7:00 pm Lecture Walter Aaron clark “Los romero: the Saga of an Andalusian Family of Guitarists, Part 2”
8:00 pm concert the romero Guitar Quartet Performs Works from the classical and Flamenco repertoire
Free and open to the public.Though admission is free, a ticket is required. One ticket per person. Tickets are available at the Performance Lab door at 6:00 pm. Seating is limited and on a first-come, first-served basis.
Performance Lab, ArtS 166 Parking: $5 in Lot 1 no fee with UC permit
romero Guitar QuartetA veritable institution in the world of classical
music, the Romero Guitar Quartet has dazzled
countless audiences and won rave reviews
worldwide. During a career spanning fifty-five
years and three generations of guitarists,
October 26, 2012A lecture-demonstration
featuring the
world-renowned
Romero Guitar Quartet
and UCR musicology
professor
Walter Aaron Clark
the Romeros have performed with every major
symphony orchestra in the United States, as
well as at the Hollywood Bowl, the White House,
and the Vatican. They are known to television
audiences through their appearances on the
Tonight and Today Shows as well as on PBS
specials and the PBS telecast of Evening at the Boston Pops. In the words of Spanish composer
Joaquín Rodrigo, “The Romeros have developed
the technique of the guitar by making what is
difficult to be easy; they are, without a doubt,
the grand masters of the guitar.”
Walter Aaron clark Walter Aaron Clark received an M.A. in classical
guitar at UCSD, where he was a student of
Pepe Romero. He subsequently earned a Ph.D.
in musicology from UCLA. He is the author of
books on Spanish composers Isaac Albéniz,
Enrique Granados, and Federico Moreno Torroba,
all published by Oxford University Press. He
is also the editor or co-editor of several books
on Spanish and Latin American music, and he
edits the Oxford series Currents in Latin American
and Iberian Music. He is currently writing a
book about the Romero family.
center for Iberian and Latin American Music (CILAM) was established at the University
of California, Riverside, in 2004 to foster
research and performance in an inter-
disciplinary spirit, embracing the entire
musical heritage of Iberia and Latin America.
The Center’s activities include maintaining an
educational website, www.cilam.ucr.edu;
an online scholarly journal, Diagonal; and
annual Encuentros/ Encounters, featuring
concerts and lectures dealing with a particular
aspect of Iberian or Latin American music.
Walter A. Clark, director
Professor of Musicology
University of California, Riverside
ARTS 145 (951) 827-2114
Encuentros/ Encounters 2012 is made
possible by generous financial support from
the MaryLu Clayton Rosenthal Endowment and
the cooperation of the UCR Departments of
Music and Dance.
INFORMATION: (951) 827-3245 [email protected] www.performingarts.ucr.edu
Encuentros/Encounters 2012
Los Romero: The Saga of an Andalusian Family ofGuitarists
