Peter Ratzenbeck - Gwendolyn
For fans of fingerpicking guitar, we have a special highlight: Peter Ratzenbeck will be performing at... on... and will present his new program, featuring pieces from the new album "Gwendolyn" mixed with old favorites from his repertoire, many original compositions, and standards by internationally renowned artists.
Sensitively yet full of power, he plucks the strings, striving to bring out every tone to its finest nuance. Guitar and body form a symbiosis of movement, melodies, and chords. Peter presents himself to his audience in a friendly and approachable manner, seamlessly connecting when Peter Ratzenbeck plays. A concert of superlatives that you shouldn't miss.
One of the best fingerpicking guitarists, Peter Ratzenbeck, will be performing at... on... The list of musicians he has shared the stage with reads like a Who's Who of the European folk and blues scene, including Allan Taylor, Al Cook, Reinhard Mey, Hans Theessink, Michael Chapman, Colin Wilkie, Werner Lämmerhirt, Franco Morone, Andy Irvine. Musically, his unmistakable love belongs to Irish music, but he is also familiar with New Age, folk, blues, baroque, and lute music.
For thirty years, Peter Ratzenbeck has been living very down-to-earth in the Waldviertel region in a former old farmhouse, drawing inspiration from long winters and busy summers to create moving original compositions. Sensitively yet full of power, he plucks the strings, striving to bring out every tone to its finest nuance. Guitar and body form a symbiosis of movement, melodies, and chords. Peter presents himself to his audience in a friendly and approachable manner, seamlessly connecting when Peter Ratzenbeck plays. A concert of superlatives that you shouldn't miss.
Anyone who has experienced Peter Ratzenbeck live in concert is undoubtedly convinced: he is one of the best in Europe! The native of Graz, who retreated to the Lower Austrian Waldviertel region years ago, consistently appears refreshingly authentic and approachable during his performances. His virtuoso finger dexterity is as legendary as his charmingly ironic comments between the individual pieces.