CIA - Accordions Worldwide
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29<br />
Winners at the 62 nd Coupe Mondiale in New Zealand<br />
62 nd Coupe Mondiale<br />
1st: Grayson MASEFIELD - New Zealand<br />
2nd: Yicheng GAO - China<br />
3rd: Mingyuan RUAN - China<br />
Grayson Masefield, New Zealand's<br />
first ever <strong>CIA</strong> Coupe Mondiale<br />
winner, was born in Auckland, New<br />
Zealand on the 10th September<br />
1987 to accordion playing parents<br />
Ian and Heather Masefield. His<br />
musical career began at 3 years of<br />
age with Fay Schaw, then<br />
developed into the entertainment<br />
field inspired by his Uncle, Maurice<br />
Jones. He played in the North<br />
Shore Accordion Orchestras,<br />
starting in the Novices,<br />
progressing to the NSAO.<br />
Grayson began his classical<br />
training at Auckland University with<br />
Stephanie Poole, then went to<br />
France to study with renowned<br />
French teacher Frédéric<br />
Deschamps, where he has been<br />
studying for the last three years.<br />
In addition to his busy competition schedule, Grayson has been invited to perform in several countries including<br />
France, Spain, Germany, UK, Portugal, Slovakia, Italy, USA, China, New Zealand and Finland.<br />
The winner of several International competitions and awards in 2009 alone Grayson was the winner of the 5th Primus<br />
Ikaalinen Accordion Competition (Finland), 62 nd <strong>CIA</strong> Coupe Mondiale, the <strong>CIA</strong> International Competition for Virtuoso<br />
Entertainment Music Competition (New Zealand), the first time ever that a contestant has won both this and the Coupe<br />
Mondiale competition in the same year) and the 3 rd Roland International Competition for Digital Accordion in Rome<br />
(Italy) and a $10,000 Aimes Award (New Zealand). Grayson’s 2010 Concert Tours include performances in the USA,<br />
Portugal and Finland. For more information, please visit www.accordions.com/gmasefield or e-mail:<br />
gmasefield@gmail.com<br />
<strong>CIA</strong> Awards<br />
Top Left: <strong>CIA</strong> ‘Honored Friend of the Accordion<br />
Award’ presented to Gary Daverne, New<br />
Zealand<br />
Bottom Left: <strong>CIA</strong> ‘Honored Friend of the<br />
Accordion Award’ presented to Silvio De Pra,<br />
New Zealand<br />
Top Right: <strong>CIA</strong> ‘Merit Award’ presented to Kevin<br />
Friedrich, New Zealand<br />
Bottom Right: <strong>CIA</strong> Award for the Best New<br />
Original Work, presented to Gary Daverne for his<br />
composition Koriana for Solo Accordion<br />
For a complete review of the<br />
2009 Coupe Mondiale<br />
in North Shore City (Auckland)<br />
New Zealand, please visit:<br />
www.coupemondiale.org
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