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 Maria Kliegel (born 14 November 1952) is a German cellist. Professional career Kliegel was born in Dillenburg, Hesse. She studied under Janos Starker starting at the age of 19. She won first prize at the American College Competition, First Germ ...

and

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. She was a member of the Heidelberg theater from 1983. In 1988 she played the role of Clarissa Lichtblau in the film '' Die Zweite Heimat'', its sequel, ''

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'', 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

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. In 2008 she recorded as ''Salomix-Max'' as a tribute to soprano

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, music of

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and

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. In 2009 she appeared in songs and

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s of the 1920s to 1940s, accompanied by Spring, at the

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. In 2011 she appeared at the festival in the Komponistenporträt of

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in his ''denn wiederkommen (Hölderlin lesen III)'' and ''Mnemosyne (Hölderlin lesen IV)'' with the Athena Quartet.

Awards

*2003:

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, with

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Premieres of musical stage works

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

: ''Dokumentaroper'', Witten 1995 *

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: ''Beware of the Dog'', Stuttgart 1996 *

: ''Das D'Amato-System'', Munich 1996 *

: ''Es wird sich zeigen'', Berlin 1999 *

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: ''De Amore'', Munich 1999 *

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

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: ''Effi Briest'', Bonn 2001 *

: ''

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'' (role: Patricia), Munich 2003 *

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: ''Ein Atemzug – Die Odyssee'' (role: Penelope), Berlin 2005 *

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: ''I Hate Mozart'' (role: Franziska), Vienna 2006 *

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: ''Barcode'' for 2 turntable players, baritone, soprano, and actors, Munich 2007 *

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: ''Zeugen'', Witten 2007 *

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: '' Lady Sarashina'' (role: Mezzo), Lyon 2008 *

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: ''Exercises du Silence'' for voice, piano and electronic.

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, 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