Royal Family of theGuitarLos Romero:

February 24, 2012

7 p.m.: Walter Aaron Clark, “Los Romero: The Saga of an Andalusian Family of Guitarists”

8 p.m.: Pepe Romero performs works for classical and flamenco guitar

Free and open to the public.

Though admission is free, a ticket is required. Tickets are available at the Performance Lab door at 6:00 P.M. Seating is limited and on a first-come, first-served basis.

Performance Lab, ARTS 166

Parking: $5:00 in Lot 1 (No fee with UC permit)

Pepe RomeroBorn in Málaga, Spain, Pepe Romero is the second son of “The Royal Family of the Guitar,” The Romeros. Celebrated worldwide for his thrilling interpretations and flawless technique, he is constantly in demand for his solo recitals and performances with orchestra. His contributions to the field of classical guitar

have inspired a number of distinguished composers to write works specifically for him, including Joaquín Rodrigo and Federico Moreno Torroba. His discography presently contains more than fifty recordings and includes over twenty concertos with the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields conducted by Sir Neville Marriner and Iona Brown. In recognition of his accomplishments, he was knighted by King Juan Carlos I of Spain in 2000. He is on the faculty of the University of Southern California.

Walter A. 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

The 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 interdisciplinary 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 UCR College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences MaryLu Clayton Rosenthal Endowment and the UCR Department of Music.

A lecture-demonstration

featuring world-

renowned guitar virtuoso

Pepe Romero and UCR

musicology professor

Walter Aaron Clark

INFORMATION: (951) 827-3245 performingarts@ucr.edu www.performingarts.ucr.edu