Ebbe Grims-land, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Swedish musician
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Place of Birth: Malmö, Skåne County, Sweden
About Ebbe Grims-land
- Ebbe Grims-land (June 11, 1915 – January 27, 2015) was a Swedish composer and viola player.
- He was also one of Sweden's foremost mandolin players.
- He was born in Malmö and died in Bagarmossen, Enskede, Stockholm. Grims-land made his debut as violinist in Malmö in 1932 and has studied in Copenhagen, Stockholm and Vienna.
- From 1943 until 1974, he was a violist with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and other Stockholm ensembles.
- Grims-land's first compositions written in the 1930s, were for chamber orchestra.
- He was an early member of Föreningen Svenska Tonsättare (FST) (The Society of Swedish Composers).
- In 2005 he became an honorary member of the chamber music association Samtida Musik (Contemporary Music), founded 1960 and situated in Stockholm.
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