Motion Trio
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Motion Trio | |
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 Motion Trio in 2010 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Poland |
| Genres | Crossover |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Labels | http://akordeonus.com |
| Members | Janusz Wojtarowicz Marcin Gałażyn Paweł Baranek |
| Website | www.motiontrio.com |
Motion Trio is a Polish accordion trio founded in 1996 by Janusz Wojtarowicz.
The band has performed on six continents and in forty two countries: Austria, Belgium, Belarus, Brazil, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, China, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Great Britain, Greece, Spain, Ireland, Iceland, Israel, Japan, Canada, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Germany, Kazachstan, Moldova, the Netherlands, New Caledonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Korea, Switzerland, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine, USA, Hungary and Italy.
Collaborative albums
- 1998: "Cry"
- 1999: "Pictures"
- 2001: "Pictures From The Street" - Best Polish Recording 2000, Grand Prix at the Polish Music Industry, Best Debut year 2000 in Poland - Jazzi Magazine, Deutsche Shallplatten Kritik and "Gus Viseur","Musical Discovery of the Year" in France, 2005.
- 2002: "Play-Station"
- 2003: "Pictures From The Street" Reedition
- 2004: "Live in Vienna Sacrum & Profanum"
- 2007: "Metropolis"
- 2009: "Michael Nyman & Motion Trio"
- 2010: "Chopin" Live at La Folle Journee - The Best Album in category Classical Music, HI-FI & Music
- 2011: "Brahms and Liszt and..." Live at La Folle Journee
- 2012: "Musorgsky.Prokofiev.Shostakovich.Khachaturian"
- 2013: "Nic Się Nie Stalo" L.U.C and Motion Trio - Mateusz Trójki - Award of the Polish Radio III, Hit of 2013; "Iluzji Łąka" by radio TOK FM audience vote
- 2013: "City of Harmony" Motion Trio & L.U.C
- 2013: "Polonium"
- 2018: "Accordion Stories"
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||
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| Nic się nie stało (with L.U.C) |
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| City of Harmony (with L.U.C) |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||
Awards
Motion Trio have won many international awards including:
- "Cobalt Muse" – Award of the Foundation "Different Tones" (2009)[4]
- "Mateusze 2013"[5] - Music Award of the Polish Radio Channel 3 for the Motion Trio and L.U.C - masterful combination of two musical worlds, which resulted in two albums, "NOTHING HAPPENED" and "CITY OF HARMONY"
- "Best Film Music" 2016 - 41 Film Festival in Gdynia[6] for Janusz Wojtarowicz and Motion Trio (Janusz Wojtarowicz, Paweł Baranek, Marcin Gałażyn) for the music for the film "Szczęście Świata" dir. Michał Rosa[7]
