Cory Pesaturo recently played on Liberace’s piano, Dick Contino’s accordion, and Guido Deiro’s accordion! That is amazing but not surprising for him because Cory Pesaturo travels and performs throughout the accordion/musical world creating musical happenings wherever he goes.

Cory explains, “Maybe the GREATEST HONOR of my Life. “My Father spent his life introducing & revolutionizing this instrument to the USA in 1909. You are the man leading this quest now. My father would want you to have this.” said Count Guido Robert Deiro, who has gifted me the instrument which the Father of the Piano Accordion Guido Deiro played from 1936-1940. This in front of important historical figures of Las Vegas. There’s so much to this story.”

Cory has been named as the “Concert Master” for the Saturday evening Concert on March 10, 2018 at the NAA Convention in Texas. He and Tom Jordan (Sound man and Ballroom coordinator) will share the MC job.

Cory will perform and offer workshops at the 31st Annual NAA Convention in Texas March 7-10, 2018:
* Workshop 1: Cory Does Lovello! “The musical techniques of Tony Lovello that details the many unique techniques Tony used as I went over in this video” https://www.youtube.com/Lovello
* Demonstration: Thursday, 4:30 PM Digital Studio

* Workshop 2: Authenticity of Styles:
“Just because you know a Frank Marocco arrangement does not mean you know a lick about Jazz. Just because you play Nunzio’s version of “Under Paris Skies” does not mean you know anything about French music. Playing a style takes years to understand, let alone master. I will take you through 10+ genres, and dive into the details of each, using just one simple song as an example all the way through. The song will transform in groove, ornaments, tempo, key, touch, feel, and many other aspects as it is put through the paces of each genre. By the end, you will have an idea of how to identify certain details in a style, apply them to your playing, and hence, make yourself sound more authentic.”

* Cory Pesaturo Concerts:
* Includes Electric Concerts OR an Acoustic concert as many have been asking me for the past year. This all depends on what the crowd would want from me. I’m extremely flexible as long as I can have fun.

Cory Pesaturo is an American musician from Cumberland, Rhode Island. Pesaturo is an accordion player, who also plays the piano, clarinet, and saxophone. He began playing at the age of nine, and in 2002, became the youngest person to win the National Accordion Championship.

He most recently won the 2011 Primus Ikaalinen World Championship and was the first ever American contestant. Additionally, 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. In June 2009, he won the Leavenworth International Championship, and International Jazz Championship.

Pesaturo performed in 5 different continents during 2009; some countries included Canada, Italy, New Zealand, Tunisia and Japan. Cory is one of only four accordionists in history to win a World Championship on both acoustic and electronic accordion, and also won a world championship in jazz.

The right photo is 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. He was accepted on the accordion at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, MA. where he studied Contemporary Improvisation and a variety of music styles, including Italian and French folk music, Bulgarian and Jewish music, Classical music and Jazz. He became the second person to major in and graduate as an accordionist at the New England Conservatory.

Photo above: Cory with Guido Deiro’s accordion

For further information: cory.pesaturo@gmail.com