Cory Pesaturo is an American musician from Rhode Island, mostly known for his constant efforts to revolutionize the accordion, while still being one of the instrument's highest ranking players.  He is the only person to ever win World Accordion Championships in Digital, Acoustic, and Jazz Accordion.  His vast versatility he credits to his teachers and alma mater the New England Conservatory where he became the only person to ever study and graduate in accordion.  He started his accordion quest by becoming the National Champion in 2002 at 15 years of age, tying the youngest age to achieve this feat.

Cory has performed at the White House on four occasions, and has played at seven other public events and private functions for President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton since the late 1990's.  In 1999 he performed at a State Dinner held for the President of Hungary, becoming the youngest performer at a White House State Dinner. In 2008, Roland named Cory as the U.S. Demonstrator to their V-Accordion line.  Cory has also performed with different symphony orchestras around the USA, including the Brockton Symphony Orchestra 2003, where he became the youngest accordionist to ever solo with a symphony performing Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto.

Because of Cory's ability to play a wide variety of genres, his music has been played for various Formula 1 races on SPEED TV, FOX, and NBC starting in 2007, and on the Velocity program "Chasing Classic Cars."  Due to his love for the car world, Cory performs at various Concours around the United States ranging from the Newport Concours d'Elegance to the worldly famous Pepple Beach Concours d'Elegance.  He has also combined his interest in statistics and sports with his appearance on the "100 Year Anniversary of Fenway Park" album in 2012, along with current and past Boston Red Sox players and journalists.  Furthermore, he is widely recognized for his work in Meteorological statistics, most notably Hurricanes and Winter Storms.

http://www.corypesaturo.com

Vincenzo Abbracciante was born in Ostuni, Italy on February 21st, 1983.  At the age of 8 years old, he studied music with his father Franco and A. Sanese.  Vincenzo studied and/or attended masterclasses with Franco D'Andrea, Bruno Tommaso, Richard Galliano, Joelle Leandre, Steve Potts, Roberto Gatto, and Dado Moroni.  He also graduated in jazz music at the Conservatory "Nino Rota" in Monopoli.  In October 2000, he won the 25th International Prize and Award in Castelfidardo and in 2003 he won the 53rd World Trophy.  Since 2000, he has been the Artist of the Borsini Accordion factory in Castelfidardo.

In 2011, he was awarded with the prestigious VOCE D'ORO (GOLD REED) by the International Accordion Festival in Castelfidardo, whose previous recipients include:  Astor Piazzolla, Gorni Kramer, Richard Galliano, Antonello Salis, Art Van Damme, Gil Goldstein, and Vinicio Capossela.  He wrote the soundtrack for the movie, "le Mamme di San Vito" directed by Gianni Torres.  The film won the prize Globo Tricolore 2011 - Brazil/Cinema.

Vincenzo has performed and toured in various parts of the world including:  Germany, Brazil, the United States, China, India, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, England, Austria, South Africa, Denmark, Holland and Canada.  His performances have reached a variety of festivals and prestigious jazz clubs throughout the world including:  Virada Cultural (San Paolo), Melbourne Jazz Festival, Queen's Birthday Jazz & Blues Festival (Wellington), Java Jazz Festival (Jakarta), Esplanade Hall (Singapore), Montreal Jazz Festival, Rochester Jazz Festival, Terni Jazz Fest (Italy), Bari in Jazz (Italy), FIF (Castelfidardo, Italy), National Arts Festival (Grahamstown), and the Hong Kong Jazz Festival.

Some of the great musicians that Vincenzo has worked with include:  Juini Booth, John Medeski, Marc Ribot, Marvin Bugalu Smith, Stacy Dillard, Flavio Boltro, Carlo Actis Dato, Bruno Tommaso, The Bumps (Davide Penta & Antonio Di Lorenzo), Giuseppe Delre, Roberto Ottaviano, Luca Ciarla, and Lucio Dalla.

In 2006, he opened up his repertoire to include performances on vintage keyboards such as the Hammond organ, the Farfisa, and the Fender Rhodes, ect.  This has given his creative and musical mind additional freedoms to venture deeper into the enigmas of psychedelic jazz music.  In 2009, along with Carlo Borsini of the Borsini Accordion factory, Vincenzo helped to design a new system for accordion registers which allows the player to widen the range of sound coming from the instrument.  After more than a year of construction, testing, and design, this Signature accordion was officially presented at Musikmesse in Frankfurt, Germany in April 2011.  Richard Galliano, speaking about young accordionists in an interview which was published in the French magazine "Jazzman" said:  "The person that really impressed me is a young Italian with an origin from Puglia, Italy:  his name is Vincenzo Abbracciante.  In every piece he embarks on a story which touches me."

http://www.vinceabbracciante.com

Born in the 'Sertão' countryside of Rio Grande do Norte, Lulinha's first contact with music was playing traditional instruments like the 'triâgulo' and 'zabumba' with his father the accordionist Zé de Cezário.

Lulinha Alencar is a self-taught musician that started to play accordion professionally in 1999.  It was then that he was able to demonstrate his work as a 'sanfoneiro' (accordionist) and moved to São Paolo.

His work revisits his northeastern roots incorporating new elements which are influenced by urban sounds, the masters, and the exploration of arrangements from traditional and contemporary music.

As a versatile musician Lulinha Alencar brings a rich repertoire and deep expression with his instrument, turning himself a reference in the Brazilian Music scene of today.

Born 1981, the accordionist Miroslav Lelyukh is a professional musician from Kaliningrad, Russia.  Miroslav graduated from the Saint-Petersburg State University of Culture and Arts (2000-2005).  Specialties:  concert performer, soloist of ensamble, soloist of orchestra, teacher, and conductor.  As a Laureate of international competitions, Miroslav Lelyukh was a member of the festivals in Russia, Finland, Sweden, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland.  He has won numerous awards including the Competition "Muzy Peterburga" ("Muses of Petersburg"), First Place in the Variety Category at the International Competition  "Peter-Paul Assemblies of Harmonica" (Saint Petersburg, 2003), Winner of three First Prizes at the prestigious International Competition of Accordionists "Citta di Castelfidardo' (Italy, 2004).

Miroslav Lelyukh was thge first Russian accordionst to take First Place in the Category Variete Senior in the 29 year long history of the competition in Castelfidardo (2004).  He was also the first performer in Russia playing the accordion of the world famous Italian company Borsini Accordions of Castelfidardo.  Miroslav performed with the Daugavpils Accordion Orchestra, the Lithuanian Youth Accordion Orchestra, and the Kiliningrad Regional Orchestras.  He's also performed on a variety of TV and radio shows which included interviews about concerts and his creativity with the accordion.

Miroslav was the organizer and member of the jury of the International Festival Competition "Salute Accordion!" (Kaliningrad, 2011-12).  He also gives consultations and Master Classes in various music schools of Kaliningrad and abroad.  Over the years, Miroslav has created several projects with a variety of musicians and performed with success in concerts in Kaliningrad, Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Turku, Vilnius, Klaiped, Palanga, Warsawa, Lodz, Riga, Daugavpils, Castelfidardo, and the USA.

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