Kestrin can currently be seen on the new DVD release of "Expired", with Samantha Morton, as a guest on "Rita Rocks", and performing regularly with his Orchestra and her new project, Kestrin.

JULY 9, 2009: Silverlake Lounge, w/ his Orchestra

JULY 12, 2009: Hyperion Tavern, 8pm

Recent Interviews: LA WEEKLY, HOUSTON PRESS

Demo de Jour (Ben's song)

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A force of nature in the underground Los Angeles music scene, cellist and vocalist Kestrin Pantera has worked with ground-breaking artists Weezer, Cary Brothers (Grammy Award winning “Garden State” soundtrack), Rob Dickinson (The Catherine Wheel), Adam Freeland, Twiggy (Nine Inch Nails), Brandi Carlile, The Fray, and Beck, 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 "Roommates". Kestrin was featured on the cover of the L.A. Times, en route to Coachella, 2008, and she currently plays cello, percussion, and sings in his Orchestra with Douglas Smith (Big Love) and Raviv Ullman, as well as her new project, currently called "Kestrin".

(cello)

Kestrin currently works on the Nickelodeon cartoon "Ni Hao, Kai Lan". She stars in the award winning film "Stars and Suns" with Najarra Townsend ("Me, You, and Everyone We Know"), and acts 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"), in several episodes of Adrian Grenier's show "Alter Eco", 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. 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".