After 40 years of live performances and recordings, Pierre Bensusan, world renowned as the "Mozart of Guitar," is enjoying his latest round of exciting accolades for Encore, an ambitious and expansive retrospective collection celebrating his 40 years as a globetrotting concert performer.
In Acoustic Guitar magazine's (www.acousticguitar.com) recent feature article on Bensusan and his 3-CD, 35-track collection of career spanning live performances, Doug Young writes: "Bensusan has become known as one of the world's premier fingerstyle guitarists, combining dazzling technique with complex and adventurous compositions that incorporate elements of jazz, folk and Celtic music as well as more exotic elements from his French-Algerian heritage...His eclectic, distinctive style has greatly influenced several generations of fingerstyle guitarists, but at the same time, his tone, phrasing and melodic approach remain unmistakably unique."
In Premier Guitar Magazine (www.premierguitar.com), Teja Gerken called Encore a "stunning overview of Bensusan's career...an amazing 40 year retrospective that sounds great (thanks to Grammy-winning engineer Rich Breen) and serves as an excellent introduction to Bensusan's work." Music Morsels Reviews (musicmorsels.wordpress.com) wrote: "One of the most highly respected acoustic guitarists around, Pierre Bunsusan rooted through his collection of live recordings over a span of several years to come up with this thirty five song career introspective that will no doubt be highly coveted by loyal fans as well as a great entry level collection for those who are curious. This is Pierre at his simple best, picking and plucking his classics in brilliant fashion...For those who don't know him but are fans of instrumental acoustic guitar music, dive right in. If this does not make you an instant fan, nothing will."A promotional video about how Encore came about is now available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El0gS6dXr1k&feature=youtu.be.
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