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Wagenhauser, Wolfgang
Wolfgang Wagenhäuser – pianist, organist, composer – was born in Frankfurt am Main (Germany) in 1953. At his insistence the four-year-old Wolfgang asked his father to taught him piano and theory, and his first concert appearance was at the age of five.
He was organist in his hometown from the age of nine and, as a 13-year-old gave concerts with his own improvisations. He won various first prizes in youth competitions, followed by concert invitations in Poland, Hungary and Austria.
In 1974 he was the winner of the German University Competition and in 1980 and 1981 won first prize at international competitions in Florence and Paris. Over the years he has received special prizes for his Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert interpretations.
His concerts have taken him throughout Europe from Russia to Spain and from Sweden to Italy, and has also played in various tours to Morocco, Tunisia, Namibia and South Africa, Japan, Korea and China. On many tours he played his own compositions.
He has made numerous radio and television appearances, alongside live recordings, and, in recent years, streaming concerts have been a fascination.
Wolfgang Wagenhäuser has had major world premieres and successful performances of his works by orchestras and chamber ensembles. Since 1987 he has been Professor of piano at the State University of Music in Trossingen and from 2015 he has also held a Visiting Professorship in Shanghai at Tongji University, where he is also one of the senior Rectors of the Interdisciplinary Sound Research Centre.
He was organist in his hometown from the age of nine and, as a 13-year-old gave concerts with his own improvisations. He won various first prizes in youth competitions, followed by concert invitations in Poland, Hungary and Austria.
In 1974 he was the winner of the German University Competition and in 1980 and 1981 won first prize at international competitions in Florence and Paris. Over the years he has received special prizes for his Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert interpretations.
His concerts have taken him throughout Europe from Russia to Spain and from Sweden to Italy, and has also played in various tours to Morocco, Tunisia, Namibia and South Africa, Japan, Korea and China. On many tours he played his own compositions.
He has made numerous radio and television appearances, alongside live recordings, and, in recent years, streaming concerts have been a fascination.
Wolfgang Wagenhäuser has had major world premieres and successful performances of his works by orchestras and chamber ensembles. Since 1987 he has been Professor of piano at the State University of Music in Trossingen and from 2015 he has also held a Visiting Professorship in Shanghai at Tongji University, where he is also one of the senior Rectors of the Interdisciplinary Sound Research Centre.