PEPE ROMERO GUITAR FESTIVAL MÁLAGA * September 5-30, 2025

Pepe Romero, que no sólo está considerado el intérprete de la guitarra española por excelencia de nuestros días, sino que es reconocido como uno de los músicos más determinantes de la historia de la música.

September 5-30, 2025
Various locations throughout Málaga

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There are very few true living legends in the world of classical music, few who have sustained greatness and grown throughout their lives. Pepe Romero is such an artist. He has been honored by kings, heads of state, and major institutions-the encomiums continue to pour in. But to Romero, his most important contribution has been reaching the common man. He has communicated the richness and beauty of the classical guitar to millions of people throughout the world. He has, indeed, become an ambassador of classical music, and, correspondingly, of classical guitar.

The Pepe Romero Guitar Festival Málaga is internationally recognized as one of the major festivals dedicated to the Spanish guitar. The name Pepe Romero and Málaga has given it international exposure and strength, which has also been endorsed, praised, and loved by the people of Málaga and the public who have filled all the events we have held in the three previous editions.

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Pepe was born in Málaga, Spain, in 1944. Pepe is the second son of one of the greatest guitarists that ever lived—Celedonio Romero. And he is brother to two more musical phenomena, Celin and Angel Romero. Pepe first set foot on the concert stage at age seven, at the Teatro Lope de Vega in Sevilla. Now, more than sixty years later, he continues to mesmerize audiences throughout the world. During that time, he has given literally thousands of concerts worldwide, many with the remarkable Romero Quartet, and many as a solo instrumentalist.

Pepe Romero premiered works by some of the finest composers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Joaquín Rodrigo, Federico Moreno Torroba, Lorenzo Palomo, Padre Francisco de Madina, Paul Chihara, Enrique Diemecke, Ernesto Cordero, and, most poignantly, Celedonio Romero, have written compositions for Pepe. Always a champion of music by composers in earlier periods of music history, he has also delved into rare archives to re-explore lost pieces by Fernando Sor, (world premiere and recording of Fantasie in d minor), Mauro Giuliani (world premiere recordings of Concerto no.2 in A major and Concerto no.3 in F major and Variations and Polonaise, Op.65), Francesco Molino (world premier recording of Guitar Concerto in E minor, Op.56), Ferdinando Carulli (world premiere recording of Guitar Concerto in E minor, Op.140), Johann Kaspar Mertz, Luigi Boccherini, (world premiere recording of all 8 guitar quintets) and others.

A biographical documentary about the Romeros appeared on PBS in 2001 entitled “Los Romeros, the Royal Family of the Guitar.” Following this production, German television released another brilliant documentary about the Romeros entitled ¨Los Romeros, the Dynasty of the Guitar.” In 2007, the Romeros received the President’s Merit Award from the Recording Academy, producers of the Grammy Awards, for their significant contributions to the music world and professional career achievements. … {Bio Continues Here}

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The European Guitar Foundation (EGF) focuses on promoting and celebrating the art of guitar building, particularly within the European tradition. They host events like the Granada Guitar Festival and the Antonio Marin Montero Guitar Building Competition, fostering a community of guitar builders and enthusiasts. The EGF also aims to showcase the unique cultural heritage and craftsmanship of European guitar making.

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