Gordon Kampe

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

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Gordon Kampe
Kampe composer of Dogville, Uraufführung, 2023
Born	(1976-09-10) 10 September 1976 (age 48) Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Nationality	German
Occupations	Composer Academic teacher
Known for	Contemporary music
Website	gordonkampe.de

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.

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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)

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