Talk:Gordon Kampe/Temp

From 1998-2000 he studied composition at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Rostock with Hans-Joachim Hespos and Adriana Hölszky. He continued his studies at the Folkwang Universität der Künste in Essen under Nicolaus A. Huber (2000-2003).

He also studied musicology and history at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Gordon Kampe is Church Musician of the Protestant Herne-Sodingen Church and works as a musicologist at the Folkwang Universität der Künste. 2014-2015 he was Substitute Professor for Historical Musicology at the University of Giessen. Since 2012 he is member of the Junge Akademie at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW) and the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.

Gordon Kampe has received scholarships and grants from various foundations, among others the Folkwang Prize, a grant from the Darmstadt International Summer Courses for New Music (2004), the Stuttgart Composition Prize (2007 and 2011), a scholarships from the Academy of Arts, Berlin and grants-in-aid from the Cité des Arts (Paris) (2007) and the Schreyahn Künstlerhof.

His pieces have been performed by various ensembles and orchestras including Ensemble Modern, Klangforum Wien, Ensemble Resonanz¸ Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, Ensemble Musikfabrik, Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, hr-Sinfonieorchester, Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg and Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne.

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), the Oldenburg State Theatre (ANOIA, world premiere 2012)  and the Deutsche Oper Berlin (Kannst du pfeifen, Johanna, world premiere 2013). The world premiere of ''PLÄTZE. DÄCHER. LEUTE. WEGE. Musiktheater für ein utopisches Bielefeld'' took place at Bielefeld Opera in 2015.

Gordon Kampe lives and works in Essen (Germany).