Welcome Pierre Bensusan – one of our favorite performers, described by the L.A. Times as “one of the most unique and brilliant acoustic guitar veterans in the world music scene today”. His name became synonymous with contemporary acoustic guitar genius, long before the terms New Age, New Acoustic Music or World Music were invented. He has the ability to make a single guitar sound like an entire band as he brings the audience on a mesmerizing musical journey.
Bensusan was the winner of the Independent Music Award, in the Live Performance Album category, for his latest triple live album “Encore” (2014), “Rose d’Or” of the Montreux Festival for his first album, “Près de Paris” (Switzerland, 1976) and “Best World Music Guitar Player ” by the readers of Guitar Player Magazine (USA, 2008), If “World Music” is music that pays tribute to the spirit of a collection of human beings through distinct rhythms, traditional instruments and harmonic colors, French-Algerian guitarist, singer and composer Pierre Bensusan can be recognized as one of the most eloquent world musicians today.
Like listening to a butterfly, to dappled sunshine coming through quaking aspens, his music flits and darts around like fish in a pool. And his compositions manage to encompass both the calmness of the pool and the flashing of the fish. It’s an entrancing, almost hypnotic thing to watch and hear him share his journey.
