Video above: ‘Tango 130’ from the new album ‘Koriana’ by famous New Zealand conductor, composer, arranger Gary Daverne, performed by Grayson Masefield.

Gary Daverne releases a new album titled ‘Koriana’ this weekend at the 2019 South Pacific Accordion Championships in New Zealand.

In the above video, Grayson performs “Tango 130 (For Stephanie)”. This was a special composition for long time friend Stephanie Poole who was a New Zealand accordion champion performing and recording many of Gary’s accordion compositions. The 130 represents the tempo which Grayson wanted to record it at. Gary wanted 128 or 132.”

Multi world champion, Grayson Masefield, recently performed in concert for the Alabama Accordionists Association. Grayson Masefield is the first person to win World international competitions in Classical, Virtuoso and Digital accordion categories. 

Over the years, Grayson has been invited to perform in many countries including France, Spain, Germany, UK, Portugal, Slovakia, Italy, USA, Canada, Russia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Portugal, China, Switzerland, Austria, New Zealand, Australia and Finland. Grayson has available a varied program of serious concert works as well as entertainment music. His extensive repertoire can be heard on his three albums as well as many over 1.3 million performances on Youtube. He has worked with several of the world’s leading composers such as Franck Angelis (France), Gorka Hermosa (Spain), Petri Makkonen (Finland) and Gary Daverne (New Zealand) to perform and record new original works for the accordion.

Full details will be added to this article after the release on Sunday, June 2.