Angélica Negrón

Angélica Negrón is a Puerto Rican-born composer and multi-instrumentalist. She writes music for voices, orchestras, ensembles, and film as well as robots, toys, and plants. Negrón is known for playing with the unexpected intersection of classical and electronic music, unusual instruments, and found sounds. 

Recent commissions include a cello concerto performed by Yo-Yo Ma and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel; a requiem for Dallas Symphony Orchestra; a drag opera film for Opera Philadelphia in collaboration with Mathew Placek and Sasha Velour ; as well as works for New York Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, the New York Botanical Garden, Kronos Quartet, Roomful of Teeth, and her Carnegie Hall debut, commissioned and performed by Sō Percussion. 

Negrón was a guest curator for Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Green Umbrella series (2025) and continues to develop a multi-disciplinary work as a Lincoln Center Collider Fellow. Her original scores include the HBO docuseries Menudo: Forever Young and You Were My First Boyfriend. She regularly performs solo shows and is a founding member of the tropical electronic band Balún. Negrón is always looking for ways to incorporate her love of drag, comedy, and the natural world into her work.