Born in Saarbrücken in 1972, Martin Siewert is a virtuoso on the guitar, above all on the lap and the pedal steel. Siewert disregarded the academic classic jazz guitar conventions at an early age and has since been playing improvised, composed, acoustic and electronic music, working as a successful soloist and also performing with various collectives and groups, including Trapist, Heaven And, Radian. He lives and works in Vienna.