Gordon Kampe

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Gordon Kampe
Kampe composer of Dogville, Uraufführung, 2023
Born (1976-09-10) 10 September 1976 (age 47)
NationalityGerman
Occupations
  • Composer
  • Academic teacher
Known forContemporary music
Websitegordonkampe.de

Gordon Kampe (born 10 September 1976)[1] is a German composer and academic teacher.

Career[edit]

Kampe was born in Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.[2] He completed an apprenticeship as an electrician in 1995 and studied after his Abitur composition with Hans-Joachim Hespos, Adriana Hölszky (Rostock) and Nicolaus A. Huber (Essen).[2] In 2008, he finished his dissertation about fairy tale opera of the 20th century at the Folkwang University of the Arts.[1]

Kampe is notably interested in the opera. Since 2009 he has written a number of commissioned works, among other for the Stuttgart State Opera (Zivilcourage. Musik für einen Platz, world premiere 2009),[3][4] the Oldenburg State Theatre (ANOIA, world premiere 2012)[5][6] and the Deutsche Oper Berlin (Kannst du pfeifen, Johanna, world premiere 2013).[7][8] The world premiere of PLÄTZE. DÄCHER. LEUTE. WEGE. Musiktheater für ein utopisches Bielefeld took place at Bielefeld Opera in 2015.[9]

Kampe has been a professor of composition and music theory at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg since 2017.[10] He lives and works in Hamburg, Germany.

Awards[edit]

Scholarships[edit]

Memberships[edit]

Discography[edit]

  • Gordon Kampe: HAL / High Noon: Moskitos / Ripley-Musik V / Qs Nachtstück / Picard / Gassenhauermaschinensuite WERGO 2011 (WER 6581 2)
  • "Nischenmusik mit Klopfgeistern", Decoder Ensemble für Aktuelle Musik, Ahornfelder 2015 (AH27)
  • "Falsche Lieder", Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart: Drama, col legno 2014 (WWE 1CD 20413)
  • "heavy metal", Beatrix Wagner – Spiegelungen, Edition Zeitklang (ez 44046)
  • "zu drei Stücken entzwei", Magic Flute Remixed, GENUIN 2006 (GEN 86078)

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Drees, Stefan (2008). "Gordon Kampe". Komponisten der Gegenwart. Munzinger Online/KLfG. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Biography Gordon Kampe". evs-musikstiftung.ch. Zug: Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung. 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  3. ^ Heißenbüttel, Dietrich. 2009. "Zu sich selbst und zu den anderen finden. Die Zeitoper 'Zivilcourage' von Gordon Kampe und Marcelo Cardoso Gama" (Review), Neue Zeitschrift für Musik (NZfM) 05/2009, p. 81
  4. ^ Zivilcourage, Opera and oratorio database at Stanford University Libraries. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  5. ^ Anoia, Opera and oratorio database at Stanford University Libraries. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  6. ^ "Die Welt in Stücke zerschlagen", Review of ANOIA by Andreas Schweiberer at NWZ Online (in German). Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  7. ^ Kannst du pfeifen, Johanna? Opera and oratorio database at Stanford University Libraries. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  8. ^ "Bernstein meets Lachenmann", Review of Kannst du pfeifen, Johanna by Peter P. Pachl at nmz online (in German). Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  9. ^ "Ohne Powerpoint" Review of PLÄTZE. DÄCHER. LEUTE. WEGE by Andreas Falentin in Die Deutsche Bühne (in German). Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  10. ^ "Prof. Dr. Gordon Kampe". hfmt-hamburg.de. Hamburg: Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg. 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  11. ^ 52. Kompositionspreis 2007 Archive (in German) . Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  12. ^ 56. Kompositionspreis 2011 Archive (in German). Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  13. ^ "Schneider-Schott-Musikpreis 2016 für Gordon Kampe". neue musikzeitung. Regensburg. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  14. ^ "Stipendium Cité Internationale des Arts". folkwang-uni.de. Essen: Folkwang, Universität der Künste. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  15. ^ List of all scholars at Künstlerhof Schreyahn since 1981. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  16. ^ "Villa Massimo 2017/2018". villamassimo.de. Rome: Villa Massimo. 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  17. ^ "Mitglieder". akademie-der-kuenste.de. Hamburg: Freie Akademie der Künste in Hamburg. 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2020.

Further reading[edit]

  • Drees, Stefan. 2008. "Gordon Kampe", Komponisten der Gegenwart (KDG), edited by H.-W. Heister, W.-W. 37. Nachlieferung, Sparrer, München: edition text + kritik, ISBN 978-3-86916-361-1
  • Neuner, Florian. 2010. "'Informationen aus dem Gamma-Quadranten'. Die musikalischen Parallelwelten des Gordon Kampe", MusikTexte 125, p. 5–9
  • Kampe, Gordon. 2012. Topoi – Gesten – Atmosphären. Märchenopern im 20. Jahrhundert, Saarbrücken: Pfau, ISBN 978-3-89727-446-4 (Dissertation)
  • Kampe, Gordon. 2015. (with Ivan Bazak, Katharina Ortmann) Plätze. Dächer. Leute. Wege. Die Stadt als utopische Bühne, Bielefeld: transcript, ISBN 978-3-8376-3197-5

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