Gordon Kampe
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Gordon Kampe | |
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 Kampe composer of Dogville, Uraufführung, 2023 | |
| Born | 10 September 1976 Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
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| Known for | Contemporary music |
| Website | gordonkampe |
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]- 2007 Kompositionspreis der Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart[11]
- 2011 Kompositionspreis der Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart[12]
- 2016 Ernst von Siemens Composers' Prize[2]
- 2016 Schneider-Schott Music Prize[13]
Scholarships
[edit]- 2007 Cité internationale des arts[14]
- 2008 Künstlerhof Schreyahn[15]
- 2017/2018 Villa Massimo[16]
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]- ^ Jump up to: a b Drees, Stefan (2008). "Gordon Kampe". Komponisten der Gegenwart. Munzinger Online/KLfG. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Biography Gordon Kampe". evs-musikstiftung.ch. Zug: Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung. 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ 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
- ^ Zivilcourage, Opera and oratorio database at Stanford University Libraries. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- ^ Anoia, Opera and oratorio database at Stanford University Libraries. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- ^ "Die Welt in Stücke zerschlagen", Review of ANOIA by Andreas Schweiberer at NWZ Online (in German). Retrieved 10 February 2016.
- ^ Kannst du pfeifen, Johanna? Opera and oratorio database at Stanford University Libraries. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- ^ "Bernstein meets Lachenmann", Review of Kannst du pfeifen, Johanna by Peter P. Pachl at nmz online (in German). Retrieved 10 February 2016.
- ^ "Ohne Powerpoint" Review of PLÄTZE. DÄCHER. LEUTE. WEGE by Andreas Falentin Archived 9 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine in Die Deutsche Bühne (in German). Retrieved 10 February 2016.
- ^ "Prof. Dr. Gordon Kampe". hfmt-hamburg.de. Hamburg: Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg. 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ 52. Kompositionspreis 2007 Archive (in German) . Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
- ^ 56. Kompositionspreis 2011 Archive (in German). Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
- ^ "Schneider-Schott-Musikpreis 2016 für Gordon Kampe". neue musikzeitung. Regensburg. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ "Stipendium Cité Internationale des Arts". folkwang-uni.de. Essen: Folkwang, Universität der Künste. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ List of all scholars at Künstlerhof Schreyahn since 1981. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
- ^ "Villa Massimo 2017/2018". villamassimo.de. Rome: Villa Massimo. 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ "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
