Burchfield Penney Concert & Masterclass with France's Acoustic Guitar Master Pierre Bensusan!

On Wednesday, May 17, Buffalo NY fans are excited to welcome back France's acoustic guitar master Pierre Bensusan in concert at Burchfield Penney Art Center, co-hosted byAmerican Association of Teachers of French - Western New York Chapter. PLUS a guitar workshop on Tuesday, May 16 at Northtown Music - all on his 40 date tour of the USA and Canada!

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), "Best World Music Guitar Player " by the readers of Guitar Player Magazine (USA, 2008), Bensusan is recognized as one of the premier musicians of our time.

GUITAR WORKSHOP - Level - intermediate to advanced

Date: Tuesday, May 16 Time: 7pm to 9pm

Where: Northtown Music http://www.northtownmusic.com

Address: 3648 Harlem Road, Cheektowaga

Tickets: $50 per participant.

Reservations must be made in advance
To Reserve, Contact: masalajazz@hotmail.com / (716) 242-9236 or (716) 838-3835

Pierre's workshops are open to any guitarist, from every musical horizon, who has already attained a competent technical level and can read tablature (further details on ticket order link)

CONCERT

Date: Wednesday, May 17 Time: 8pm

Where: Burchfield Penney Art Center

Address: 1300 Elmwood Avenue Buffalo, New York 14222 https://www.burchfieldpenney.org/events/event:05-17-2017-8-00pm-pierre-bensusan/

Tickets: $22 advance/ $26 at the door $18 for students, seniors, veterans (ID), Reserve by calling (716) 242-9236 or e-mail at masalajazz@hotmail.com

Described by the L.A. Times as "one of the most unique and brilliant acoustic guitar veterans on the world music scene today", his name became synonymous with contemporary acoustic guitar genius. He has the ability to make a single guitar sound like an entire band as he brings the audience on a mesmerizing musical journey. And yet, Bensusan is more than what any musician or music lover expects from a guitarist. He is a composer as well as a bilingual and a brave improvisational vocalist, melding whistles and resonant low notes with something like his own scat technique.

Born in Oran, French-Algeria, in 1957, when France was decolonizing its Empire, Pierre Bensusan's family moved to Paris when he was 4. He began formal studies on piano at the age of 7 and at 11 taught himself guitar. Influenced in those early days by the folk revivAl Blooming in Britain, France and North America, Bensusan began first to explore his own diverse musical heritage and then moved to the horizons beyond.
There is a sense of something both playful and serious in his work, an unparalleled sense of freedom in his compositions and his improvisations. His "manner" of playing defies classification - crossing world, classical, jazz, traditional, folk and more. None can be isolated as simply "Brazilian", "Arabic" or "French"; rather, they represent our world in its current state, a world sharing itself, fusing cultures together in ways we have never experienced. A great ambassador of peace. Not to be missed!

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