# Gordon Kampe

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

## Career

Kampe was born in [Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia](/source/Herne,_North_Rhine-Westphalia), Germany.[2] He completed an apprenticeship as an electrician in 1995 and studied after his *[Abitur](/source/Abitur)* composition with [Hans-Joachim Hespos](/source/Hans-Joachim_Hespos), [Adriana Hölszky](/source/Adriana_H%C3%B6lszky) (Rostock) and [Nicolaus A. Huber](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Staatsoper_Stuttgart) (*Zivilcourage. Musik für einen Platz*, world premiere 2009),[3][4] the [Oldenburg State Theatre](/source/Oldenburgisches_Staatstheater) (*ANOIA*, world premiere 2012)[5][6] and the [Deutsche Oper Berlin](/source/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](/source/Bielefeld_Opera) in 2015.[9]

Kampe's opera *[Dogville](/source/Dogville_(opera))*, based on the [film with the same name](/source/Dogville) by [Lars von Trier](/source/Lars_von_Trier), premiered at the [Aalto Theatre](/source/Aalto_Theatre) in [Essen](/source/Essen) in 2023.[10]

Kampe has been a professor of composition and music theory at the [Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg](/source/Hochschule_f%C3%BCr_Musik_und_Theater_Hamburg) since 2017.[11] He lives and works in [Hamburg](/source/Hamburg), Germany.

## Compositions (selection)

- *High Noon: Moskitos* for orchestra (2003/06)
- *heavy metal* for flute solo (2008)
- *Zehn Symphonien* for saxophone quartet (2011)
- *Spione* for orchestra (2017)
- *Fat Finger Error* for orchestra (2018)
- *Schummellümmelleichen*, an operette for countertenor and ensemble, text by [Schorsch Kamerun](/source/Schorsch_Kamerun) (2018)
- *Ich will lächeln, lächeln, lächeln*, an opera, based upon [Shakespeare](/source/Shakespeare)'s [Twelfth Night](/source/Twelfth_Night), text by [Thierry Bruehl](/source/Thierry_Bruehl) (2019)
- *remember me* for string ensemble and live electronics (2019)
- *I forgot to remember to forget* for six voices and record players (2020)
- *[Dogville](/source/Dogville_(opera))*, an opera in 18 scenes, based on a [Lars von Trier](/source/Lars_von_Trier) film (2020/21)
- *boxen!* for timpani and orchestra (2023)
- *immermeeehr*, a children's music theater piece, text by [Maria Milisavljević](/source/Maria_Milisavljevi%C4%87) (2024)

## Awards

- 2007 Kompositionspreis der Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart[12]
- 2011 Kompositionspreis der Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart[13]
- 2016 [Ernst von Siemens Composers' Prize](/source/Ernst_von_Siemens_Music_Prize)[2]
- 2016 [Schneider-Schott Music Prize](/source/Schneider-Schott_Music_Prize)[14]

### Scholarships

- 2007 [Cité internationale des arts](/source/Cit%C3%A9_internationale_des_arts)[15]
- 2008 Künstlerhof Schreyahn[16]
- 2017/2018 [Villa Massimo](/source/Villa_Massimo)[17]

### Memberships

- 2019 [Freie Akademie der Künste Hamburg](/source/Freie_Akademie_der_K%C3%BCnste_Hamburg)[18]

## Discography

- *Gordon Kampe: HAL / High Noon: Moskitos / Ripley-Musik V / Qs Nachtstück / Picard / Gassenhauermaschinensuite* [WERGO](/source/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](/source/Genuin_(record_label)) 2006 (GEN 86078)

## References

1. Drees, Stefan (2008). ["Gordon Kampe"](https://www.munzinger.de/search/kdg/Gordon+Kampe/804.html). *[Komponisten der Gegenwart](/source/Komponisten_der_Gegenwart)*. Munzinger Online/KLfG. Retrieved 16 February 2020.

1. ["Biography Gordon Kampe"](https://www.evs-musikstiftung.ch/en/prize/prizes/composers-prize-winners-2016/gordon-kampe/biography.html). *evs-musikstiftung.ch*. Zug: Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung. 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2020.

