GUSTAVO ROMERO
www.gustavoromero.com
3111 Sale St #1 University of North Texas
Dallas, TX 75219 College of Music
(214) 520-9886 (h) Denton, TX 76203
(214) 793-0767 (c)
Education
The Juilliard School, Master of Music, Piano, 1997
The Juilliard School, Bachelor of Music, Piano, 1988
Summer Studies at Aspen Music Festival with Herbert Stessin, 1983-1985
Piano Studies with Herbert Stessin, Leon Fleisher, Nikita Magaloff
Chamber Music Studies with Felix Galimir, 1984-1988
General Studies at Columbia University, 1983-1984
Teaching Experience
Associate Professor, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, 2002-present; tenured, 2005
Assistant Professor, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, 1997-2002
Piano Faculty, Festival de Piano, Lucena, Spain, 2001 (Summer)
Piano Faculty, Eastern Music Festival, Greensboro, NC, 1989-1998
Awards and Honors
Steinway International Roster of Artists, 2016
Best Solo Performance of the Year Award, WRR-FM, Dallas, TX, 2004
Maurice Braun Award, Distinction in Arts and Culture, San Diego Historical Society, 2001
Outstanding Faculty Award, University of Illinois, School of Music, 2000
The San Diego Union-Tribune, “10 Best Classical Performances” recognition for 6-Recital Chopin Cycle, 1999
Tchaikovsky Concerto Competition, The Juilliard School, First Prize, 1981, 1996
Austin, TX, Key to the City Award, 1993
Headliner, San Diego Press Club, 1989
Clara Haskil International Piano Competition, Vevey, Switzerland, First Prize, 1989
Musical America Young Artist, 1988
Boys Club of America, Epstein Fine Arts Scholar, 1979-1988
Gina Bachauer Memorial Piano Competition, The Juilliard School, First Prize, 1979, 1986
City of Chula Vista, CA Special Recognition Award, 1979, 1986
Avery Fisher Career Grant, 1982
Lectures
2016 July 13, 20, 27, 29 – “The Life and Music of Robert Schumann”
The Osher Institute, UCSD, La Jolla, California
2015 July 8 ,15. 22, 24 – “The Life and Music of Franz Schubert”
The Osher Institute, UCSD, La Jolla, California
2014 July 9, 16, 23, 30 - “The Life and Music of Gustav Mahler”
The Osher Institute, UCSD, La Jolla, California
2013 July 10, 17, 25, 31 - "The Life and Music of Tchaikovsky"
The Osher Institute, UCSD, La Jolla, California
2012 July 11, 18, 25 and August 1 - "The Life and Music of Bach"
The Osher Institute, UCSD, La Jolla, California
2011 July 6, 13, 20, 27 - "The Life and Music of Franz Liszt"
Institute for Continued Learning, UCSD
2010 July 7, 14, 21, 28 - "The Life and Music of Chopin"
Institute for Continued Learning, UCSD
2009 July 1, 8, 15, 22 - “The Beethoven Piano Sonatas”
Institute for Continued Learning, UCSD
2008 July 13, 23 - “Wagner: Tristan und Isolde”
Institute for Continued Learning, UCSD
2007 July 10, 11, 18, 25 - “The Life and Music of Brahms”
Institute for Continued Learning, UCSD
2006 July 5, 12, 19, 26 - “The Life and Music of Schumann”
Institute for Continued Learning, UCSD
2005 July 6, 13, 20, 27 - “The Life and Music of Beethoven”
Institute for Continued Learning, UCSD
2004 July 7, 14, 21, 28 - “The Life and Music of Haydn”
Institute for Continued Learning, UCSD
2003 July 2, 9, 16, 23 - “The Life and Music of Mozart”
Institute for Continued Learning, UCSD
Radio Broadcasts
2012 WRR "Classic Café," Dallas, TX (June 4)
2010 WRR "Classic Café," Dallas, TX (live radio interview and performance January 7)
2007 NPR, “Performance Today,” Washington, DC (rebroadcast of July 22, 2005;
interview and recorded performances)
2005 NPR, “Performance Today,” Washington, DC (July 22, invited by Marty Ronish
at NPR)
Master Classes Given
2016 January 25, 26, Venice Conservatory, Venice, Italy
April 8, Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, CA
November 18, Booker T. Washington High School for the Visual and Performing Arts,
Dallas
2015 June 2, Conservatory of Music, Beijing, China
June 7, Concert Hall, Shenzhen, China
June 13, Studio of Jin Son Kim, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
