2012 “Hohner Cup” Variete Accordion Competition, Daily Report

Daily Report - 16th August

This was the first morning of competitions. The performances were entertainment I went to the children's category which had 91 entries. This age group is for 10 to 12 years. Each competitor played a test piece which was a piece they performed with a backing track that was supplied by the organizers of the competition. Some of the children had problems with playing in time with the backing track but the better contestants were of a very good standard. Each contestant also performed one own choice piece.
	Guo Ruiwen

Xu Zhiyi	Chen Haoxing

Liu Tianyao	Wang Haiyao

Jury for this category were, left to right: Bi Dan, Chang Cheng, Wen Quan, Su Hang, Luo Han, Zhang Liqin, Mei Shitu and Wang Ying.

Gao Ruike	Wang Jiahua

Tian Xinyi	Guo Jiawen

Liang Yanhe	Su Mingzhe

Luo Ting	Lan Tianchun

Long Yitong	Liu Rongling

Lin Xin Yuhao	Fan Lanxin

Song Yu Xuan	Sun Ruipu

Nie Rong	Cao Ziyao

Yang Linqing	Guo Junde

Wang Dan Tong	Wang Yuyu

Wang Yuyu	Yang Yilin

Zhou Chenyang	Zhou Chenyang

Bi Wenqi	Hesheng Hong


Xue Huimin	Jiao Yuning

Niu Yingqi	Song Xurui

Han Jixian	Liu Zimu

Afternoon Jury, left to right: Huan Bing, Li Yan, Chen Yi, Piao Mingzhe, Song Weihua, Wu Yan and Wang Dan

Hu Erli	Sun Jiang

Lin Xinhao	Wang Runtang

Dai Jianke	Huang Jialong

Yang Yi Feng Xi	Huang Yu Hang

Wang Jiaqi	Li Dandan

Chen Zexi


Internationally successful Chinese Variété accordionist Zhao Liu was compere for the evening.	Cao Ye opened the Hohner Night Variété Concert

and impressed the audience.	Tan Jia Liang was next to perform. He was first place winner at the recent Primus Ikalinen Variété competition in Finland.

and his performance also impressed the audience.	Multi world champion Grayson Masefield was next to the stage

showing the skills and musicianship that won him some many competitions. He played solo Variété music selections sitting down	then stood to perform playing Variété with backing tracks. There was very strong applause.

Then Grayson Masefield and Tan Jia Liang performed a duo with backing track.

This was followed by a trio of Tan Jia Liang, Grayson Masefield and Cao Ye with backing tracks.

The trio completed the concert to the very enthusiastic applause of the audience. After the concert, Grayson was mobbed on the stage. If you look at the photo below, you can just see Grayson's red colored hair behind a large group of fans wanting signatures and photos..


and at one point Grayson nearly disappeared underneath all the programs being held up for signature.

The evening finished with groups of young players having their photo taken with Grayson Masefield and the other two performers, Tan Jia Liang, and Cao Ye.