08/05/2012

Pierre's US & Canada Tour starts on Wednesday...

Pierre's 2012 US & Canada Tour kicks of this Wednesday with a show at Nightcat, Easton, MD The tour will take in Easton, Staunton, Charlotte, Ashvile, Decatur, Nashville, Chattoonga, Jackson, Birmingham, Takoma Park, Santa Cruz, Tiburon, Berkeley, Ashland, Portland, Everett, Seattle, Spokane, Santa Monica, Cottonwood, Scottsdale, Santa Barbara, Napa, Piermont, Fall River, West End, Cambr ... read more →



10/04/2012

Interview with Pierre on Australian Radio RTRFM 92.1

Listen to a recent interview Pierre gave to Australian Radio station RTRFM 92.1   http://www.rtrfm.com.au/stories/type/interviews/category/music/3696  ... read more →



26/03/2012

Pierre's first ever visit to China is coming up...

Pierre's first ever visit to China is coming up... The first show is on the13th April in Taipie, Taiwan, then 14th April at Shanghai Oriental Art Centre The third is in XI-AN:   ... read more →



14/03/2012

Pierre is currently touring in Australia

Pierre's tour in Australia got off to a great start with five shows at Port Fairy Folk Festival!!  The tour will see Pierre taking in Melbourne, Sydney, Dee Why, Perth, Fremantle, Adelaide, Margate, and Deloraine with a two day guitar workshop in Katoomba on Monday 19th and Tuesday 20th March and a one day guitar workshop at The Little Theatre in Deloraine on Sunday 1st April.  Visit the Tours  ... read more →



14/03/2012

Pierres track Hymm 11 will be used in the Randy Rhoads The Quiet Years DVD

I am happy to inform you that an excerpt from my piece "Hymn 11" (album "Altiplanos") will be used for the book and DVD soon to be released, about the life and art of late Rock guitarist, Randy Rhoads, who died in a plane crash in 1982.  He played with Ozzy Osborne. He lived in Santa Monica and was well respected. The following web site is pretty interesting: www.ultimaterand ... read more →



17/02/2012

Pierre Bensusan to play soon in Taipei and Shanghai!!!

We're very excited to inform you of Pierre's upcoming shows in Taipei and Shanghai!!  It will be Pierre's first visit to both places and he's very excited to meet you all. Please visit the tour page for more details and sign up to the newsletter to keep up-to-date!    ... read more →



01/02/2012

Transcribing Pierre's music from DADGAD into Standard Tuning

The biggest challenge when transcribing Pierre's pieces is to try to recreate the natural resonance inherent in the DADGAD tuning for guitar. It is easy to make a note-for-note standard tuning version, but it is much more difficult to imitate the fingering and technical devices that Pierre uses in DADGAD to make the music sound rich and alive. His pieces are designed to inhabit the sonorous sound- ... read more →



31/01/2012

Bundle Offer Complete Works + Vividly

Buy "The Complete Works Collector's Edition 10 CD boxset" and receive Pierre's new album, "Vividly", for free!!! Purchase here ... read more →



30/01/2012

New Residential Guitar Seminar added from August 25th to 31st, 2012

The Residential Guitar Seminar from 7th - 12th August has sold out so Pierre has added another session from August 25th to 31st, 2012 which is now open for registrations  Please click here to view the seminar page    ... read more →



30/01/2012

All The Scores Of The "Intuite" Album

"The Intuite Guitar Book" being now sold out, you can now purchase individual sheet music of any piece of the album.    Purchase here ... read more →



30/01/2012

Watch this Pierre Bensusan playlist on Youtube

A nice playlist of videos has been put together on Youtube Use the 'Next' button below to scroll through the videos or view them here on Youtube ... read more →



20/10/2011

Paris Concert Review

Meeting the Extraordinary Pierre Bensusan Again – in Concert, this Time I’m not sure which direction to zoom in on this story, but it’s one of the coolest ones in my life in the last two years. And last night at the Théatre de l’Essaion in Paris – near the Pompidou Center – it continued with extraordinary power. I attended a concert in a small venue to listen to Pierre Bensusan playing his acou ... read more →



20/10/2011

The Ryan-Bensusan Signature Guitar Model

GUITAR SALE Pierre Bensusan offers his Ryan guitar for sale, Signature Model, which he has played, performed these 4 past years, and recorded the album "Altiplanos" with. The Bensusan-Ryan Steel String Kevin Ryan of California has been building steel-string guitars since 1987. With a background in aeroscience research & development, Kevin has brought both a critical scientif ... read more →



18/10/2011

GUITAR FOR SALE!!!

I am Pierre Bensusan and I am glad to offer my Ryan Signature Model guitar for sale. I have played, performed with this guitar during 5 years, and recorded the album "Altiplanos" with. This guitar is the first ever Signature model made by Californian luthier Kevin Ryan, and the first model of the Pierre Bensusan's serie. It has Brazilian Rosewood back and sides, Mahogany neck, Cedar top, ... read more →



18/10/2011

Pierre's Next Residential Guitar Seminars In France *

From August 7th to 12th, 2012 - Open to registrations Info on seminars ... read more →