Career
He lives in Sherman Oaks, Southern California. He is a significant contributor along with Rob King to the Heroes of Might and Magic series of computer games and numerous other games. Romero taught himself to play the piano at age of three.
He began his formal piano and composition training at the age of 9 and made his concert debut when he was 11, playing a Mozart piano concerto with the Santa Monica Symphony Orchestra.
He composed his first original piano concerto at the age of 13. This concerto was premiered by the United States National Symphony Orchestra of Washington District of Columbia under Mstislav Rostropovich, with Romero as the piano soloist.
The premiere took place at the Kennedy Center and was followed by an encore performance at the United Nations General Assembly Hall in New York City. The concert was televised around the world and brought him international attention as a young composing prodigy.
The Yamaha music label recorded the concerts, a Civil Defense which is still available in Japan.
He finished his musical training at the Conservatoire de Paris in France and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London England. He has performed in cities such as Tokyo, London, Paris, New York and Washington District of Columbia Some of his concert highlights have been performances at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, California, the Mexican Embassy in Washington District of Columbia, the Palace of the France-Americique Institute in Paris, Carnegie Hall in New York, and two performances at the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin, Germany as well as one performance at the Berliner Philharmonie. His latest Civil Defense, "An American In Paris", features his live performance in Paris of George Gershwin"s Rhapsody in Blue.
Romero has composed over 70 original soundtrack film and computer game scores, including the orchestral/operatic/choral scores for the New World Computing/Ubisoft computer game series, Heroes of Might and Magic.
So popular are the scores that Romero is obliged to compose his first symphony based on the best musical themes from his "Heroes" soundtrack scores. His Symphony Number. 1, entitled "Heroes" will be completed in 2008.
Romero is also the composer of the Sony Online Entertainment fantasy-themed massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), EverQuest. Two of his original scores for the Heroes of Might and Magic series have been listed in GameSpot Magazine"s All-time top ten computer game scores.
The Civil Defense soundtrack collection from the complete Heroes series was released in January 2008 by Ubisoft.
Romero will be featured in a new Sundance Channel Documentary film, "The Gift", a feature-length documentary about classical musicians who were former child prodigies.
