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| captionimage = Wolfgang Plagge i Arendal.jpg

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|08|23|df=y}}

| birth_place = [[Oslo]]

| origin = [[Norway]]

| genre = [[Classical Music|Classical]]

| occupation = [[piano|Pianist]], [[composer]]

| instrument = [[Piano]]

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| label = <small>[[Simax catalog|Simax]], 2L</small>

| website = {{URL|www.plagge.no}}

'''Wolfgang Plagge''' (born 23 August 1960 in [[Oslo, Norway]] by Dutch parents) is a [[Norway|Norwegian]] composer and pianist.<ref name=listento>{{cite web |url=http://www.listento.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2002100720405067709315 |title=Wolfgang Plagge - Biography - Composer and pianist |last= |first= |authorlink= |work= |publisher=ListenTo.no |language=Norwegianno |accessdateaccess-date=2015-05-09}}</ref><ref name="Nbl">{{cite web|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Wolfgang_Plagge/utdypning|title=Wolfgang Plagge|last=Karevold|first=Idar|authorlink=|work=[[Norsk biografisk leksikon]]|language=Norwegianno|accessdateaccess-date=23 May 2012}}</ref>

Plagge started playing the [[piano]] as four years old, and made a sensational recital debut in the University Hall in Oslo, only twelve years old.<ref name=listento/> He also started composing at an early age, had his first work published aged twelve, and is particularly renowned for his works for wind instruments. Despite a rheumatic disorder Plagge often occurs as pianist and has played with several leading orchestras. He has received several awards for his musical work.<ref name="Nbl"/> He has been performing as a soloist with a large number of orchestras in and outside of Norway, and has worked with internationally renownrenowned artists like [[Ole Edvard Antonsen]], [[Jens Harald Bratlie]], [[AlexandrAleksandr DmitrievDmitriyev (conductor)|Aleksandr Dmitriyev]], [[Philippe Entremont]], [[Lutz Herbig]], [[Piotr Janowski]], [[Evgeni Koroliov]], [[Solveig Kringlebotn]], [[Truls Mørk]], [[Robert Oppenheimer]], [[Robert Rønnes]], [[Leif Segerstam]], [[Randi Stene]], [[Roberto Szidon]], [[Lars Anders Tomter]] and [[Frøydis Ree Wekre]].<ref name=listento/>

Plagge has since he was 8 years been organist and eventually [[Cantor (Christianity)|Cantor]] in Asker and Bærum congregation of [[The Catholic Church]] in [[Stabekk]], Norway. He has a significant number of musical contribution to the Catholic hymnbook in Norway, "Lov Herren" (Praise the Lord).

In 2007 he was the recipient of the [[Hungary|Hungarian]] ''The international cultural order of knights of [[St. Stefan]]'' which is Hungary's highest civilian honor for his work on promoting Hungarian music and culture in the Nordic countries, as well as his work with the teaching technique of [[Zoltán Kodály]].

*[[2014 in music|2014]]: [[Bærum]] Culture Award<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.budstikka.no/Wolfgang_Plagge_fikk_B_rums_kulturpris-5-55-7484.html |title=Wolfgang Plagge fikk Bærums kulturpris |last=Vinje |first=Marianne |authorlink= |work=[[Budstikka]] |publisher= |language=Norwegianno |date=2015-01-17 |accessdateaccess-date=2015-05-09}}</ref>