Young New Zealand accordionist Grayson Masefield won the 62nd Coupe Mondiale World Accordion Championships held in New Zealand in August, the first time a New Zealander has ever won this International competition.

Another first is that Grayson not only won the Coupe Mondiale, but also took first prize in the International Competition for Virtuoso Entertainment Music. The only other accordionist to have taken both titles is French accordionist Jérôme Richard who did so in separate years.

This milestone achievement by Grayson Masefield highlighted his extraordinary and diverse ability, while affording him double world titles won in front of his home country audience.

Grayson’s most recent success was winning the 2009 3rd Roland International V-Accordion Festival and Competition, November 19th to 20th, in Rome, Italy.

Plans are underway to schedule a concert tour for Grayson in the US from mid-April to mid-May, 2010. A number of concert dates are still available.

The following dates are already taken:
Sunday, April 11, 2010 -Accordion Teachers Association of MA (ATAM), Boston
Sunday, April 25, 2010 – Connecticut Accordion Association, Connecticut
Saturday, May 1, 2010 – Concert, Silver Spring, MD sponsored by Dan & Joan Grauman
Sunday, May 2, 2010- Carmen Carrozza Scholarship Dinner, New York

To arrange concert dates, please contact concert organizer, Faithe Deffner via e-mail: fdeffner@aol.com or the AAA office at AAA1938@aol.com.