Aldemaro Romero
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| Born | March 12, 1928 Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela |
Aldemaro Romero (born March 12, 1928 in Valencia, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan pianist, composer, arranger and conductor of folkloric, popular and classical music.
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[edit] Biography
Romero began his musical studies with his father, Rafael Romero. In 1941 he moved to Caracas and worked as a pianist in nocturnal saloons and dance orchestras. In 1949 he traveled to Cuba, and then on to New York. In 1952 he returned to Caracas and established his own dance orchestra.
In 1951 he signed a contract with RCA Victor to record with a full orchestra what was to be a very successful album in the "Dinner In..." series, featuring popular Latin American music. Under the RCA label he published his LP Dinner in Caracas, with which he beat all sales records in South America until then. Afterwards, he recorded numerous LP albums in different countries. In America, his ability as arranger/conductor led him to collaborate with popular orchestras and singers, such as Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Stan Kenton, Ray Mekin, Machito, Noro, Tito Puente and others. He has toured extensively, performing in numerous countries: Mexico, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Spain, France, Greece, Switzerland, Sweden, Italy, Russia, Egypt and Japan.
Aldemaro Romero is the creator of a new form of Venezuelan music, known as "New Wave", derived from the joropo and influenced by Brazilian Bossa Nova. He has also had an important role in the field of learned music. In 1979 he founded the Caracas Philarmonic Orchestra, of which he was the first Conductor. He has also conducted the London Symphony Orchestra, the English Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Romanian Radio/TV and the Royal Philarmonic Orchestra.
[edit] Awards
In 1969 Romero received the Peace Prize of the Soviet Intellectuals, in the Cinema Festival of Moscow, for his soundtrack music for the Simón Bolivar epic film. He also obtained the first prize as composer and conductor at the Festival of Palms of Majorca; at the Olympic Games Musical Festival in Greece; and in the Latin Song Festival of Mexico. For his extensive work, he has received numerous recognitions in his country and has been awarded the Andrés Bello, the Diego de Losada, the Francisco de Miranda and the Work Merit orders, all in their first class, granted by the Venezuelan Government to political, artistic and social outstanding individuals.
A prolific composer, he has created a wide range of music, such as Caribbean, Jazz, Venezuelan waltzes, including works for orchestra, orchestra and solist, orchestra and choir, chamber music, etc., up to symphonic works of great dimensions.
In 2000 obtained the National Music Prize, and in 2006 the Honoris Causa degrees from the University of Carabobo, and the Lisandro Alvarado University of Barquisimeto.
