Alfonso Padilla

Alfonso Padilla: He is a saxophonist with wide international prominence, as proven by the amount of concerts, recitals and masterclasses offered in Germany, Austria, Belgium, Italy, France, Denmark, Estonia, Poland, Switzerland, Portugal, Morocco, Algeria, Argentina, Panama, Singapore, Taiwan and USA.

He made his studies in Cordoba (Spain) under the guidance of Manuel Ureña and Bernardo Zagalaz and further masterclasses with Daniel Deffayet, J.M. Londeix, Claude Delangle, Vincent David, Phillip Braquart, or Gilles Tressos, among others. On a continuous basis, he receives classes also from Eric Devallon and Arno Bornkamp. He forms a part of the Ziryâb Saxophone Quartet and regularly plays with the pianist and composer Santiago J. Báez. In 2014, he toured USA, which led him to teach masterclasses and offer concerts at Messiah College (Mechanicsburg, PA), Susquehanna University (Selinsgrove, PA), Mansfield University (Mansfield, PA), and Eastman School of Music (Rochester, NY). He is invited to participate at important international events and he has performed as soloist at the 1st European Saxophone Congress 2014 (Spain) and the Vienna International Saxfest 2015 (Austria), I Asian Saxophone Congress in Chiayi (Taiwan, 2016), Panasax (Panama, 2019) and Alpensax Classica in Bressanone (Italy, 2019). Currently he is a saxophone teacher at CPM “Francisco Guerrero” in Sevilla. Padilla is a Selmer Paris and D´addario Woodwinds artist.