"Sound is the physician of the future." -Edgar Cayce
George Bien has inspired and motivated people worldwide with his dynamic and heart-warming seminars and workshops. What some people don't know, is that George is also a virtuoso guitarist, who has performed with Shirley Bassey, Rowan & Martin, Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Nancy Wilson, Leon Bibb, The Fifth Dimension, and many other stars. He has played with numerous Broadway shows including: New Vaudevillians, Pajama Game, Grease, A Chorus Line, and They're Playing Our Song. He has had over 100 guitar-related articles published and is the former Head of the Guitar Program at York College of the City University of New York.
George Bien has been called "one of the most extraordinary contemporary guitarists in the world!"
"SunRock Times" calls him "a guitarist with amazing hands and creativity." "The Music Paper " calls him "a true virtuoso, possessing enviable technical facility.....with an ability to make even the most advanced musical concepts easily understood." "The Music Reporter" calls him "definitely, one of the most extraordinary contemporary guitarists of the decade.....a true artist."
George (18 years of age)
George (circa 1974)
George (1999)
Hear George Play! Choose from the 7 selections below: Including a cut from George's up-coming CD! (Selection # 7)
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Fast Jazz (1986). Improvisation on Toots Theilmans' Composition "Bluesette." Some extremely fast guitar playing.
Solo Acoustic Guitar (1998). Improvisational playing on an acoustic guitar.
Fast Blues (1990). Improv on standard jazz-blues changes. From a concert at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center. Lots of screaming by the audience.
New Age Styling (1998). Improv in a New Age style on an acoustic guitar.
Solo Jazz Guitar - Laura (1998). This jazz interpretation of the standard "Laura," has been by many professional guitarists "a virtuoso jazz guitar performance."
Improv Solo Guitar (1992). From a concert at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center. A completely improvized solo guitar performance. Extraordinary applause at the end.
George Bien CD (2005). A cut from George's up-coming CD.
Experience a new level of consciousness
with the "George Bien /
Paul Von Thadden Consortium."
"It is indispensable. Without it, life would have little passion. It has the power to make us feel happy or sad, enthusiastic or apathetic, and can literally raise or lower our vibrational energy. It can make plants grow and flourish or sicken and kill them. What be this mysterious essence that has such power over life? Music! It is music!" -George Bien
Virtuoso Keyboardist, Paul Von Thadden, George and wife, Elena (2005)
A level of musical synergy that will help you reach new levels of inner mind. A level of inner creative communication that will create states of emotional arousal. A level of subconscious programming that will change your life!
World-Class Guitarist/Composer, George Bien, and Virtuoso Keyboardist/Composer Paul Von Thadden,
perform concerts for Mental Synergy, Healing & World Peace
The music induces altered states of consciousness, with primal as well as modern sounds creating states of excitation (trance-inducing dancing), meditative states (chanting and humming), and spiritual awakening (consciousness raising through vibration).
A blend of New Age, Jazz, Modern, African & Native American Rhythms, and East Indian Influences.
George with the late,
great guitarist, Marcell Dadi
George with friends Marcell Dadi
and Horatio Blanc, guitarist for
Julio Inglesis and Chico Hamilton
George in concert with famed
percussion clinician and author
Frank Marino
George in concert with Spike,
bass player for Pat Metheny and
Alan Holdsworth
