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11-Sep-2009
Roland Sponsors the Digital Accordion Competition at the Coupe Mondiale – New Zealandby Rob Howard |
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 Cory Pesaturo, USA representative in the 2009 CIA Coupe Mondiale in New Zealand, won first place in the International Competition for Digital Accordion. This new competition category was sponsored by the Roland Corporation.This competition featured an international jury plus every member of the audience had a voting sheet. Photo left shows the voting sheet being explained to the audience. This was a close competition with Laryssa Bodell (UK) who won the audience vote finishing a close second to Cory. Third was Sarah Assis (Brazil). Roland also sponsored Ludovic Beier (France) as a guest artist at the Coupe Mondiale. He was featured for the Friday night French Soiree in an entertainment role and at the Finale Gala Concert and Prize Giving in a concert performance role. Winner of the Roland sponsored Digital category Cory Pesaturo, is a graduate of the prestigious New England Conservatory of Music. In 2002, Cory Pesaturo became the youngest ever National Accordion Champion, and went on to Copenhagen, Denmark for that year’s Coupe Mondiale. He has since appeared in many competitions and concerts, and has performed at the White House on no less than four occasions for President and Mrs Clinton on four different occasions. On one of those occasions, he became the youngest person ever to perform at a State Dinner. He is also mentioned in Mrs. Clinton’s book ‘An Invitation to the White House’. Cory has recently recorded two CDs with saxophonist George Garzone and his band ‘The Fringe’. Cory’s future performances include: September 13th 2pm, at Accordion Connection, Gilmanton, New Hampshire, and November 13th to 15th at the Florida Accordion Association 2009 SMASH event at the Holiday Inn International, Florida. |