Rodrigo Camargo is a Brazilian composer currently pursuing his DMA in Composition at the University of Missouri–Kansas City. He is currently the recipient of the National Opera Association’s Dominick Argento Fellowship for Opera Composition. He holds a Master’s degree from Louisiana State University and a Bachelor’s degree from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).His music has been performed in Brazil and the United States in venues such as Sala Cecilia Meireles and Carnegie Hall.
His catalog includes chamber and vocal music, orchestral works, and opera. Some recent 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 (commissioned by KC Sinfonietta); the string quartet There Where I’m Not (commissioned the UMKC Graduate Fellowship String Quartet) and the “Pocket Concerto for violin and orchestra”. Other highlights are his EPs 5 Poemas de Fernando Pessoa – a song cycle for soprano and piano – and Two Duos, for violin and piano, and cello and piano. Most of his music is available online and on streaming platforms.
Camargo also works with the Lyric Opera of Kansas City teaching the curriculum Music! Words! Opera! at the Paseo Academy of Fine and Performing Arts. In September 2025 he joined 91.9 Classical KC radio as a Graduate Assistant for Broadcast Curation and Coordination.
Rodrigo Camargo, composer 