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Gordon Kampe | |
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Born | Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 10 September 1976
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.
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.
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