1. 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

1. [Zivilcourage, Opera and oratorio database at Stanford University Libraries](http://operadata.stanford.edu/catalog/19963108). Retrieved 11 February 2016.

1. [Anoia, Opera and oratorio database at Stanford University Libraries](http://operadata.stanford.edu/catalog/19960176). Retrieved 11 February 2016.

1. ["Die Welt in Stücke zerschlagen", Review of *ANOIA* by Andreas Schweiberer at *NWZ Online* (in German)](http://www.nwzonline.de/kultur/die-welt-in-stuecke-zerschlagen_a_1,0,489839936.html). Retrieved 10 February 2016.

1. [Kannst du pfeifen, Johanna? Opera and oratorio database at Stanford University Libraries](http://operadata.stanford.edu/catalog/19961280). Retrieved 11 February 2016.

1. ["Bernstein meets Lachenmann", Review of *Kannst du pfeifen, Johanna* by Peter P. Pachl at *nmz online* (in German)](http://www.nmz.de/online/bernstein-meets-lachenmann-urauffuehrung-von-gordon-kampes-kannst-du-pfeifen-johanna-an-der-d). Retrieved 10 February 2016.

1. ["Ohne Powerpoint" Review of *PLÄTZE. DÄCHER. LEUTE. WEGE* by Andreas Falentin](http://www.die-deutsche-buehne.de/Kritiken/Musiktheater/Gordon+Kampe/Plaetze.Daecher.Leute.Wege./Ohne+Powerpoint) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160509143037/http://www.die-deutsche-buehne.de/Kritiken/Musiktheater/Gordon+Kampe/Plaetze.Daecher.Leute.Wege./Ohne+Powerpoint) 9 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine in *[Die Deutsche Bühne](/source/Die_Deutsche_B%C3%BChne)* (in German). Retrieved 10 February 2016.

1. Lang, Stefan (17 June 2023). ["Dunkle Welt in zarten Tönen"](https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/gordon-kampe-dogville-100.html) (in German). *[Deutschlandfunk Kultur](/source/Deutschlandfunk_Kultur)*. Retrieved 10 February 2025.

1. ["Prof. Dr. Gordon Kampe"](https://www.hfmt-hamburg.de/die-hfmt/personen/?tx_hfmtdb_user%5Buser%5D=1818979563&tx_hfmtdb_user%5Baction%5D=detail&tx_hfmtdb_user%5Bcontroller%5D=User&cHash=6ab12e85ab80a80309a0b2c539a6b937). *hfmt-hamburg.de*. Hamburg: Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg. 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.

1. [52. Kompositionspreis 2007](https://web.archive.org/web/20160308210147/https://www.stuttgart.de/item/show/196386) Archive (in German) . Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart. Retrieved 18 January 2016.

1. [56. Kompositionspreis 2011](https://web.archive.org/web/20150722214130/http://www.stuttgart.de/item/show/426912) Archive (in German). Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart. Retrieved 18 January 2016.

1. ["Schneider-Schott-Musikpreis 2016 für Gordon Kampe"](https://www.nmz.de/online/schneider-schott-musikpreis-2016-fuer-gordon-kampe). *[neue musikzeitung](/source/Neue_musikzeitung)*. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2020.

1. ["Stipendium Cité Internationale des Arts"](https://www.folkwang-uni.de/home/tanz/auszeichnungen/detail-auszeichnungen-tanz/awards-detail/stipendium-cite-internationale-des-arts/). *folkwang-uni.de*. Essen: Folkwang, Universität der Künste. Retrieved 16 February 2020.

1. [List of all scholars at Künstlerhof Schreyahn since 1981](http://kuenstlerhof-schreyahn.de/?page_id=8). Retrieved 18 January 2016.

1. ["Villa Massimo 2017/2018"](https://www.villamassimo.de/de/stipendiaten/gordon-kampe). *villamassimo.de*. Rome: Villa Massimo. 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.

1. ["Mitglieder"](https://www.akademie-der-kuenste.de/mitglied.html). *akademie-der-kuenste.de*. Hamburg: Freie Akademie der Künste in Hamburg. 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2020.

## Further reading

- Drees, Stefan. 2008. "Gordon Kampe", *[Komponisten der Gegenwart](/source/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 (Dissertation)
- 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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