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For Immediate Release January16, 2007
MEDIA RELEASE
TheLegendary Pepe Romero performs with the VSO! Vancouver, BC – Pepe Romero is the master of the guitar, alegendary musician, and one of the best live concert performers in theClassical world. Experience the master’s spine-tingling rendition of thegreatest work for classical guitar: Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez.In the second half, Pepe shows another side of his greatness with a selectionof thrilling solo works. The orchestra and conductor Robert Minczuk accompany Maestro Romero in the Rodrigo, and also perform Chabrier’sEspana, and Bizet’s Carmen Suite. Anexciting night of full-blooded Spanish passion—and the master of the guitar,Pepe Romero.
Celebrated worldwide for his dazzling virtuosity,compelling interpretations, and flawless technique, guitarist Pepe Romero is constantly in demand forhis solo recitals, performances with orchestras, and with the world famousRomeros Quartet. Born in 1944 in Málaga, Spain, PepeRomero is the second son “The Royal Family of the Guitar,” the Romeros. Hisfather, the legendary Celedonio Romero, was his only guitar teacher; his firstprofessional appearance was in a shared concert with his father in Sevilla’sTeatro Lope de Vega, when Pepe was only seven years old. Now in the prime of astoried career, Maestro Romero thrills audiences worldwide with his sensitive,heartfelt playing and astonishing technique.
CONCERT DETAILS:
Special:
THE LEGENDARY PEPE ROMERO
Sunday, February 4, 8pm, OrpheumTheatre
Roberto Minczuk conductor
Pepe Romero guitar
CHABRIER España
RODRIGO Concierto de Aranjuez
Works for Solo Guitar
BIZET Carmen Suite
Tickets $25 to$78 (Student, Senior and Subscriber discounts available)
BIOGRAPHY:
PEPE ROMERO, Guitar
Celebrated worldwide for hisdazzling virtuosity, compelling interpretations, and flawless technique,guitarist Pepe Romero is constantly in demand for his solo recitals,performances with orchestras, and with the world famous Romeros Quartet. Bornin 1944 in Málaga, Spain, Pepe Romero is the secondson “The Royal Family of the Guitar,” the Romeros. His father, the legendaryCeledonio Romero, was his only guitar teacher; his first professionalappearance was in a shared concert with his father in Sevilla’s Teatro Lope deVega, when Pepe was only seven years old. After relocating to the United States,Pepe, together with his father and brothers, helped establish the RomerosQuartet as the leading guitar ensemble in the world. Although best known forhis classical performances, Pepe’s passion for the traditional flamenco of hisnative Andalucia has never wavered. His first recording, Flamenco Fenómeno!, for Contemporary Records, was made when he wasonly fifteen. Since then, Pepe has made more than fifty recordings, among whichare over twenty concertos with the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fieldsconducted by Sir Neville Marriner and Iona Brown, as well as collaborationswith artists such as the renowned ensemble I Musici, flamenco singer ChanoLobato, and dancers Paco Romero and María Magdalena.
In spring, 1992, with SirNeville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields,Pepe Romero made a pioneering laser disc of the Concierto de Aranjuez and selected solo works by Joaquín Rodrigo.He is also a leading personality in the film documentary Shadows and Light: Joaquín Rodrigo at 90, which has receivednumerous awards, including those from the Chicago International Film Festival,the International Emmy Awards, and the San Francisco International FilmFestival. Songs My Father Taught Me,a performance of his father’s favorite and original compositions was his lastCD recorded by the Philips label.Recently released is a set of Boccherini quintets for guitar and stringquartet, recorded for UNICEF, including a new guitar transcription of Música nocturna de Madrid.
