Pierre Bensusan at Amazing Things Arts Center

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 and world musicians today. Called The “Mozart of Guitar”, Pierre Bensusan has won an Independent Music Award in the Live Performance Album category for his latest triple live album “Encore” (which has been hailed throughout Europe and received numerous awards).

We are thrilled to welcome Bensusan back to the Firehouse, after a sell-out performance in 2015...

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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 and world musicians today. Called The “Mozart of Guitar”, Pierre Bensusan has won an Independent Music Award in the Live Performance Album category for his latest triple live album “Encore” (which has been hailed throughout Europe and received numerous awards).

We are thrilled to welcome Bensusan back to the Firehouse, after a sell-out performance in 2015. 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.

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