Celino Romero displays a virtuosity synonymous with the Romero name. He has dazzled countless audiences playing solo, with major orchestras, in duo performances with father Celin, his uncle Pepe, or cousin Lito, and as a member of "The Romeros" quartet. His appearances worldwide include the Hollywood Bowl, Carnegie Hall and Metropolitan Museum, the Auditorio Nacional (Madrid), Gewandhaus (Leipzig), Concert Hall (Seoul), Cultural Center Concert Hall (Hong Kong) and Musikverein (Vienna). One critic called Celino and Pepe Romero "artistic blood brothers who are so closely matched."
Celino Romero is the youngest member of the world-renowned classical
guitar quartet, "Los Romeros" but he has proved to be a true
concert veteran with numerous brilliant performances. With the introduction
of Celino into the quartet in 1990, their music has spanned three generations
of virtuosity. After Celino's quartet debut, The New York Times observed:
"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 virtuosity
of the four Romeros was uniformly solid and finely considered, as if
these techniques had derived from a single mold".
In their review The Ann Arbor News declared Celino as "a young
prince among three kings of the guitar". Celino's journey on the
guitar began at the young age of three, under the careful tutelage of
his legendary grandfather, Celedonio, and his famous father, Celin.
Celino's early start in the instrument is the same pedagogical process
that has established the cornerstone of the Romero technique.
Celino can also be credited with bringing new audiences to the world of classical guitar, as he is extremely popular amongst college audiences throughout the United States. His performances at fine arts series in major cities include the Metropolitan Museum and Carnegie Hall in New York, the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, the Ambassador Auditorium in Pasadena, the Teatro Real in Madrid and Palacio de la Música in Barcelona, the Herkulessaal, Gewandhaus, and Musikhalle in Germany and the Musikverein in Vienna. His performances have also brought him to stages in Copenhagen, Paris, London, Madrid, Seoul, Hong Kong, Amsterdam, Milan, Vienna, Salzburg, Warsaw, and Turkey. A recent performance of Rodrigo's "Concerto de Aranjuez" at one of the most prestigious music festivals of Spain, "Cuevas de Nerja", brought him tremendous acclaim as one of the greatest virtuosos of the guitar. Highlights of the summer of 2002 included a very successful performance with Maestro Lockhart and the San Francisco Symphony in Davies Hall.