Gordon Kampe Explained

Gordon Kampe
Birth Date:10 September 1976
Birth Place:Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Nationality:German
Occupation:
  • Composer
  • Academic teacher
Known For:Contemporary music

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

Career

Kampe was born in Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. 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).[1] In 2008, he finished his dissertation about fairy tale opera of the 20th century at the Folkwang University of the Arts.[2]

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

Scholarships

Memberships

Discography

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2016 . Biography Gordon Kampe . evs-musikstiftung.ch . Zug . Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung . 16 February 2020.
  2. Encyclopedia: Drees . Stefan . Gordon Kampe . . 2008 . Munzinger Online/KLfG . 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. http://operadata.stanford.edu/catalog/19963108 Zivilcourage, Opera and oratorio database at Stanford University Libraries
  5. http://operadata.stanford.edu/catalog/19960176 Anoia, Opera and oratorio database at Stanford University Libraries
  6. http://www.nwzonline.de/kultur/die-welt-in-stuecke-zerschlagen_a_1,0,489839936.html "Die Welt in Stücke zerschlagen", Review of ANOIA by Andreas Schweiberer at NWZ Online (in German)
  7. http://operadata.stanford.edu/catalog/19961280 Kannst du pfeifen, Johanna? Opera and oratorio database at Stanford University Libraries
  8. http://www.nmz.de/online/bernstein-meets-lachenmann-urauffuehrung-von-gordon-kampes-kannst-du-pfeifen-johanna-an-der-d "Bernstein meets Lachenmann", Review of Kannst du pfeifen, Johanna by Peter P. Pachl at nmz online (in German)
  9. http://www.die-deutsche-buehne.de/Kritiken/Musiktheater/Gordon+Kampe/Plaetze.Daecher.Leute.Wege./Ohne+Powerpoint "Ohne Powerpoint" Review of PLÄTZE. DÄCHER. LEUTE. WEGE by Andreas Falentin
  10. Web site: 2020 . Prof. Dr. Gordon Kampe . hfmt-hamburg.de . Hamburg . Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg . 16 February 2020.
  11. https://web.archive.org/web/20160308210147/https://www.stuttgart.de/item/show/196386 52. Kompositionspreis 2007
  12. https://web.archive.org/web/20150722214130/http://www.stuttgart.de/item/show/426912 56. Kompositionspreis 2011
  13. News: 22 July 2016 . Schneider-Schott-Musikpreis 2016 für Gordon Kampe . . Regensburg . 16 February 2020.
  14. Web site: Stipendium Cité Internationale des Arts . folkwang-uni.de. Essen . Folkwang, Universität der Künste . 16 February 2020.
  15. http://kuenstlerhof-schreyahn.de/?page_id=8 List of all scholars at Künstlerhof Schreyahn since 1981
  16. Web site: 2020 . Villa Massimo 2017/2018 . villamassimo.de . Rome . Villa Massimo . 16 February 2020.
  17. Web site: 2020 . Mitglieder . akademie-der-kuenste.de. Hamburg . Freie Akademie der Künste in Hamburg . 15 February 2020.

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