2009 Coupe Mondiale World Accordion Champion


Publicity Photographs | 2010 USA Tour
Grayson Masefield was born in Auckland, New Zealand on the 10th September 1987 to accordion playing parents Ian and Heather Masefield.


His musical career began at 3 years of age with Fay Schaw, then developed into the entertainment field with Maurice Jones. He played in the North Shore Accordion Orchestras, starting in the Novices, progressing to the NSAO.

Grayson began classical training at Auckland University with Stephanie Poole. Grayson went to France for seminars and tuition with Frédéric Deschamps in 2007, 2008 and 2009.

Additionally, Grayson has been invited to perform in several European countries during 2007, 2008 & 2009. France, Spain, Germany, UK, Portugal and 2009, Slovakia, Germany, Italy, USA and Portugal, China, New Zealand, Finland.


2009 Coupe Mondiale Prize Giving

Grayson attended Takapuna Primary School, leaving with the Rotary Prize for "The Child most likely to succeed." At Takapuna Normal Intermediate School, he took the lead part in the school show and began playing tennis.

He later attended Rangitoto College representing the largest school in New Zealand in volleyball and tennis. He lead all of the New Zealand volleyball teams into the arenas at the Australasian Schools Volleyball Tournaments with a Maori challenge. He also won his schools Speech Competition when only 16 years.

Accordion Competitions Experience
Grayson has competed internationally in Virtuoso Entertainment and Classical categories. His successes include:
2010 1st Place, Spoleto Senior Variete and Senior Classic
2009 1st Place, Roland International V-Accordion Competition & Festival
2009 1st Place, Coupe Mondiale
2009 1st Place, Coupe Mondiale Virtuoso Entertainment
2009 1st Place, Primus Ikaalinen International TV Competition - Finland
2009 2nd Place, Trophée Mondiale Senior Classique
2009 2nd Place, Klingenthal Category 6, Virtuoso Entertainment
2008 1st Place, Castelfidardo Category D Senior Classical
2008 1st Place, Trophée Mondiale Senior Varieté, picture of prize giving above right
2008 2nd Place, Trophée Mondiale Senior Classique
2007 3rd Place, Coupe Mondiale Piano Accordion Category
2007 3rd Place, Category D, Castelfidardo International Competitions
2007/8 1st Place, New Zealand and South Pacific Accordion Champion
2007/8 1st Place, National Accordion Organisation of the UK, International

TV Experience
Several performances on TV in France, Sata Hame Soi Festival in Finland
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7g4vw_au-bonheur-de-nacre-avec-grayson-ma_music
TV1 in New Zealand, Breakfast Show
TV3 in New Zealand

Magazines
Magazine Strumenti Musica (Italy) article - Acrobat file 7.7MB about the Trophée Mondial de l'Accordéon 2008 where Grayson, the only contestant in both top categories won a 1st and a 2nd place.
Download this pdf file 7.7MB.


Publicity Photographs | 2010 USA Tour


Workshops Attended:
Frédéric Deschamps
Viatcheslav Semionov
Kevin Friedrich
Romano Viazzani
Tania Lukic-Marx
Alexander Shirunov
Mary Tokarski
Fang Yuan

Publicity Photographs | 2010 USA Tour

Contact:
Grayson Masefield Email   gmasefield@gmail.com