Pepe Romero

• Pepe Romero: Dialogues on a Life's Journey with the Guitar (with Walter Aaron Clark, 2025). Boydell & Brewer.

Romero served as guitar professor at the University of Southern California, Southern Methodist University, University of San Diego and University of California at San Diego, before taking up the post of adjunct professor at USC Thornton School of Music. Romero published a guitar method, La Guitarra, in 2012.

• No. || Album Title — Record label — Date || • 01 — ¡Flamenco Fenomeno! — Contemporary — 1959 • 02 — Flamenco! — Mercury — 1962 • 03 — Giuliani Guitar Concerto, Op. 30, (Side A: Pepe Romero) Rodrigo: “Concierto Madrigal” for two guitars (Side B: Angel and Pepe Romero)(Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville Marriner) — Philips — 1974 — * • 04 — Rodrigo: “Fantasía para un gentilhombre”, Giuliani: Introduction, Theme with Variations and Polonaise, op. 65 (Pepe Romero, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville Marriner) — Philips — 1975 • 05 — Famous Guitar Music including Tárrega: "Recuerdos de la Alhambra"/Albéniz: "Asturias"/Villa Lobos/Lauro/Sagreras/Sor — Philips — 1976 • 06 — Giuliani Guitar Concertos, Op.36 & Op.70 (Pepe Romero, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville Marriner) — Philips — 1976 • 07 — Mauro Giuliani: Guitar Concertos, Op.30, Op.36, Op.70, Op.65(Pepe Romero, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville Marriner) — Philips — 1976 • 08 — Works for Guitar from Renaissance to Baroque Sanz, Milán, Mudarra, Narváez, Pisador, Valderrábano — Philips — 1976 • 09 — Giuliani: Handel Variations, op.107, Gran Sonata Eroica, etc. — Philips — 1977 • 10 — Flamenco — Philips — 1977 • 11 — Rodrigo: “Concierto de Aranjuez” (Side A: Pepe Romero); “Concierto Andaluz” (Side B: Los Romeros)(Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville Marriner) — Philips — 1978 — * • 12 — Sor: Guitar Sonatas/Gitarrensonaten Op.22 & 25 — Philips — 1978 • 13 — Boccherini Guitar Quintets Nos. 4,5 & 6 (Pepe Romero, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields’ Chamber Ensemble) — Philips — 1978 • 14 — Torroba: “Concierto Ibérico” (Side A: Los Romeros). “Diálogos” – (Side B: Pepe Romero side) — Philips — 1979 — * • 15 — Boccherini Guitar Quintets Nos. 3 & 9, “La ritirata di Madrid” (Pepe Romero, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields’ Chamber Ensemble) — Philips — 1979 • 16 — Boccherini Guitar Quintets Nos. 1,2 & 7 (Pepe Romero, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields’ Chamber Ensemble) — Philips — 1980 • 17 — Joaquín Rodrigo/Pepe Romero guitar (solo works) — Philips — 1980 • 18 — Pepe Romero: Bach Partita BWV 1004 & Suite BWV 1009 — Philips — 1981 • 19 — Carulli 2 Sonatas Diabelli Sonata Op. 68, Grande Sonate brilliante Op. 102 (Pepe Romero, Wilhelm Hellweg, forte piano) — Philips — 1982 • 20 — Jeux Interdits, Recuerdos de la Alhambra, Asturias — Philips — 1982 • 21 — Rodrigo: “Concierto para una fiesta” Romero/Torroba:“Concierto de Málaga” (Pepe Romero, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville Marriner) — Philips — 1983 • 22 — Villa-Lobos, Castelnuovo-Tedesco Guitar Concertos, Rodrigo: “Sones en la Giralda” (Pepe Romero, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville Marriner) — Philips — 1985 • 23 — Pepe Romero Guitar: Albéniz/Tárrega/Moreno Torroba/Romero — Philips — 1985 • 24 — Villa-Lobos: Five Preludes, Etude No.1, Suite populaire brésilienne — Philips — 1987 • 25 — Pepe Romero: Flamenco – Chano Lobato, Maria Magdalena, Paco Romero — Philips — 1987 • 26 — Carulli, Molino: Guitar Concertos, Mozart: Adagio KV 261, Rondo KV373 (Pepe Romero, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Iona Brown) — Philips — 1989 • 27 — La Paloma: Spanish and Latin American Favorites — Philips — 1990 • 28 — Vivaldi Guitar Concertos I Musici, Pepe Romero, Massimo Paris — Philips — 1991 • 29 — Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez, Fantasía de un gentilhombre, Cançoneta, Invocación y danza, Trois petites piéces(ASMF, N. Marriner, Agustin Leon Ara)(“Shadows and Light: Rodrigo at 90”, a film by Larry Weinstein and Rhombus Media)(released also as a CD, Laser CD-Video disc and VHS cassette) — Philips — 1992 — ** • 30 — Noches de España: Romantic Guitar Classics-World premiere recording Sor Fantasie — Philips — 1993 • 31 — Opera Fantasy for Guitar: — Philips — 1995 • 32 — Songs My Father Taught Me — Philips — 1998 • 33 — Boccherini: Quintetti con chitarra n.2,6,7,4(Pepe Romero with Quartetto Stadivari) — UNICEF — 1998 • 34 — Palomo: Andalusian Nocturnes, Spanish Songs (Pepe Romero, guitar, Maria Bayo, soprano. Seville Royal Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos) — NAXOS — 2000 • 35 — Homenatge a Montsalvatge Metamorfosi de concert (Pepe Romero, Orquesta de Cadaqués, Gianandrea Noseda) — Tritó — 2002 • 36 — Corazón Español — CPA Hollywood Records — 2003 • 37 — Chihara: Guitar Concerto (Pepe Romero, London Symphony, Neville Marriner) — Albany Records — 2004 • 38 — Giuliani: Guitar Concert No.1, Rodrigo: Concierto Madrigal. Re-release 2004 on super audio CD (original release 1974) — PentaTone — 2004 • 39 — The Art of Pepe Romero (compilation) — Philips — 200? • 40 — The Rodrigo Collection(Re-release 2005 – CD/DVD including “Shadows and Light” film) — Philips — 2005 — ** • 41 — Classic Romero — CPA Hollywood Records — 2005 • 42 — Guitarrenmusik: Bach, Sor. (Re-release on CD) — Philips Classics/Eloquence Label — 200? • 43 — Recuerdos de la Alhambra: Spanishe Gitarrenmusik-Pepe Romero, Los Romeros — Philips Classics/Eloquence Label — 200? — ** • 44 — Aita Madina (Concierto vasco para 4 guitarras y orquesta Euskadiko Orkestra Sinfonikoa/Los Romero / Mandeal — Claves — 2005 — ** • * albums where one side of the album was Pepe Romero and the second side was Los Romeros • ** albums that were mainly Pepe Romero with some involvement of the rest of Los Romeros

For contribution to the arts, he received the Premio Andalucía de la Músicahe in June 1996. On February 11, 2000, King Juan Carlos I of Spain knighted Pepe Romero and his brothers, Celin and Angel, into the Order of Isabella the Catholic. The official ceremony of this high honor took place at the USC Thornton School of Music, and included a gala performance by The Romeros with the Thornton Chamber Orchestra. He is currently Adjunct Professor of Classical Guitar at the Thornton School, where he was named Distinguished Artist in Residence in 2004. In 2007, the Romero Quartet received the President's Merit Award from the Recording Academy, the producers of the Grammy Awards, and, in November 2012, Romero's recording of Concierto festivo by Ernesto Cordero was nominated for Best Classical Album at the Latin Grammy Awards.