July 11, Studio of Lee Galloway, San Diego, CA
September 24, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2014 January 19, Randolph-Macon College, Lynchburg University
September 4, Harding University, Searcy, AR
2013 March 18, Shenzhen University
March 19, Shenzhen Arts School
2012 January 10, Singapore, Yong Sieh Toh Conservatory
February 26, Billings, MT
March 16, Hong Kong Academy of Arts
March 19, Shenzhen Arts School
March 20, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
May 7, Seoul National University, Korea
September 10, Cal State Fullerton University, Fullerton, CA
September 21, Jeju, Korea, Jeju National University
2011 January 25, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
March 17, Hong Kong Academy for the Performing Arts, Hong Kong, China
May 20, Hansei University, KyungGi, Seoul, Korea
May 23, 25, 26, Jeju University, Jeju, Korea
May 27, Yeonsei University, Seoul, Korea
May 30, Sunhwa Arts High School, Seoul, Korea
June 1, ChungAng University, Seoul, Korea
June 2, Seoul National University, Korea
August 6, Studio of Lee Galloway, San Diego, CA
August 13, Greene Music, San Diego, CA
October 27, Broward College, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
November 3, 4, Chonbuk National University, Chonju
November 5, 6, Hansei University, KyungGi, Seoul, Korea
2010 January 18, La Salle College, Singapore
August14, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
August17, Kwazulu Natal University, Durban, South Africa
September 30, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2009 March 20, Chinese University, Hong Kong
May 25, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taiwan
July 25, Studio of Lee Galloway, San Diego, CA
October 15, San Antonio International Competition
2008 March 26, Academy of the Arts, Hong Kong
March 28, Chinese University, Hong Kong
May 21, Senior High School of National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
May 22, Soochow University
May 26, Taipei National University of the Arts
May 28, Tainan National University of the Arts
July 26, Studio of Lee Galloway, San Diego, CA
August 8, University of Cape Town, South Africa
September 25, Rice University, Houston, TX
September 30, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
October 17, Esquela Superior de Musica, Mexico City, Mexico
October 21, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico
December 11, City University of the Arts, Kyoto, Japan
2007 May 14, Taipei National University of the Arts
May 16, Tainan National University of the Arts
May 17, National Taiwan Normal University
May 22, Shen Zhen Arts School
May 25, Chinese University, Hong Kong
August 13, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
August, Studio of Lee Galloway, San Diego, CA
August 24, Cape Town University, South Africa
November 8, Venice Conservatory, Italy
2006 August, Studio of Lee Galloway, San Diego, CA
November 15, 16, Escuela Superior de Musica, Mexico City, Mexico
November 18, Dallas Piano Pedagogy Forum, McKinney, TX
2005 Studio of Lee Galloway, San Diego, CA
Conservatorio Beethoven, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
2004 Vancouver, British Columbia
Castelfranco Veneto Conservatory, Italy
Chamber Music International, Dallas, TX
Cerritos College, CA
Baptist University, Hong Kong
Chinese University, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Pusan University, Korea
Kyung Sang University, Korea
Daejon University, Korea
2001 September 9, Alta Vista, VA (local students/teachers at Alta Vista High School)
October 29, Hartford University, CAN (undergraduate and graduate students)
2000 August 8, Wellington Conservatorium of Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand, studios of Richard Mapp and Emma Sayers
November 5, Chandler Hall, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA (local high school piano students and undergraduates)
1999 June 28, Pretoria University, South Africa
