Conservatorio di Musica Benedetto Marcello University of North

"A pianist of genius" – The Washington Post
"Mr. Romero has great agility, adequate power and an unusually large repertory of colors
and dynamic levels. More important, these virtues evoked a sense of the music at hand
rather than mere piano techniques" – The New York Times
"The playing is authoritative incontrovertibly Beethovenian in re-creating the composers
style, technically immaculate and compelling in the extreme" – The Los Angeles Times
Concert pianist Gustavo Romero is internationally renowned for his exceptional technical
brilliance and interpretive depth and has gained an acclaimed reputation for his
commitment to in-depth exploration of a wide variety of composers.
A native of San Diego with heritage in Guadalajara, Mexico, Mr. Romero discovered his
love and gift for the piano at the age of five and gave his first public performances at the
age of 10, when he also won his first piano competition. At 13, he performed with the New
York Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta. His exceptional talent was recognized by Rudolf
Serkin, and at the age of 14 he attended the Juilliard School.
Mr. Romero has won many prizes including first prize in the prestigious Clara Haskil
International Piano Competition in Switzerland, The Avery Fisher Career Grant and The
Musical America Young t Award.
He has performed with the world's leading orchestras including: The New York
Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Atlanta Symphony, Houston Symphony, The
Boston Pops Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Honolulu Symphony, New World
Symphony, English Chamber Orchestra, Radio France Orchestra, Philharmonia
Hungarica, New Japan Philharmonic, Shanghai Orchestra, Cape Town Philharmonic,
Russian Symphony Orchestra, Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Liège
Philharmonic, a concert internationally televised from the United Nations.
For the past sixteen years, Mr. Romero has performed a summer series of concerts in La
Jolla, California, sponsored by the Athenaeum Music and Arts Library featuring music of
one composer each year. He has presented the works of Chopin, Bach, Schumann,
Schubert, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Haydn, Händel, Liszt, Debussy, Gershwin, Ravel and
Rachmaninoff, the complete piano sonatas of Beethoven and Mozart, the complete fourhand and two-piano works of Mozart and piano concerti of Mozart, Beethoven and
Mendelssohn conducting from the keyboard.
In the 2015-16 season, Schubert will be presented with Berg, Webern, and Schönberg.
Concert tours include China, Korea, Taiwan, South Africa and the United States.
Past seasons have taken him to France, England, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Spain,
Russia, the Czech Republic, China, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Japan, Thailand, Hong
Kong, South Africa, Argentina, New Zealand, Canada, Norway, Austria, Bulgaria, Mexico
and all across the United States. Mr. Romero has performed in some of the leading
concert halls of the world, including Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Centre, The Barbican in
London, The Berlin Philharmonie, Teatro La Fenice in Venice, The Great Tchaikovsky
Hall in Moscow and Salle Gaveau in Paris.
He has been featured by NPR, BBC Radio and Radio France. A feature film about his life
and artistry was produced in 2012 by The Snapshots Music and Art Foundation: Portrait in
Piano.
His recordings include works by Chopin, Mompou, Debussy, Albeniz, Scarlatti and the five
Beethoven concerti with the English Chamber Orchestra.
Mr. Romero is a Professor of Piano at the University of North Texas.
Conservatorio di Musica Benedetto Marcello
University of North Texas, Denton
Anno Accademico 2015-2016
lunedì 18 gennaio
mercoledì 20 gennaio
venerdì 22 gennaio
Sala dei Concerti, ore 18.00
Franz Schubert
e il pianoforte
GUSTAVO ROMERO
pianoforte
lunedì 18 gennaio
venerdì 22 gennaio
F. SCHUBERT (1797-1828)
Allegretto in do minore D 915
F. SCHUBERT
Drei Klavierstücke, D. 946
I. in mi b minore
II. in mi b maggiore
III. in do maggiore
A. BERG (1885-1935)
Sonata op.1
F. SCHUBERT
Sonata in sol maggiore D 894
I. Molto moderato e cantabile
II. Andante
III. Menuetto, Allegro moderato
IV. Allegretto
***
Sonata in do minore D 958
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Menuetto & Trio
IV. Allegro
mercoledì 20 gennaio
F. SCHUBERT
Sonata in do maggiore “Reliquie" D 840
I. Moderato
II. Andante
A. WEBERN (1883-1945)
Klavierstücke (1925)
A. SCHÖNBERG (1874-1951)
Sechs Kleine Klavierstücke op.19
I. Leicht, zart
II. Langsam
III. Sehr langsame
IV. Rasch, aber leicht
V. Etwas rasch
VI. Sehr langsam
F. SCHUBERT
Sonata in la minore D 784
I. Allegro giusto
II. Andante
III. Allegro
***
Sonata in si b maggiore D 960
I. Molto moderato
II. Andante sostenuto
III. Scherzo, Allegro vivace con delicatezza – Trio
IV. Allegro, ma non troppo – Presto
Gustavo Romero, pianoforte
F. SCHUBERT
Sonata in la minore D 845
I. Moderato
II. Andante poco moto
III. Scherzo, Allegro vivace
IV. Rondo, Allegro vivace
***
Sonata in la maggiore D 959
I. Allegro
II. Andantino
III. Scherzo - Trio
IV. Rondo, Allegretto
un ringraziamento particolare va a Maurizio Rossetto per l’ospitalità generosamente offerta al M° Romero