Cory will present a workshop, “Authenticity of Styles” at the 2015 ATG Festival in July. Cory will take simple tunes known by all, and work them through the machines of various genres to show the intricacies of each, and how the same song can sound completely different in a large amount of aspects, using Ornamentation, Feel, Tempo, Groove, Type of Improvisation, Scales, Chord Changes and Substitutions, and more. See what it means to Truly play Klezmer to Jazz to Irish and many more versus just playing a written arrangement in a certain genre.
Cory Pesaturo (“C Pez”) 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. Pesaturo is one of only four accordionists to win a World Championships competition on both the Acoustic and Digital Accordion, and is the only person to also win a World Championship in Jazz.
Pesaturo’s extensive resumé includes appearances at the White House for President and Mrs. Clinton on four different occasions, starting at age 12. On one of those occasions, he became the youngest person ever to perform at a State Dinner, performing with the Marine Strolling Strings for the President of Hungary.
He has since performed at seven other events for the Clintons and continues to keep in touch as proved by his 14 letters from the First family. He has judged accordion competitions in the US, Canada, and Europe, in addition to music competitions in general.
On his Classical side which is less known, a win at 16 years old in a Concerto competition at the New England Conservatory of Music, gave Cory the rare opportunity to perform with the Brockton Symphony Orchestra as a featured soloist and on the Jazz side, Cory recorded two CD’s with saxophone legend George Garzone and his famous band “The Fringe” at age 19, and has performed and become friends with Jazz and Music Legend Wynton Marsalis.
Cory has developed his own electric accordion, and already has made the first ever skinned accordion that includes a symmetric midi lighting system attached to the keys.
Cory will perform on Monday, July 26, 2015 for the Milwaukee Accordion Club.
In June, Cory was a featured guest of the Extreme Speed Motorsports and Tequila Patron team at the most famous motor race in the World, the 24 Hours of Le Mans (France). He also ran tires for both cars the entire 24 hours and talked strategy for the team.
Cory added, “I played a private dinner for one of the heads of NASCAR, Jim France, head of Fiat, the Designer of the current Indycar, Andrea Tosso, all put together by one of my Heros and new fan, Giampaolo Dallara, the most famous, prestigious, and most important Chassis Builder in automotive history.This was in Italy.”
For further information: cory.pesaturo@gmail.com
