Piotr Motyka began his education in Poland, in the accordion class of Artur Miedziński. He is currently studying under the guidance of Univ.-Prof. Grzegorz Stopa at the Music and Arts Private Univeristy of the City of Vienna (MUK). Since October 2023 he is participating in a student exchange program at the Folkwang University of the Arts in the class of Prof. Mie Miki.
Piotr Motyka is an artist who has won many awards on European music scenes; first places in competitions in Poland, Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Croatia and Lithuania. In 2016, he won the Hans Schaeuble Award at the Arosa Music Academy, followed with a collaboration with the Georgian Chamber Orchestra Ingolstadt. In 2018, he was a finalist in the Young Musician of the Year competition, one of the most important cultural events on Polish public television.
In 2021, Piotr Motyka performed solo at the Vienna Konzerthaus (Wien Modern Festival). In the same year he was awarded the third prize as a finalist in the 58th Accordion Competition in Klingenthal, and the first prize in the 28th Arrasate Hiria Competition, currently two of the most prominent classical accordion competitions in the world.