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 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. -
In this week’s UMKC Conservatory Hour, a Symphony written and premiered under gunfire, in the apex of World War 2. Plus, a love letter to Spain, with all its colors, rhythms and flavors. -
UMKC Conservatory students and faculty perform a late masterpiece by Johannes Brahms that features the clarinet, and an early hidden gem by Ludwig van Beethoven. -
The UMKC Conservatory orchestra shines in performances of Ludwig van Beethoven’s revolutionary Symphony No. 3, and the spooky overture from Carl Maria von Weber’s Der Freischütz. -
Take a stroll on the streets of Paris with George Gershwin and the UMKC Conservatory orchestra. Also in this episode, you'll hear an award winning performance of a fantastic concerto for piano and a joyful symphony by Haydn. -
In this episode of the UMKC Conservatory Hour, we’ll hear a piano quintet that earned nothing but disdain from its dedicatee, plus a showstopper aria and Brahms crafts a birthday present. -
Hear how different cultures and traditions inspired Franz Liszt in this week’s UMKC Conservatory Hour. Plus, Vivaldi’s only trumpet concerto played by UMKC Conservatory faculty.
