Global InformationCory Pesaturo information
Cory Pesaturo | |
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 At a Festival in 2012 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Rhode Island, United States |
| Genres | Various |
| Instrument(s) | Accordion, Pianos, Clarinet, Saxophone |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Website | www.CoryPesaturo.com |
| Medal record | ||
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| Accordion Championships | ||
| National Championships | ||
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2009 US National Accordion Championships | US Open Solo National Championships |
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2004 US National Accordion Championships | US Open Solo National Championship |
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2009 US National Accordion Championships | US Open Solo Digital Accordion Championship |
| World Championships | ||
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2009 Coupe Mondiale World Accordion Championships | Digital Category |
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2010 World Jazz Accordion Championships | Jazz Category |
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2011 Primus Ikaalinen World Acoustic Accordion Championship | Primus Ikaalinen |
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.[1] In 2009, he 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 who had previously stopped playing acoustic accordion, won the Primus Ikaalinen World Acoustic Accordion Championship, while additionally being its first ever American contestant.[3] Furthermore on the world titles, Pesaturo used his own arrangements for the band, improvised most of the performances, and played on borrowed accordions; all of which were unheard of in world accordion championships. 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, Cory won the Leavenworth International Championship, and International Jazz Championship, along with performing in 5 different continents which included the countries of Canada, Italy, New Zealand, Tunisia and Japan. Pesaturo is one of only four accordionists in history to win a World Championship on both acoustic and electronic accordion, and is the only person to also win a world championship in jazz.
- ^ "Pesaturo squeezes cool jazz from 'polka box'". The Providence Journal. September 27, 2007. Retrieved 2008-11-27.
- ^ "Cory Pesaturo Wins 1st Place at the Coupe Mondiale". Accordions USA News. August 20, 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
- ^ "Cory Pesaturo Wins Prrimus 2011". Primus Ikallinen World Championship. July 1, 2011. Archived from the original on July 9, 2011. Retrieved 2011-01-07.
- ^ "Pesaturo powers to world record". Valley Breeze. August 9, 2017. Retrieved 2018-04-09.