Salome Kammer (born 17 January 1959 in Nidda, Hesse,

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) is a German actress, singer and cellist.

Professional career

Kammer was the fourth of six children. Her father was a

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pastor. Although born in Nidda, she grew up in Ober-Mockstadt, before her family moved to

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when she was eight. Kammer studied at the

Folkwang Hochschule The Folkwang University of the Arts is a university for music, theater, dance, design, and academic studies, located in four German cities of North Rhine-Westphalia. Since 1927, its traditional main location has been in the former Werden Abbey in E ...

from 1977 to 1984, cello with Maria Kliegel and Janos Starker. She was a member of the Heidelberg theater from 1983. In 1988 she played the role of Clarissa Lichtblau in the film ''

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'', its sequel, '' Heimat 3'', and the complementary '' Fragments – The Women'' (''Fragmente – die Frauen''), by

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. Now married to Reitz, she lives in

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and is a noted performer of contemporary classical music. In 2008 she recorded as ''Salomix-Max'' as a tribute to soprano

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, music of Cole Porter,

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, Johann Valentin Görner, Carola Bauckholt, Tarquinio Merula, Alban Berg, Harold Arlen,

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, Kurt Weill,

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and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. In 2009 she appeared in songs and

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s of the 1920s to 1940s, accompanied by Spring, at the Rheingau Musik Festival. In 2011 she appeared at the festival in the Komponistenporträt of Hans Zender in his ''denn wiederkommen (Hölderlin lesen III)'' and ''Mnemosyne (Hölderlin lesen IV)'' with the Athena Quartet.

Awards

*2003: Schneider-Schott Music Prize, with Thomas E. Bauer

Premieres of musical stage works

*William Osborne: ''Beeb & Bab'', Munich 1995 *

: ''Dokumentaroper'', Witten 1995 * Eric Ona: ''Beware of the Dog'', Stuttgart 1996 *

: ''Das D'Amato-System'', Munich 1996 * Carola Bauckholt: ''Es wird sich zeigen'', Berlin 1999 * Mauricio Sotelo: ''De Amore'', Munich 1999 *

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: ''Befreiung aus dem Paradies'', Hannover 2000 *

, Iris ter Schiphorst: ''Effi Briest'', Bonn 2001 *

: '' Das Gesicht im Spiegel'' (role: Patricia), Munich 2003 * Isabel Mundry: ''Ein Atemzug – Die Odyssee'' (role: Penelope), Berlin 2005 * Bernhard Lang: ''I Hate Mozart'' (role: Franziska), Vienna 2006 * Alexandra Holtsch: ''Barcode'' for 2 turntable players, baritone, soprano, and actors, Munich 2007 *

Georges Aperghis Georges Aperghis ( el, Γιώργος Απέργης; born 23 December 1945) is a Greek composer working primarily in the field of experimental music theater but has also composed a large amount of non- programmatic chamber music. He lives in Fr ...

: ''Zeugen'', Witten 2007 *

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: '' Lady Sarashina'' (role: Mezzo), Lyon 2008 * Brice Pauset: ''Exercises du Silence'' for voice, piano and electronic.

IRCAM IRCAM (French: ''Ircam, '', English: Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics/Music) is a French institute dedicated to the research of music and sound, especially in the fields of avant garde and electro-acoustical art music. It is ...

, Paris 2008 * Hristina Šušak: ''Affectus III'' for voice and ensemble, Halle 2022Premiered a
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on the composer's website. Retrieved 22 October 2022.

References

External links

Salome Kammer's web site
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kammer, Salome 1959 births Living people People from Nidda German stage actresses German classical cellists German film actresses Folkwang University of the Arts alumni