Rodrigo Camargo
Graduate Assistant for Broadcast Curation & CoordinationRodrigo Camargo is a Brazilian composer currently pursuing his DMA in Composition at the
UMKC Conservatory. He holds a Master’s degree from Louisiana State University and a Bachelor’s degree from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).
He is the recipient of the National Opera Association’s Dominick Argento Fellowship for Opera Composition. His music has been performed in Brazil and the United States, and his catalog includes chamber and vocal music, orchestral works, and opera. Some highlights are the operas "Emily Somebody"(American Prize 2nd place); "A Song For All" (commissioned by No Divide KC and the Lyric Opera of Kansas City); "Lira dos Enganos" (commissioned by FELINI - Festival Lírico de Niterói); "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow" (comissioned by KC Sinfonietta); the string quartet “There Where I’m Not” and the “Pocket Concerto for violin and orchestra”. Other highlights are his EPs "5 Poemas de Fernando Pessoa" and "Two Duos", available on streaming platforms. Camargo is also a Composition Teaching Artist with the Lyric Opera of Kansas City.
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In this week’s episode, we'll hear UMKC Conservatory alumni, faculty, and orchestra perform one of the very last works by Franz Schubert, and the final movement of Chen Yi’s flute concerto. -
This week on the UMKC Conservatory hour, we’ll hear a haunted piano quintet by Edward Elgar, dances by Béla Bartók inspired by Transylvanian folk tunes, and Debussy’s prelude to modernity. -
In this week's episode, UMKC Conservatory alumni and orchestra perform an early Richard Strauss violin sonata and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's masterful Symphony No. 4. -
The UMKC Conservatory orchestra, former Conservatory faculty and alumni perform works by a young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a virtuosic Frédéric Chopin and a before-fame Gustav Holst in this week’s UMKC Conservatory Hour. -
In this week's episode, UMKC Conservatory students, faculty and orchestra perform a better late than never overture by Giuseppe Verdi, Ludwig van Beethoven's spooky trio and a folk-inspired string quartet by Sergei Prokofiev. -
In this week’s episode, we’ll hear a reinvented opera overture, a genius makes his move, and one of the first works for saxophone quartet. UMKC Conservatory alumni and faculty perform works by Hector Berlioz, Ludwig van Beethoven and Alexander Glazunov. -
In this week’s UMKC Conservatory Hour, we'll hear an ancient Chinese drumming tradition revisited by a renowned KC based composer, plus prize winning chamber music and a nostalgic waltz. -
Discover fresh new music and precious hidden gems of the classical repertoire with UMKC Conservatory students, faculty and alumni in this rich and eclectic program. -
In this week's episode we'll hear a successful overture from a flopped opera, an epic piano masterpiece and a royal string quartet performed by the UMKC conservatory orchestra, String Quartet and faculty. -
The UMKC Conservatory Orchestra performs a magical ballet by Igor Stravinsky. Plus, we'll hear a radiant string quartet by Ludwig van Beethoven performed by the UMKC Graduate fellowship string quartet.
