Artist Description
Pierre Bensusan is an international touring French-Algerian Fingerstyle guitarist. A recording artist since 1975 when he notched his first recording contract at age 17. Pierre has released eleven critically acclaimed CD's with 2010's "Vividly" being the most recent. In that time frame Pierre has racked up numerous awards from winning the Grand Prix du Disque for his first album upon his debut at the Montreux Festival in Switzerland to being named 2008's "Best World Music Guitar Player in 2008" in Guitar Player Magazine's "Reader's Choice" awards. With the ability to make a single guitar sound like an entire band with the occasional addition of unique vocal harmonies, Pierre is a true original in the Fingerstyle genre."One of the most unique and brilliant acoustic guitar veterans in the world music scene today"
-LA Times
