"Mr. Fingerpicking"

Today, his concerts are sold out and the musician is celebrated by critics as a “master of fine motor skills”, a “lover of quiet resonances” and a “gentle giant among guitarists”. Peter Ratzenbeck, the autodidact who still can't read music, dropped out of school at the age of 17 and traveled through Scotland and Germany as a street musician. “I'm actually always looking for the perfect melody,” says Peter Ratzenbeck, who has mastered the difficult technique of fingerpicking like no other ...