Gordon Kampe

Gordon Kampe
Kampe at the premiere of Dogville in 2023
Born	(1976-09-10) 10 September 1976 (age 49) Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Nationality	German
Occupations	Composer Academic teacher
Known for	Contemporary music
Website	gordonkampe.de

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

Career

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's opera Dogville , based on the film with the same name by Lars von Trier, premiered at the Aalto Theatre in Essen in 2023. ^[10]

Kampe has been a professor of composition and music theory at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg since 2017. ^[11] He lives and works in Hamburg, Germany.

Awards

• 2007 Kompositionspreis der Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart ^[12]
• 2011 Kompositionspreis der Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart ^[13]
• 2016 Ernst von Siemens Composers' Prize ^[2]
• 2016 Schneider-Schott Music Prize ^[14]

Scholarships

• 2007 Cité internationale des arts ^[15]
• 2008 Künstlerhof Schreyahn ^[16]
• 2017/2018 Villa Massimo ^[17]

Memberships

• 2019 Freie Akademie der Künste Hamburg ^[18]

Discography

• 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

1. Drees, Stefan (2008). "Gordon Kampe". Komponisten der Gegenwart . Munzinger Online/KLfG. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
2. "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 Archived 9 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine in Die Deutsche Bühne (in German). Retrieved 10 February 2016.
10. Lang, Stefan (17 June 2023). "Dunkle Welt in zarten Tönen". Deutschlandfunk Kultur (in German). Retrieved 10 February 2025.
11. "Prof. Dr. Gordon Kampe". hfmt-hamburg.de. Hamburg: Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg. 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
12. 52. Kompositionspreis 2007 Archive (in German) . Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
13. 56. Kompositionspreis 2011 Archive (in German). Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
14. "Schneider-Schott-Musikpreis 2016 für Gordon Kampe". neue musikzeitung . Regensburg. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
15. "Stipendium Cité Internationale des Arts". folkwang-uni.de. Essen: Folkwang, Universität der Künste. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
16. List of all scholars at Künstlerhof Schreyahn since 1981. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
17. "Villa Massimo 2017/2018". villamassimo.de. Rome: Villa Massimo. 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
18. "Mitglieder". akademie-der-kuenste.de. Hamburg: Freie Akademie der Künste in Hamburg. 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2020.

Further reading

• 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

External links

• Official website