Cory Pesaturo

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Cory Pesaturo
Cory Pesaturo in 2012.jpg
At a Festival in 2012
Background information
Origin Rhode Island, United States
GenresVarious
Instrument(s) Accordion, Pianos, Clarinet, Saxophone
Years active 1996 –present
Website www.CoryPesaturo.com
Medal record
Accordion Championships
National Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2009 US National Accordion ChampionshipsUS Open Solo National Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2004 US National Accordion ChampionshipsUS Open Solo National Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2009 US National Accordion ChampionshipsUS Open Solo Digital Accordion Championship
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2009 Coupe Mondiale World Accordion ChampionshipsDigital Category
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2010 World Jazz Accordion ChampionshipsJazz Category
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2011 Primus Ikaalinen World Acoustic Accordion ChampionshipPrimus Ikaalinen

Cory Pesaturo is an American multi-instrumentalist from Cumberland, Rhode Island, who plays the accordion, piano, clarinet, and saxophone. In 2002, Pesaturo became the youngest person to win the National Accordion Championship. [1]

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In 2009, Pesaturo won the Coupe Mondiale World Digital Accordion Championship in Auckland, New Zealand, and became the first American to win a World Accordion Championship since Peter Soave 25 years earlier. [2] In 2011, Pesaturo won the Primus Ikaalinen World Acoustic Accordion Championship, as its first American contestant. [3] In 2017, he broke the Guinness World Record for the longest continuous playing of the accordion, which was sponsored by Red Bull from his relationship with the Red Bull F1 Team. [4] In 2009, Pesaturo won the Leavenworth International Championship [5] and International Jazz Championship.

Cory Pesaturo and one of his modern electric accordions. This particular accordion has a full vinyl skin, and midi-sequenced LED's in the grill connected to the keys in a symmetric pattern. Cory White Angle New.jpg
Cory Pesaturo and one of his modern electric accordions. This particular accordion has a full vinyl skin, and midi-sequenced LED's in the grill connected to the keys in a symmetric pattern.

Life and career

Pesaturo got his start filling in for an ill Myron Floren at the former Warwick Music Theater in Rhode Island at age 11. Starting at the age of 12, he performed at the White House on four occasions, including at six other public and private functions for President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton. In June 1999, he performed at a State Dinner held for the President of Hungary, Árpád Göncz, [6] becoming the youngest person to perform for a State Dinner.

He was accepted on the accordion at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, [7] where he studied Contemporary Improvisation and a variety of music styles. Pesaturo became the second person to major in and graduate as an accordionist at the New England Conservatory. [8] In 2008, Roland named Pesaturo as part of their team of four American accordionists to promote Roland's V-Accordion. [9] Pesaturo performed for Roland at the NAMM Show in 2009 and was featured with Eddie Montiero in a concert for international press and NAMM dignitaries. He has also performed with different symphony orchestras around the country, including soloing for the Brockton Symphony Orchestra at 15. [10]

Pesaturo performs in a wide range of musical styles. He plays Italian music festivals across the United States, [11] mainstream music with DJ's, folk genres from French to Bulgarian and Jewish music, classical music performances with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, [12] and jazz, which he is most known for.

His music has been played for various Formula 1 races on SPEED TV and now NBC Sports starting in 2007, on the Velocity program "Chasing Classic Cars", and also at various Concours around the United States such as the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. Pesaturo has also combined his interest in statistics and sports with his collaborations on 98.5 The Sports Hub, and his appearance on the "100 Year Anniversary of Fenway Park" album in 2012, with current and past Boston Red Sox players, and journalists. [13] Pesaturo's interest in weather prompted him to write the 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season records list, later seasons of note, and other meteorological topics. Pesaturo was a featured contestant on CBS's Let's Make a Deal [14] in 2021, performer on NBC's That's My Jam [15] with Jimmy Fallon in 2022, and was chosen to be the featured accordionist on "Weird Al" Yankovic's biographical movie Weird: The Al Yankovic Story. Additionally, he has given four TEDx Talks, [16] and a host of other talks at known conferences, including two Talks at Google. [17]

Discography

Albums

Collaborative albums

Soundtracks

Conferences / Talks

TED Talks

Talks at Google

References

  1. ↑ "Pesaturo squeezes cool jazz from 'polka box'". The Providence Journal . September 27, 2007. Retrieved 2008-11-27.
  2. ↑ "Cory Pesaturo Wins 1st Place at the Coupe Mondiale". Accordions USA News . August 20, 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
  3. ↑ "Cory Pesaturo Wins Prrimus 2011". Primus Ikallinen World Championship . July 1, 2011. Archived from the original on July 9, 2011. Retrieved 2011-01-07.
  4. ↑ "Pesaturo powers to world record". Valley Breeze . August 9, 2017. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  5. ↑ "Leavenworth International Accordion Competition June 17-20, 2010". www.nwasnews.com. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
  6. ↑ Clinton, Hillary Rodham (2000). An Invitation to the White House . Simon & Schuster. pp.  82–83. ISBN   978-0-684-85799-2.
  7. ↑ Greenlee, Steve (October 18, 2007). "He brings accordion into jazz's fold". The Boston Globe . Retrieved 2008-11-27.
  8. ↑ "On The Fringe". The Providence Phoenix . April 2, 2008. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
  9. ↑ "Accordions are more than a punchline". Entrepreneur.com . November 2008. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
  10. ↑ "Brockton Symphony's Cohler a maestro for a new era" (PDF). The Sunday Enterprise . April 23, 2006. Retrieved 2009-03-23.
  11. ↑ "Festa Italiana Salutes Dick Contino July 23 with Special Memorial and Tribute Concert". Urban Milwaukee . July 19, 2017. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  12. ↑ "Cory Pesaturo Performances". Accordion USA News . October 1, 2021. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  13. ↑ "Fenway Park 100 Years Album". redsox.com . April 20, 2012. Archived from the original on May 1, 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
  14. ↑ Let's Make a Deal Performance June 4th, 2021
  15. ↑ That's My Jam Performance January 31, 2022
  16. ↑ The Mind of a Musician Cory Pesaturo TEDxBoston. 2022-10-31. Retrieved 2025-01-10– via YouTube.
  17. ↑ Accordion to Cory Cory Pesaturo & Ljubinka Kulisic Talks at Google. 2017-10-19. Retrieved 2025-01-10– via YouTube.
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