Past Concert Highlights

The Romeros

SUNDAY FEBRUARY 19, 2006 STATE THEATRE, NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ

THE ROYAL FAMILY OF THE GUITAR IN A COMMAND PERFORMANCE WITH THE EDISON SYMPHONY

The illustrious career of The Romeros is unmistakably a milestone of twentieth century music. For over three decades the quartet has received popular and critical acclaim and has appeared with the most prestigious American orchestra, including those of Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, San Francisco, Pittsburgh and Detroit. The Romeros have performed at the White House, at the Vatican for Pope John Paul II, and for His Royal Highness Prince Charles, Prince of Wales. Numerous important works for guitar have been written for the by Joaquin Rodrigo, Federico Moreno Torroba, Morton Gould and many others. With regular appearances at major music festivals, performances at colleges and universities, regular tours of Europe and Asia and extensive recording projects, The Romeros prevail as champions in the realm of classical guitar.

Celdonio Romero was the creator of the greatest guitar legacy of the 20th century; with his sons Celino, Pepe and Angel, he founded the internationally renowned ensemble know to millions as "The Royal Family of the Guitar."

With the introduction of Celin's son Celino into the quartet in 1990, and Angel's son Lito in 1996, the Romeros have encompassed three generations of concert artists. To have so many virtuosi of the same instrument in one family is unique in the music world, and in the realm of the classical guitar it is absolutely without precedent.

"The Romeros at The Gewandhaus: Guardians of the Holy Grail of the Classical Guitar." What the "Three Tenors" are to the world of opera, The Romeros are to classical guitar." Volkszeitung, Leipzig- November 1996

"One of the enduring mysteries of musical talent is how skills seem to flow genetically from musical parent to musical child. In the Romero family the flow has been swift and unimpeded." The New York Times

also featuring Broadway star, singer Andrea Burns

Ms. Burns began her career at age 19, touring the great opera houses of Europe as Maria in West Side Story. Ms. Burns has appeared on Broadway as Belle in Disney's" Beauty and the Beast" and as Vicki Nichols in "The Full Monty". Her portrayal of Lucille Frank in Harold Prince's national tour of "Parade", garnered her a national Broadway Award nomination for best Actress. Ms. Burns had the honor of creating the role of Celeste in the New York premiere production of Stephen Sondheim's "Saturday Night", and shared the Carnegie Hall stage with Elain Stritch in Noel Coward's Sail Away. Other New York credits include John Bucchino's "It's Only Life" and Jason Robert Brown's "Songs for a New World", both directed by Daisy Prince. Across the country Ms. Burns has been seen as Eva Peron in "Evita", Martha Jefferson in 1776, Laurey in "Oklahoma!", Marta in Company and Magnolia in "Showboat". Andrea was nominated for Chicago's prestigious Joseph Jefferson award for her performance as Dot in the critically acclaimed Chicago Shakespeare production of "Sunday in the Park With George" directed by Gary Griffin. Television credits include Law & Order, Special Victims Unit, as well as the voice of Angelica on the Saturday morning animated series Skydancers. Andrea can be heard on the original cast recordings of Songs for a New World, Saturday Night, Broadway Bound, Shine, Broadway Musicals of 1953 and Fine and Dandy for PS Classics.