Hania Derej

She was six when she started playing the piano. Four years later, she was already composing and at the age of 14 she received an award at the National Composition Competition for young artists. She wrote the material for the album "Evacuation", released in 2024 by the Dutch label ZenneZ Records while still in high shool, during breaks from studying. But this is not her first album. Previously, this talented composer, pianist and conductor has already recorded seven albums in the illustration and film style - for solo piano and chamber orchestra. For Hania, who likes to listen to Portico Quartet, Jacob Collier, Esperanza Spalding, and Billie Eilish - jazz is great. But with the knowledge she has today, she does not want to limit herself to one genre, but to experiment and have fun with music. She wants to "not limit myself, draw from it", she says. Which we will be happy witnesses of at the OFF Festival.