About

Paweł Baranek
Musician, composer and producer

He began his musical education at the age of ten at the Michał Kleofas Ogiński State Music School in Miechów, in the accordion class of Wiesław Kusion. He continued his studies under the same teacher at the Music High School in Tarnów, and then graduated from the Academy of Music in Kraków, Faculty of Instrumental Studies, in the accordion class.

Since 1998 he has been a member of Motion Trio, with whom he has performed in 43 countries, including at Carnegie Hall in New York, the Barbican Centre in London and the Vienna Konzerthaus. He is the author of many compositions in the band's repertoire.

With Motion Trio he won, among others, the Grand Prix of the 4th Krzysztof Penderecki International Competition of Contemporary Chamber Music in 2000. In 2009 he received the Kobalt Muse award of the „Inne Brzmienia” Foundation, and in February 2011 he was awarded the Honoris Gratia badge by the Mayor of Kraków for his services to the city and its residents. In 2016, together with the other members of Motion Trio, he won the award for Best Film Score for Michał Rosa's film Happiness of the World at the 41st Gdynia Film Festival. As a soloist he is also a prize-winner of national and international accordion competitions, including Castelfidardo in Italy and Klingenthal in Germany.

He composed the accordion parts for the audio drama Far and Near. Ukrainian Fairy Tales and Legends, produced by the Foundation for New Education Initiatives under the patronage of UNICEF, with Maciej Stuhr as narrator. His accordion compositions form part of the drama's score, complemented by electronic sounds and sound design by Michał Gorczyca and Jacek Haręziński.

He also arranges and prepares music scores. In this field he has worked with the publisher Akordeonus, preparing sheet music for its publications.