An Evening with Pierre Bensusan

The Guitar Sanctuary and Lowden Guitars are proud to present An Evening with Renowned Guitarist Pierre Bensusan presenting his new album "AZWAN" on Friday March 25th at 8pm (doors open at 7) at The Sanctuary Music & Events Center.

Pierre will be performing 2 sets with a brief intermission, the music will start promptly at 8pm.

Guitarists: Join us earlier in the day from 4-5:30pm for a special 90-minute Guitar Workshop with Pierre before the concert for $35 

Downstairs Tables including seating for 4 directly in front of the stage are $150 per table.  (SEE SEATING CHART)

Individual Seats (First come, First Served) on the Main Floor are $25.

Individual Seats on the Upstairs Balcony (First Come, First Served) are $15

Can't Attend in Person?  Grab a LIVEstream ticket and watch it on your favorite connected device for just $10.

We will have standard Bar and Food Service available from our friends at Rick's Chophouse.

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 by the L.A. Times 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 terms New Age or World Music were 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. 

Immortalised 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. Not to be missed!