November 7, First Presbyterian Church, Lynchburg, VA (local piano students/
teachers)
1998 September 19, Studio of Victoria Fisher, Elon University, NC
October 30, Lynchburg College, VA (local high school piano students/teachers)
1996 Lynchburg College, VA
1995 La Mesa College, San Diego, CA
1992-1993 Austin Texas University
1990 Richmond, British Columbia
University of California, Santa Barbara
1989 San Diego State University
Bergen Conservatory, Norway
1989-1998 Eastern Music Festival, Greensboro, NC (weekly during six-week festival)
1987 San Diego State University
Competitions Adjudicated
2016 - Screening judge for Lennox InternationalYoungArtists Competition, Richardson, TX
2014 – Screening judge for Lennox International Young Artists Competition, Richardson, TX
2013 -- May 31, San Diego, Musical Merit Foundation
2010 -- Musical Merit Foundation, San Diego, CA
2009 – San Antonio International Competition, San Antonio, TX
2008 – 1st Thailand International Piano Competition, Bangkok, Thailand
2007 – Musical Merit Foundation Competition, San Diego, CA
2007 – Dallas Teachers Association Piano Competition, Dallas, TX
2005 – Albuquerque Symphony Young Artists Concerto Competition
2004 – Musical Merit Foundation Competition, San Diego, CA
2004 – International Pacific Competition, Richmond, British Columbia
2002 – Thomas J. Smith Scholarship, UIUC, School of Music
1996 – Walt Disney Youth Orchestra Young Artists Competition
1996 – San Diego Symphony Young Artists Competition, Los Angeles, CA
1989 – 1998 Eastern Music Festival Annual Concerto Competition, Greensboro, NC
Professional Experience (Concerti)
2016 February 27, 28, Rachmaninoff – Concerto No. 1, Daniel Boico, UNAM Orchestra, Mexico, City, Mexico
March 19, Tchaikovsky – Concerto No. 1, Broward Symphony Orchestra, Rufus Jones, Broward College, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
November 21, MacDowell – Concerto No. 2, Clay Couturiaux, Concert Orchestra, University of North Texas, Denton
2015 September 18, 19, Beethoven – Concerto No. 3, Austin Symphony, Peter Bay, conductor, The Long Center, Austin, TX
2014 February 23, Grieg -- Piano concerto in Aminor, Dallas Asian American Youth Orchestra, Hsuan Yu Lee,Eismann Center, Richardson, TX
May 4, Chopin -- Concerto No. 1 and 2, Lynchburg Symphony, Hsuan Yu Lee, Lynchburg, VA
August 28, Liszt -- Concerto No. 2,San Diego Symphony, KenMasur, San Diego, CA
September 19-21, Brahms -- Concerto No. 1and 2, Gauteng Philharmonic, Nicholas Nicolaides, Brooklyn Theatre, Pretoria, South Africa
October 9, Brahms -- Concerto No. 2, Pusan Philharmonic, Dong Shin Lee,
Pusan, Korea
December13,Beethoven -- Concerto No. 3, Broward Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Cicconi, Bailey Hall,Ft. Lauderdale, FL
2013 April 27, Gershwin -- Rhapsody in Blue, Allen Philharmonic, Richard Giangiulio, Allen Performing Arts Center, Allen, TX
October 2, Schumann -- Piano concerto in A minor, Op.54, UNT Orchestra, Clay Couturiaux conductor, Winspear Hall
October 10, Rachmaninoff -- Concerto No. 3, Op.30, Jeonju Symphony Orchestra, Seok Hee Kang conductor, Sori Arts Center, Jeonju, Korea
2012 January 25, Beethoven -- Triple concerto, Billings Symphony, Alberta Blair Theatre, Anne Harrigan, conductor
March 28, Schumann – concerto, Bangkok, Thailand, Bangkok Charity Orchestra, Tan Lochotinan, conductor
April 18, Rachmaninoff – Concerto No.1, University of North Texas, Clay Couturiaux, conductor
September 27, Rachmaninoff -- Concerto No.2, Changwon, Korea, Philharmonic, Sungsan Art Hall, Eun Seong Park, conductor
November 23-24, Brahms -- Concerto No.2, Bangkok, Thailand, Mahidol University, Claude Villaret, conductor
2011 August 14, Rachmaninoff -- Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Matthew Garbutt, conductor, San Diego, CA
2010 April 24/25, Chopin -- Concerto No 2, Glacier Symphony, John Zoltek, conductor, Kallispell, MT
