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

  • 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. 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

  • 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
  • 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
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