Rainer Seiferth (1973) is a german guitarist, composer and arranger living in Madrid, Spain since 2005. He plays classical and acoustic guitar and early plucked instruments like the spanish vihuela. Rainer studied guitar at the Manneim conservatory with Jörg Wagner and at workshops and seminars with Ralph Towner, Dusan Bogdanovic and Ken Zuckerman. His refined, harmonically rich musical language shows influences of classical, jazz, ethnic and early music. His current projects are Zaruk, a duo with the spanish cellist Iris Azquinezer and Taracea, a trio with Belén Nieto (historical flutes) and Miguel Rodrigáñez (double bass) dedicated to the reinterpretation of early european music. Since 2012, Rainer Seiferth forms part of the ensemble of the spanish singer and Nyckelharpa player Ana Alcaide. He colaborated with musicians like Daniele di Bonaventura, Aleix Tobias, Väsen, Franca Masu, Chris Kase, Mariano Díaz, Diego Galaz and Benny Greb.