Video: Cory Pesaturo and Nahre Sol

Cory Pesaturo recently recorded a video with Nahre Sol which, in days had millions of views and, as of this publication, is now at 8 million views and 800,000 likes on Instagram,YouTube and Tok Tok.! 

Who is Nahre Sol? Nahre Sol performs, composes and teaches an eclectic mixture of music that draws from aspects of improvisation, the avant-garde, traditional Western forms and harmony, jazz, and minimalism. She runs a notable series of videos on Youtube that distill her distinct perspective as a classically-trained pianist with an insatiable appetite for new ideas about music theory, harmony, practicing, and composition. She has gained notoriety and over 380,000 subscribers through her videos breaking down the stylistic elements of great classical composers and documentaries that share excursions into various genres she explores.

She runs a notable series of videos on Youtube that distill her distinct perspective as a classically-trained pianist with an insatiable appetite for new ideas about music theory, harmony, practicing, and composition. She has gained notoriety and over 380,000 subscribers through her videos breaking down the stylistic elements of great classical composers and documentaries that share excursions into various genres she explores.

Nahre holds degrees from The Juilliard School and The Glenn Gould School of The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. As a soloist and chamber musician, she has performed at venues across North America and Europe, including The Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., The Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, Gusman Theatre in Miami, in addition to numerous spaces in many countries. In 2013 she was a recipient of the Harriet Hale Woolley Grant, which enabled her to study in Paris under Gabriel Tacchino and Narcis Bonet, pupils of Francis Poulenc and Nadia Boulanger.

Nahre’s music has been premiered in New York City, Buenos Aires, Paris, and Toronto by artists such as Julian Martin, Han Chen, Jaewon Bang, Jeremy Smith, and Griffin McMahon. She has given performances, masterclasses, and talks at institutions such as the Carnegie Mellon University, Boston University, M.I.T., Syracuse University, University of Costa Rica, among others. In 2019-2020, she was the co-host of Sound Field, a music channel by PBS Digital Studios alongside drummer L.A. Buckner.  Recently, she released her debut album of original works for keyboard, “Alice in Wonderland,” which features a mix of compositions for solo piano, synthesizers, and prepared piano.  Also in 2021, she has been contributing to video game and film projects that will be publicly announced in the near future.  

Cory Pesaturo (“C Pez”) believes in pushing the boundaries of what is possible with the accordion. Cory has won international accordion competitions for acoustic and digital accordion and is an accordion graduate of the prestigious New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, MA. Cory’s main contribution is his visionary thinking of how the accordion should be used, played, taught, and presented in modern music.  He has given 2 TED Talk’s and 2 Google Talk’s. Pesaturo is also developing his own electric accordion, and has made a skinned accordion which includes a symmetric lighting system attached to the keys.

For further information: Cory.pesaturo@gmail.com