Video below directed by Mike Rossi for the www.DeschampsCHANNEL.com Web TV

Video above: VIII Primus Ikaalinen International Accordion Entertainment Competition.

Tan Jia Liang (China) has won the VIII Primus Ikalinen Competition in an exciting musical run-off with 7 other superb contestants: Russia: Utkina Ekaterina, France: Elsa Gourdy, Moldavia: Dorin Grama, Kazacstan: Shamgar Tolkynhan, Germany: Radu Laxgang, Lithuania: Martinas Levickis and Finland Henriikka Santamaa (selected the day before from the contest of National Selection).

Results:
1st place: Tan jia Liang (China) € 3,000 prize
2nd place: Dorin Grama (Moldavia) € 2,000 prize
3rd place: Radu Laxgang (Germany) € 1,000 prize

The Primus Ikaalinen competition was co-hosted by Mari Turunen and Kimmo Mattila.

Below is the international jury, left to right: Frederic Deschamps (France), Kaisa Kujanpää (Finland), Yulia Amerikova (Russia), Jörgen Sundeqvist (Sweden), Grayson Masefield (New Zealand), Kevin Friedrich, President of the Jury (USA).