Oregon Welcomes Back Pierre Bensusan, France's Acoustic Guitar Master

World-renowned fingerstyle guitarist Pierre Bensusan, who has taken his unique sound to all corners of the globe, returns to Oregon this week and weekend for two concerts, plus to teach a two-day residential guitar seminar!

The French-Algerian acoustic guitar virtuoso, vocalist and composer is excited to resume his long-awaited cross-USA tour, dropping his new album "Azwan" - about our oneness and interconnectivity - at last performing these songs for live audiences in the midst of a unifying global crisis. Emotional, delicate, playful and moving, it is garnering glowing reviews.

Wednesday, May 4th at 7:30 PM

at Alluvium, 810 W 3rd Ave Eugene OR 97402
(map at: https://www.facebook.com/alluviumeugene)

Ticket price: $25

Order Tickets Online at: https://www.pierrebensusan.com/store_viewproduct.asp?ID=583

Info: mmeyer@efn.org / 541-222-0632

Friday, May 6th at 8 PM
An Evening with Pierre Bensusan w/ Special Guest Mary Flowers

at The Old Church Concert Hall, 1422 SW 11th Ave, Portland OR 97201
Website: https://www.theoldchurch.org/

Ticket price: $25 Contact & info: Mike Meyer - mmeyer@efn.org - 541-222-0632

Order Tickets Online at: https://events.humanitix.com/an-evening-with-pierre-bensusan

Info: mmeyer@efn.org / 541-222-0632

Saturday & Sunday, May 7th & 8th

2-Day RESIDENTIAL GUITAR SEMINAR in Creswell OR!

For intermediate to advanced guitarists.

Info & pre-registration links at: https://www.pierrebensusan.com/tour.asp

It's as if the guitar has been given free reign to play itself! French-Algerian acoustic guitar virtuoso, vocalist and composer Pierre Bensusan, nicknamed "Mr. DADGAD", has taken his unique sound to all corners of the globe. Winner of the Independent Music Awards for his triple live album "Encore", voted Best World Music guitarist by Guitar Player Magazine reader's Poll, and winner of the Rose d'Or at the Montreux Festival for his debut album, Pierre is recognized as one of the greatest guitar players of the 21st century.

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. He signed his first recording contract at 17 and one year later his first album, "Près de Paris" won the Grand Prix du Disque upon his debut at the Montreux Festival in Switzerland.

Described as one of the most unique and brilliant acoustic guitar veterans in the world music scene today, Pierre's name became synonymous with contemporary acoustic guitar genius, long before the term World Music was invented. He has literally created a style of playing with 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 original and improvisational vocalist, with his own scat technique.

Immortalized by the tune 'Bensusan' written in tribute by the late Michael Hedges, and referenced as an important inspiration to many other great musicians, Pierre Bensusan is a one-of-a-kind artist whose music transcends genre and time, with an uninhibited sense of musical freedom and expression, a sense of something both playful and serious, otherworldly yet right here; right now. His "manner" of playing defies classification - crossing world, classical, jazz, traditional, folk, pop and more. None can be isolated as simply "World Music", "Celtic", "Arabic" or "French"; rather, they represent Pierre's genuine vocabulary and the best part of our world in its current state, a world sharing itself.

For more information on Pierre Bensusan, to watch videos of his performances and listen to his music, please visit http://www.PierreBensusan.com.

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