C Pez

About C Pez

The only person to Ever win World Championships on Digital Accordion (Coupe Mondiale) World Acoustic (Primus Ikaalinen) and in Jazz, Cory Pesaturo is both of the best players in the world, but also revolutionizing the way the accordion is perceived. In 2017, he was sponsored by RedBull to break the Guinness World Record for longest accordion playing, which he achieved. Cory is a graduate of the prestigious New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, MA, where he was the first musician ever to major and graduate in the accordion. Jazz Legend Wynton Marsalis has said \"Cory has got as much going on as any accordionist in the world\" and accordion Legend Dick Contino said, “Of all the accordionists I’ve seen over the years, Cory is the one to pass the torch to, the only one who has all the tools to bring the accordion back to its former glory.” Pesaturo\'s extensive resumé includes appearances at the White House for President and Mrs. Clinton on 4 different occasions and multiple National TV appearances in multiple countries. On one of the White House occasions, he became the youngest person ever to perform at a State Dinner. He has since performed at 7 other events for the Clintons and has 14 letters from the First family. At age 15, Cory became the youngest ever US National Accordion Champion. A win in a concerto competition gave Pesaturo the rare opportunity to perform Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto at the 2003 Christmas Pops Concert with the Brockton Symphony Orchestra as a featured soloist, where he became the youngest accordionist to ever solo with a symphony orchestra. Cory\'s latest move to revolutionize the instrument is the first ever fully skinned accordion, which is now fitted with coordinated lights. He has also begun a Pop Project with Yasmine Azaiez, and has also done the only TED Talk on the Accordion. Along with his 2 TEDx talks, he has given 2 Google Talks, and a talk at the well-known EG Conference.

Experience

1. Professional Musician

   Aug 1998 — Present

Education

• New England Conservatory of Music

  BM

  2008 — 2012

Skills

• Music Industry
• Classical
• Music Education
• Piano
• Recording
• Rock
• Music Theory
• Clarinet
• Concerts
• Blues
• Jazz
• Band
• Keyboards
• Pop
• Italian
• Orchestral Music
• French
• Music
• Composition