The candidate must perform a Test Round consisting of the following three (3) pieces:

• Any Baroque work.
• Own Choice Program: The candidate must select a program consisting of two (2) pieces, one piece to be of a slower, lyrical style and the other piece to be of a technical virtuosic style.  At least one (1) of these Own Choice pieces must be an original work for accordion.
  
• A Single movement from a cyclic works is acceptable, however a maximum of only one movement from any cyclic work will be accepted. Playing time for Round I: maximum 20 minutes.

Round I music must be played in one sitting and may be played in any order.

• Any Baroque work. (Repeats in Baroque compositions are not required.)
• Own Choice Program: The candidate must select a program consisting of two (2) pieces, one piece to be of a slower, lyrical style and the other piece to be of a technical virtuosic style.  At least one (1) of these Own Choice pieces must be an original work for accordion.
  
• A minimum of two (2) different Composers
• Single movements from cyclic works are acceptable, however a maximum of one movement of any cyclic work shall be selected. Playing time for Round I: maximum of 15 minutes.
  Round I music must be played in one sitting and may be played in any order.

• OWN CHOICE PROGRAM: consisting of three (3) or more pieces including one from the Baroque era, one piece to be of a slower, lyrical style and one piece of a technical virtuosic style. It must contain at least one Original Work but transcriptions may also be used. Single movements from cyclic works are acceptable, however a maximum of one movement of any cyclic work shall be selected.
  
• Competitors must present themselves as artists to an audience; presentation, dress and stage-craft all being important.
• Playing time: suggested minimum of 15 minutes to maximum 20 minutes playing time.

 
Motion Trio is a Polish accordion trio established by Janusz Wojtarowicz, a creator of the“ accordion trio”idea. The trio, which, just like a string quartet, is becoming a classical performing group. Janusz Wojtarowicz, the author of most compositions performed by Motion Trio, Paweł Baranek and Marcin Gałażyn are world class accordionists using all advantages and sound possibilities of an accordion in their creative work. They are laureates of a lot of prestigious awards, among other: Grand Prix of the 4 Annual Krzysztof Penderecki International Competition of Contemporary Chamber Music, Deutsche Shallplatten Kritik.
 
They have gained respect of both critics and audiences giving concerts in 40 countries all over the world, on all continents. They have given performances in lots of most reputable concert halls in the world: Warsaw Opera House, New York’s Carnegie Hall, the Konzerthaus in Vienna, London’s Barbican Centre, Comédie-Française in Paris. The musicians they’ve cooperated include: Krzysztof Penderecki, Michael Nyman, Bobby Mc Ferrin, Jan A. P. Kaczmarek, WDR Rundfunkorchester Koln, Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg, Sinfonietta Riga, Rio de Janeiro Orquestra do Theatro Municipal, AUKSO Chamber Orchestra.
 
Over the recent years Janusz Wojtarowicz, together with the group, ran master classes, among other in London Royal Academy of Music, the Conservatoire de Paris or at the University of Chicago. The trio of Polish accordionists scoff at all habits and at traditional ways of playing the accordion and transfer the instrument into the future without any electronic effects, as French Le Monde put it.“ It is a totally new music being, a perfect example of Polish contemporary chamber music”, as we read in Gazeta Wyborcza.