Ebbe Grims-land



Ebbe Grims-land

Ebbe Grims-land 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 . In 2005 he became an honorary member of the chamber music association Samtida Musik, founded 1960 and situated in Stockholm.

Selected compositions

His oeuvre includes more than 200 compositions.
;Orchestra
;Concert band
;Concertante
;Instrumental solos
; Duos
;Trios, quartets and quintets
;Vocal