Alfonso Padilla is one of the Spanish saxophonists with great international prominence, as proved by the amount of concerts, recitals and master classes offered in Germany, Austria, Belgium, Italy, France, Denmark, Estonia, Poland, Switzerland, Portugal, Morocco, Algeria, Argentina, Taiwán and USA. He forms part of various musical groups and projects, such as the Ziryâb Saxophone Quartet, the Duo Icarus (sax&guitar) along with Alberto Plaza and regularly collaborates with groups and ensembles specializing in performing contemporary music as Zahir Ensemble. He is invited to participate at important events such as the International Saxophone Week Porto 2012 (Portugal), Eventosax 2011, 2014 and 2016 (Rome, Italy), or the Nordic Saxophone Festival 2013 and 2016 (Denmark). Also, he has performed as soloist at the 1st European Saxophone Congress 2014 Ciudad Real (Spain) and the Vienna International Saxfest 2015 (Austria) and also has been invited as a guest artist to the “I Asian Saxophone Congress” hold in Chiayi “Taiwán” in 2016 as a soloist with CYC Wind Orchestra. In 2014, he toured USA, which led him to teach master classes and offer concerts  at Eastman School of Music (Rochester, NY). Mansfield University and Susquehanna University (PA)  a.o. He has joined the V Seminario/encuentro entre Compositores y Saxofonistas at Universidad Nacional de La Plata (Argentina) in 2016, developing lectures and offering recitals in Buenos Aires and La Plata. Alfonso Padilla  is  Professor of Saxophone at the Conservatorio Superior de Música “Manuel Castillo” (Seville, Spain).