestem" and "Oczy szeroko zamknięte", among others. Wyszkoni embarked on a solo career in 2008 and went on to release four albums, two double platinum and one gold. Her biggest solo hits include "Czy ten pan i pani", "Z ciszą pośród czterech ścian", "Lampa i sofa", "Wiem, że jesteś tam", "Zapytaj mnie o to, kochany", "W całość ułożysz mnie", "Biegnij przed siebie" and "Nie chcę cię obchodzić". In 2010, Polish music magazine Machina placed her on their list of "50 best Polish singers". She has sold around 450,000 units as of 2014, including her albums with Łzy.

"Mój jest ten kawałek podłogi", also known as "Kawałek podłogi", is a Polish-language alternative rock song by the band Mr. Zoob, written by Waldemar Miszczor. It was released in 1986 as a single and later on the 1987 Czego się gapisz? album. It is recognized as one of the most famous Polish-language rock songs and one of the most famous songs of the band. The song is about jailed man, who demands to have his own "piece of the floor", which is an allegory to people fighting for their freedom under the communist regime of the Polish People's Republic.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Hanna Halek (16 December 2011). "Ania Rusowicz – Wiem po co żyję". Zwierciadło. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Ania Rusowicz: korzystam z genów po mamie". Polskie Radio. 13 November 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
  3. ↑ „Świat i Ludzie”, Rodziców zsyła nam sam Bóg, Nr 20/2020-05-14. s. 6-7
  4. ↑ Marcin Kowalski (2 June 2016). "Ania Rusowicz: Jestem podobna do siebie". Wyborcza.pl. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "Posłuchaj drugiej połowy Dezire". Onet.pl (in Polish). 26 April 2005. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
  6. ↑ "Dezire w specjalnej wersji". Interia.pl (in Polish). 1 February 2006. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
  7. 1 2 "Po Opolu już wszyscy wiedzą, kto to jest Ania Rusowicz". Polskie Radio. 13 June 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
  8. ↑ "Eurowizja 2011: Znamy polskiego reprezentanta!". Interia.pl (in Polish). 14 February 2011. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
  9. ↑ "„Mój Big-Bit" – Ania Rudowica". Barock.pl. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
  10. ↑ ""Orzeł może" - zobacz teledysk do hymnu akcji!" (in Polish). Polskie Radio Program III. 26 April 2013.
  11. ↑ "Memoriał Jona Lorda 2014 – Ania Rusowicz – „Child in Time" Deep Purple – Oficjalne live". YouTube. 17 January 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  12. ↑ "Ania Rusowicz wydała CD+DVD z Przystanku Woodstock 2015". Antyradio.pl. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  13. ↑ ""Aplauz, aplauz". Ania Rusowicz: To trochę moja historia". muzyka.interia.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  14. ↑ "Ania Rusowicz i Sławek Uniatowski do filmu „Miszmasz czyli Kogel Mogel 3"". Dziennik.pl (in Polish). 1 July 2019. Archived from the original on 7 January 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  15. ↑ ""Twoja twarz brzmi znajomo". Wszyscy uczestnicy 16. edycji. On jest największym zaskoczeniem - plejada.pl". www.plejadapl (in Polish). Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  16. ↑ Milena Majek (16 August 2017). "Ania Rusowicz urodziła syna!". Plejada.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  17. ↑ "Sprzedaż w okresie 02.07.2012 – 08.07.2012" (in Polish). OLiS. 28 May 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  18. ↑ "Regulamin przyznawania wyróżnień" (in Polish). ZPAV. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  19. ↑ "Bestsellery i wyróżnienia - Złote płyty CD przyznane w 2012 roku" (in Polish). ZPAV. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  20. ↑ "Sprzedaż w okresie 07.10.2013 – 13.10.2013" (in Polish). OLiS. 18 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  21. ↑ "Ania Rusowicz śpiewa z gośćmi bigbitowe pastorałki. Posłuchaj przedpremierowo płyty „Retronarodzenie"" (in Polish). Wyborcza.pl. 2 December 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  22. ↑ "Sprzedaż w okresie 25.10.2019 – 31.10.2019" (in Polish). OLiS. 7 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.