Padre picked up his first instrument at 6 years old: starting with the recorder, then moving on to the tenor horn, he finally anchored himself with the trombone as a young adult, being attracted by the possibility of virtuose play with the hand slide. Later he would listen to the world’s biggest trombone players like Christian Lindberg, Michel Becquet, jazz-trombonists Bill Watrous and especially David Taylor, who inspired him to study the bass trombone. After studying at the Bartók Conservatory, he graduated at the Music Faculty of the University of Debrecen. For many years he played classical music in various symphonic orchestras. He had already played in big bands since he was 16, and after graduation he turned towards more popular genres, readily accepting the various invitations as challenges.

Padre likes to experiment with the different possible sounds and outcomes of the trombone, and as a result of that he has by now gathered experience – both positive and negative – in almost every genre. As well as playing in smaller Hungarian bands, he also recorded an album with Mihály Dresch, one of the biggest names in Hungarian jazz. To his honour, he was the guest trombonist of the international Lamantin Jazz Festival for many years. He used to mentor big band trombone players and also gave private lessons. Apart from music, he also creates film and poetry.