June 12, Chopin -- Krakowiak, Op. 11, Fantasy on Polish Airs, Op.14, San Diego Youth Symphony, Jeff Edmons, conductor
October 2/3, Chopin -- Concerto No. 1, Quad City Symphony Orchestra, Mark Russell Davies, conductor, Davenport, IA
2009 March 16, Mendelssohn – Double Concerto for Violin and Piano, Tainan University, Tainan, Taiwan
April 2, Prokofiev – Concerto No. 2, Cape Town Philharmonic, Pieter Daniel, conductor, Cape Town, South Africa
April 13, Prokofiev – Concerto No. 2, UNT Symphony Orchestra, David Itkin, conductor, Winspear Hall, Denton, TX
May 21, Beethoven – Concerto No. 3, Tainan School of the Arts Orchestra, Tainan, Taiwan
May 22, Mendelssohn – Concerto for Violin and Piano; Shostakovich – Concerto No. 1; Finzi – Ecologue, Tainan School of the Arts Orchestra, Tainan, Taiwan
November 21, 22, Beethoven – Concerto No. 2, UNAM Orchestra Sala Nezahualcoyotl, Alan Francis, Conductor, Mexico City, Mexico
2008 May 18, Prokofiev – Concerto No. 3, Greater Dallas Youth Symphony, Richard Giangiulio, conductor, Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, TX
2007 May 19, Finzi – Eclogue; Mendelssohn – Concerto in A minor, Taipei National University Orchestra, Su Chen, conductor, Taipei, Taiwan
May 20, Mozart – Concerto in D Major, K. 537, Eternal Sunshine Youth Orchestra, Ai Kuang Sun, conductor, Taipei City Library, Chih-Ching Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
August 8-9, Beethoven – Concerto No. 3, Johannesburg Philharmonic, Jin Markl, conductor, Wits Auditorium, Johannesburg, South Africa
August 16, Beethoven – Concerto No. 2, Cape Town Philharmonic, Pieter Daniel, conductor, Cape Town Town Hall, South Africa
2006 April 2, Poulenc – Two-piano Concerto (with Ling-Yu Kan), Dallas Asian American Youth Orchestra, Ai-Kuang Sun, conductor, Eisemann Center, Richardson, TX
September 27, Beethoven – Concerto No. 3, UNT Chamber Orchestra, Clay Couturiaux, conductor, Winspear Hall, Denton, TX
2005 February 4, Bach – Concerto in C minor for two pianos (with Pamela Mia Paul); Mozart – Concerto in E-flat Major for Two Pianos (with Massimo Somenzi); Mendelssohn – Concerto in A minor, Winspear Hall, UNT, Denton, TX
February 13, Mendelssohn – Concerto in A minor, UNT Symphony, Anshel Brusilow, conductor, Winspear Hall, UNT, Denton, TX
May 15, Mendelssohn – Concerto in A minor, The San Diego Symphony, Navroj Mehta, conductor, Chula Vista Bayside Park, Chula Vista, CA
August 26, Mendelssohn – Concerto in A minor, Argerich Sinfonietta, Dario Ntaca, conductor, Collegio de Abogados, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2004 March 19-20, Rachmaninoff – Concerto No. 2, New Mexico Symphony, Roger
Melone, conductor, Popejoy Auditorium, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
September 29, Chopin – Concerto No. 1, UNT Chamber Orchestra, Clay Couturiaux, conductor, Winspear Hall, UNT, Denton, TX
November 30, Saint-Saëns – Concerto No. 2, Pusan Philharmonic, Sung Kwak, conductor
2003 May 31, Rachmaninoff – Concerto No. 2, Roger Melone, conductor, New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, Albuquerque, NM
June 28, Tchaikovsky - Concerto No. 1, Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor, Houston Symphony, Miller Outdoor Theatre, Houston, TX
July 27, Mozart - Concerto K. 450, 482, 466, Gustavo Romero, conductor, Members of the San Diego Symphony, The Neurosciences Institute, La Jolla, CA
September 24, Brahms – Concerto No. 1, Anshel Brusilow, conductor, UNT Orchestra, Winspear Performance Hall, Denton, TX
October 3, 4, Prokofiev – Concerto No. 2, Harold Bauer, conductor, DuPage Philharmonic, DuPage, IL
October 11, Mozart – Concerto K. 467, John Farrer, conductor, Bakersfield Symphony, Bakersfield, CA
October 18, Brahms – Concerto No. 1, Steve Larsen, conductor, Champaign- Urbana Symphony, Krannert Center, Urbana, IL
November 17, 18, 21, Saint-Saens – Concerto No. 2, Donald Barra, conductor, San Diego Chamber Orchestra, Sherwood Hall, La Jolla, CA