Gordon Kampe

Gordon Kampe
Born 10 September 1976
Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Nationality German
Occupation Composer
Known for Contemporary music
Website gordonkampe.de

Gordon Kampe (born 10 September 1976) is a German composer.[1] He has twice won the Kompositionspreis der Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart, a composition prize awarded by the city of Stuttgart.[2][1]

Career

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Gordon 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),[5][6] the Oldenburg State Theatre (ANOIA, world premiere 2012)[7][8] and the Deutsche Oper Berlin (Kannst du pfeifen, Johanna, world premiere 2013).[9][10] The world premiere of PLÄTZE. DÄCHER. LEUTE. WEGE. Musiktheater für ein utopisches Bielefeld took place at Bielefeld Opera in 2015.[11]

Gordon Kampe lives and works in Essen (Germany).

Discography

References

  1. 1 2 56. Kompositionspreis 2011. (in German). Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  2. 52. Kompositionspreis 2007 (in German). Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  3. Cité internationale des Arts Paris Scholarship, for German artists, information by kulturpreise.de (in German). Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  4. List of all scholars at Künstlerhof Schreyahn since 1981. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  5. 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
  6. Opera and oratorio database at Stanford University Libraries. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  7. Opera and oratorio database at Stanford University Libraries. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  8. “Die Welt in Stücke zerschlagen”, Review of ANOIA by Andreas Schweiberer at NWZ Online (in German). Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  9. Opera and oratorio database at Stanford University Libraries. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  10. “Bernstein meets Lachenmann”, Review of Kannst du pfeifen, Johanna by Peter P. Pachl at nmz online (in German). Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  11. “Ohne Powerpoint” Review of PLÄTZE. DÄCHER. LEUTE. WEGE by Andreas Falentin at Die Deutsche Bühne (in German). Retrieved 10 February 2016.

Further reading


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