Mr. Romero’s contributionsin the field of classical guitar have inspired a number of distinguishedcomposers to write works specifically for him, including Joaquín Rodrigo,Federico Moreno Torroba, Lorenzo Palomo, Rev. Francisco de Madina, andCeledonio Romero. Rodrigo wrote his last guitar concerto, Concierto para una Fiesta, for Pepe in1983. Andrés Segovia and composerFederico Moreno Torroba chose Pepe to record the world premiere of Diálogos entre guitarra y orquestra,originally written for Segovia.In January, 1996, in Berlin,with Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos conducting, Pepe Romero premiered LorenzoPalomo’s Nocturnos de Andalucia andrecorded the same a year later.Following the death of his father, Pepe performed the world premiere of hisfather’s concerto for guitar and orchestra, ElCortijo de Don Sancho, with Michael Palmer conducting the AmericanSinfonietta. Along with Celin, Lito and Celino Romero he premiered and recordedconcerto for four guitars of Lorenzo Palomo, Concierto de Cienfuegos with Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos conductingthe Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla. In February 2002 Pepe Romero performedand recorded live the revival of Metamorfoside concert by the great Catalonian composer Xavier Montsalvatge withGianandrea Noseda conducting the Orquesta de Cadaqués. In May 2004 Pepe Romerorecorded Concerto for guitar andorchestra by Paul Chihara with Sir Neville Marriner and the LondonSymphony. In June 2005 the Romeros Quartet recorded with the Basque NationalOrchestra a piece written for them, ConciertoVasco by Francisco de Madina. Also among his latest releases is Generations: The Romeros, a recital CDby the Romeros Quartet including a world premiere recording of Al Maestro by Jorge Morel, a workdedicated by Celedonio Romero and his own composition, Recuerdos del pasado. In spring 2005 a newly recorded recital CDentitled Corazón Español was releasedon CPA Hollywood Records. In addition, he has premiered major works by suchhistorical composers as Fernando Sor, Mauro Giuliani, Francesco Molino,Ferdinando Carulli, Johann Kaspar Mertz, Luigi Boccherini, and others.
PepeRomero has been a special guest at the festivals of Salzburg,Israel, Schleswig-Holstein,Menuhin, Osaka, Granada,Istanbul, Ravinia, GardenState, Hollywood Bowl, Blossom, WolfTrap, and Saratoga.As a member of The Romeros, Pepe has been invited to play at the White House,and at the Vatican for PopeJohn Paul II; he has also performed for His Royal Highness Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, KingJuan Carlos and Queen Sophia of Spain,and Queen Beatrice of Holland.In the United States, he hasappeared as the featured soloist with the Philadelphia, Cleveland,Chicago, Houston,Pittsburgh, Boston,San Francisco, and Dallas Symphony Orchestras aswell as the Orpheus Chamber Ensemble, the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestras, the Boston Pops Orchestra,and the London Symphony Orchestra. In Europe he has appeared with the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, the MonteCarlo Philharmonic, I Musici, theZurich Chamber Orchestra, the PhilharminiaHungarica, the Hungarian State Orchestra, the Spanish National Orchestra, theSpanish National Radio/Television Orchestra, L’Orchestre de la Suisse-Romande,the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, the New Moscow Chamber Orchestra, the AmericanSinfonietta, and the Bournemouth Symphony. Mr. Romero has collaborated withmany of the world’s finest conductors, including Leonard Slatkin, Sir NevilleMarriner, Eugene Ormandy, Arthur Fiedler, Lawrence Foster, Jesús López-Cobos,Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, André Kostelanetz, Michael Palmer, Morton Gould,Miguel Gómez-Martínez, PhilippeEntremont, and Enrique Jordá.
Pepe Romero is dedicated to passing his art on tofuture generations. He has served as Professor of Guitar at the University of Southern California, the Universityof California at San Diego, Southern Methodist University, and the Universityof San Diego and frequently teachesmaster classes in the Salzburg Summer Academy,the Schleswig-Holstein Festival, and the Córdoba Guitar Festival. Among hisstudents are first prize winners in several international competitions andseveral of the most brilliant of the younger generation of professionalperformers. In 2004 he was invited to be Distinguished Artist in Residence atthe University of Southern California’sThornton School of Music where he holds master classes and continues hispedagogic tradition.
Pepe Romero holds anhonorary doctorate in music from the University of Victoria, British Columbia.In June of 1996, he received the “Premio Andalucia de Música,” the highestrecognition given by his native land for his contribution to the arts. Inaddition, His Majesty, King JuanCarlos I of Spain,has knighted Pepe Romero and his brothers, Celin and Angel into the Order of“Isabel la Católica.” The official ceremony of this high honor took place atthe University of Southern California,February 11, 2000, and included a gala performance by The Romeros. Abiographical documentary about the Romero family was made by PBS television,“Los Romeros: Royal Family of the Guitar” and was nationally released onSeptember 14, 2001. NDR, the German television channel, released thedocumentary “Los Romeros, the Dynasty of the Guitar” in 2005 for viewingthroughout Europe.
Visit www.peperomero.com
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