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A force of nature of in the Los Angeles music scene, cellist and vocalist Kestrin Pantera has performed with ground-breaking artists Beck, Weezer, Cary Brothers (Grammy Award winning “Garden State” soundtrack), Rob Dickinson (The Catherine Wheel), Adam Freeland, Twiggy (Nine Inch Nails), The Fray, and Brandi Carlile, among others. She has licensed music to Adrian Grenier's show "Alter Eco", the Lifetime sitcom "Rita Rocks", and sings on his Orchestra's theme song for ABC's new show, "Roommates". Kestrin was featured on the cover of the L.A. Times, en route to perform at Coachella, 2008. She currently plays cello, percussion, and sings in his Orchestra with Douglas Smith (Big Love) and Raviv Ullman.

(cello)

This season Kestrin appears in several episodes of "Alter Eco", stars in the award winning film "Stars and Suns" with Najarra Townsend ("Me, You, and Everyone We Know"), and is in theatres acting with Academy Award winner Samantha Morton in "Expired" (Cannes, Sundance). She can currently be seen on television guest starring in the show "Rita Rocks" (as "Kestrin, the maddeningly free-spirited cellist") and in a hilarious X-Box commercial with Burt Reynolds. She has peformed in numerous critically acclaimed music videos (Beck, The Strokes, 3 Doors Down), theatrical productions, radio shows, & feature films.

(film & demo reel)

Kestrin established KP2 Productions to unite the entertainment and technology communities to entertain, inspire, and advocate social change. 2008 successes include SXSW's famed RVIP Lounge, Fundraisers for The Breast Cancer Fund (raising over $30,000 with actresses Sarah Carter, Jaime Pressly, and a celebrity host committee), events for Barack Obama (with artist Shepard Fairey), as well as a pilot for the show "Operation Ugly Beauty", and the film "Marathoners".

 

("Operation Ugly Beauty" trailer)