[1] Rafael studied with Andres Segovia’s pupil and assistant, José Tomás; he also attended the Spanish Academy in Rome; and received a doctorate in music (PhD) by the Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, and a Master of Education by the UNED.

[2] With a career spanning twenty five years and more than a thousand concerts across eighty countries, Serrallet is one of the most internationally experienced Spanish guitar concertists.

The concerts were hold at Chicago (USA), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Christchurch (New Zealand), Ushuaia (Argentina), Neko Harbour (Antarctica), Oviedo (Spain) and Mombasa (Kenya).

Contrary to the perception that classical music can sometimes be elitist and excluding, Rafael likes to approach it as an excellent tool for social integration.

He achieves this through music pedagogical projects with disadvantaged children’s groups in Morocco, the Middle East, West Bank,[10] countries in Africa, Central and South America and parts of Asia[11] Among the places where Rafael has taken his music we can name: hospitals, prisons, schools, refugee camps, elderly centres, charities… He also plays in benefit concerts in order to raise funds for campaigns such climate change, cancer,[12] and gender violence.