Arild Plau

Arild Plau (1920–2005) studied the piano and composition at the Oslo Conservatory of Music. After the World War II, he decided to change instruments, and studied the bassoon. He got a job in Bergen, where he also made his debut as a conductor. Later he moved to Oslo, where he played the piano in various restaurants for eleven years. When The Norwegian Opera was opened in 1958, he got a job as a bassoonist. He stayed in the orchestra until he was 70, in 1990. Plau wrote a Concerto for tuba and orchestra, chamber music, mostly for strings, but also a brass quintet, a sonata and four preludes for trumpet.