Spectacular, Impressive, sensational , virtuoso, and “magnifico” are only a few of the words that Angelo Mazzei uses when asked to describe his friend Cory Pesaturo.
Cory Pesaturo is an extraordinarily gifted 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. 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. In 2011, Pesaturo won the Primus Ikaalinen World Acoustic Accordion Championship, while additionally being its first ever American contestant. 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. In 2009, Cory won the Leavenworth International Championship, and International Jazz Championship, along with performing in 5 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 was a featured contestant on CBS’s Let’s Make a Deal in 2021, performer on NBC’s That’s My Jam with Jimmy Fallon in 2022, and was chosen to be the featured accordionist on “Weird Al Yankovic’s biographical movie Weird: The Al Yankovic Story. Additionally, he has given 4 TEDx Talks, and a host of other talks at known conferences, including 2 Talks at Google. And now, you have the opportunity to see Cory in-person at The Temblor. Don’t miss this one-night event Tuesday Aug. 20th!
Cory Pesaturo – World Renowned Musician
