Wojciech Kilar

Orawa

Janusz Wojtarowicz - accordionist, composer, arranger, music producer, author of music for theatre and film, founder and member of the accordion group MOTION TRIO. He was the creator of the idea that the accordion trio - like a string quartet - could become a classical performance ensemble.

He arranged the greatest works of Polish composers for MOTION TRIO's needs, including works by Henryk Miko?aj Górecki, Wojciech Kilar, Gra?yna Bacewicz and Witold Lutos?awski, who performed these works in halls including, among others, Carnegie Hall in New York, Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, the Konzerthaus in Vienna, the Barbican Centre in London.

He has given master classes at the University of Chicago, at the Paris Conservatoire, the Royal Academy of Music in London, the Red Sea Jazz Festival in Eilat (Israel).