The Mind of a Musician | Cory Pesaturo | TEDxBoston
he inner workings of how a musician, creates, thinks, plays & improvises.
Here, 3X World Champion & Guinness World Record Breaking Accordionist Cory Pesaturo “CPez” goes over the 3 columns of the musical craft which must be mastered to become a top tier musician, and how the process should flow so one can become their own unique player, composer, & improvisor.
Cory Pesaturo is an American musician from Cumberland, Rhode Island who has been playing the accordion since the age of nine.
Cory has been winning accordion competitions all over the world and is a pioneer of jazz accordion. 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 ago. 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 is the only person to also win a world championship in jazz.
He is a graduate of 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. He also plays the piano, clarinet, and saxophone.
“If anyone can make the accordion hip - and that’s a tall order - it just might be Cory Pesaturo,” said the Boston Globe. “Pesaturo makes the instrument sound as natural and native to jazz as the saxophone or trumpet.” This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
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This guy has got it all. He's cool, charismatic and a marvelous musician. It's amazing how he is able to take fairly complexed concepts and present it in a way that is fun, interesting and understandable to all of us.
this guy is amazing. jeez.
@CPez
5 ай бұрын
That is So kind! I had to rush this SO much (I really needed 40+ minutes), and I’d be happy to explain more.
@drdre4397
5 ай бұрын
make that 40+ minute video on your channel! I know you are successful in the real-world music scene, but your talent mixed with your passion and personality would make for a super popular content creator or educator. Obviously, there are only so many hours in a day, but it would be awesome, and I do believe you'd really take off.
Very interesting & well articulated presentation. As a trained classical pianist who plays jazz & accordion, originally by ‘ear’ I could identify with everything that was said. I thought the classic example ,with all three of the skills mentioned to the highest degree ,should be included in your choice of greats & that, undoubtedly, was Mozart. Many others considered great composers could improvise & play to an extremely high standard with an incredible knowledge of theory & ability to orchestrate complex scores. It is this range of exceptional abilities that marks out the so called ‘greats’ in music. A thought provoking topic.
@CPez
5 ай бұрын
Thanks so much!! I Really really need this to be 40 minutes as I had to rush it So much, but glad you still understood it. I’ve been finding that completely different fields from music have a similar 3-pillar system.
@drdre4397
5 ай бұрын
@@CPezYou're crazy man, but in the best way! I think you'd have tremendous sucess with shorts content. I found out about you from the Chopin jazz short and was hoping to find more videos of you ripping the accordion
Brilliant presentation! Excellently explained! I have played Balkan music for 50 years and can vouch for every aspect of the three techniques you have mentioned. Having the ear for the music is critical! 🙏🎼🎶🎶🎶🪗
@walterwalko6354
4 ай бұрын
K0
NO, nothing fancy to say other than *YOU ARE GREAT and a REVIVALIST of the ACCORDION - You POSESS THE ABILITY "TO THINK" @ do it OUTSIDE THE BOX and this is SIMPLY TELLING YOU that Y O U must continue your QUEST going FORWARD* You are LOVED by much more than who COMMENTS! Thank you SO MUCH!
I noted that standing and talking without accordion is a lot easier.
That is such an interesting framework! As a hobbyist, I'm not very good at any of the three categories, but for quite some time something has been bugging me about my musicianship. And it's exactly this concept, that my technical skill, brain and ear are not on similar levels, especially the last one lacking behind significantly! Very eye opening. This talk really could have used at least 30 more minutes going deeper into these concepts, and how musicians improve them. Hope Cory talks about this in the future!
Wow!
Outstanding presentation as usual. Super knowledgeable player!!! I must know what type of shoulder straps are those?
@CPez
5 ай бұрын
That is So kind Jerry! I had to rush this SO much (I really needed 40+ minutes), and I’d be happy to explain more. And they are a special brand from a small company in Finland 😮.
Pure facts
@CPez
5 ай бұрын
That is So kind! I had to rush this SO much (I really needed 40+ minutes), and I’d be happy to explain more. Plus I know I’m going to offend many haha, but I don’t care. My intention is to HELP people.
Does he really do everything with Stradella bass?
@CPez
Ай бұрын
Yes!
@boboscurse4130
Ай бұрын
@@CPez Give a course on left hand!
12:34 - 12:43 LOL
@CPez
5 ай бұрын
You’ve been there before haven’t you 😂
@nameless_fairy
5 ай бұрын
@@CPez minor third up or down is no big deal, though. If you have button accordion.
Met this guy while he was defending a guy physically abusing a drummer to remove him from a jam jazz session at a bar. He was not defending the guy being abused, he was defending the abuse. He was portraying it as tough love, necessary to help the poor guy "learn". Don't buy this guy's BS.
@CPez
Ай бұрын
“Met” hahaha. You come here to attack someone you’ve never met and say exciting I said is BS when you didn’t listen to any of it Nor have studied my playing. What a basement troll you are.
@ross3818
14 күн бұрын
"My father was an architect". Okay-y-y