Special to the Times-Free Press
The Friends of the Mary Ellen Welch Greenway presented an incredible evening of world class entertainment with renowned accordion player Cory Pesaturo featuring Eastie’s own Sonja Tengblad on August 30, at Bremen Street Park Amphitheater.
Accordion player Cory Pesaturo entertained those who attended.
Smooth360, a trio of accomplished musicians including East Boston resident Dennis Sullivan,, Toronto’s Angelo Traikos and Boston’s Bob Enik, opened up for Cory and Sonja with saxophonist Tucker Antell of Westford accompanying Cory on various arrangements.
Sonja performed beautiful arias and tunes to the large crowd in attendance, while Cory played various songs from jazz to pop. It was an incredible night.
At the age of nine Cory was playing accordion, piano, clarinet, and saxophone, and quickly became the youngest winner of the National Accordion Championship.
He has won championships playing on borrowed accordions – unheard of in accordion championships, and he broke the Guinness World Record for the longest continuous playing of the accordion. Among his many distinctions, he’s the only world champion of jazz on accordion, and he’s one of only four people to win championships on both acoustic and electronic accordions.
The Friends of the Mary Ellen Welch Greenway has a few more events planned for the Fall. Please check our Facebook and Instagram pages and our website at www.maryellenwelchgreenway.org
Thank you to Agnieszka Rytych-Foster photography