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Ania Rusowicz
Rusowicz at the 2015 Woodstock Festival Poland
Born	Anna Sandra Kędziora (1983-03-28) 28 March 1983 (age 41)
Occupations	Singer songwriter
Years active	2005–
Spouse	Hubert Gasiul
Musical career
Genres	Pop Blues rock pop psychedelic rock soul
Instruments	Vocals keyboard tambourine
Labels	Universal Music Polska Agora
Musical artist

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

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, her mother was killed in a car accident near Poznań. Then her father moved in with his 13-year-old son Bartłomiej (born 1977), and Anna was brought up by Krystyna, her mother's sister, and Adolf Grynicz. She grew up in Dzierzgoń and then in Bydgoszcz. In her adult life, she adopted her mother's surname, swapping it from her father's surname Kędziora.

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).

Music career

During her studies, Rusowicz took up music. In 2005, she established cooperation with the band Dezire, 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.

In the following years, together with her husband, Hubert Gasiul, she formed the band IKA. 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. 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: "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. 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.

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. 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. In the same year, she was a juror in the TVN talent show Aplauz, applauz! 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. 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; 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).

Discography

Studio albums

EP

• To Co Było (2013)

Video

• Przystanek Woodstock 2015 (2015)

Singles

• "Ślepa miłość" (2011)
• "Ja i Ty" (2012)
• "Za daleko mieszkasz miły" (2012)
• "Choć rozum śpi" (with Kielich, 2012)
• "Śtróże świateł" (2013)
• "To co było" (2013)
• "Ptaki" (2013)
• "To nie ja" (2014)
• "Czy da się kochać" (2015)
• "W co mam wierzyć" (2017)
• "Szukaj mnie" (with Sławek Uniatowski, 2019)
• "Iść w stronę słońca" (with Steve Nash, 2019)
• "Świecie stój" (2019)

Contributions

• Krzysztof Kieliszkiewicz – Dziecko szczęścia (2012): "Choć rozum śpi"
• L.U.C, Motion Trio – Nic się nie stało (2013): "8 Przebudzenie - Iluzji Łąka"
• Panny wyklęte: wygnane vol. 1 (2014): "Pieśń Wiktorii"
• Święta bez granic 2014 (2014): "Pastorałka radosna" (with Ania Brachaczek)
• Panny wyklęte: wygnane vol. 2 (2015): "Będziemy Polską" (with Krzysztof Herdzin)

References

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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.
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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.
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16. Milena Majek (16 August 2017). "Ania Rusowicz urodziła syna!". Plejada.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 16 August 2017.
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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.

• 1983 births
• Living people
• Polish pop singers
• Polish rock singers
• Polish soul singers
• 21st-century Polish singers
• 21st-century Polish women singers
• Polish women rock singers
• Polish women pop singers