The Romeros 60th Anniversary Tour
Friday, April 8, 2022 7:30 pm
Herbst Theatre, San Francisco
A power-packed evening featuring the illustrious “Royal Family of the Guitar” in an evening of traditional music of Spain.
Sixty years after walking onto the world stage as the first classical guitar quartet, The Romeros continue to be a veritable institution in the world of classical music, dazzling countless audiences and winning the raves of reviewers worldwide. Joining the ensemble in celebrating their anniversary is the multiple Grammy Award-winning mezzo-soprano, Isabel Leonard. Together, Leonard and The Romeros will travel across North America performing works by Fredrico Garcia Lorca, Lorenzo Palomo, and Manuel de Falla, and will also be premiering “La Cita” by Douglas Cuomo.
Known to millions as “The Royal Family of the Guitar,” the Romeros were founded by the legendary Celedonio Romero with his sons Celin, Pepe and Angel in 1958. The Quartet went through natural transformations, and today consists of the second (Celin & Pepe) and third generations (Lito & Celino). To have so many virtuosi of the same instrument in one family is unique in the world of musical performance, and in the realm of the classical guitar it is absolutely without precedent.
Presented in association with San Francisco Performances.