Hania Rani announces "On Giacometti," a tender meditation on the life and art of Alberto Giacometti and his family. "On Giacometti" is a collection of beautiful recordings inspired by the famous artist and his family, featuring some of Rani's most tender compositions to date. At the invitation of film director Susanna Fanzun, who wanted to make a documentary about legendary artist Alberto Giacometti, Hania Rani retreated to the Swiss mountains to compose in blissful isolation. As Rani eloquently explains below, the compositions are based on improvised melodies, simple harmonies and structures, and are inspired by the silence of the mountains as Rani returns to her main instrument, the piano. The result is beguilingly reminiscent of her beloved debut album Esja, but with subtle added layers of synthesizer and, on two tracks, the cello of her friend and longtime trailblazer Dobrawa Czocher.