Ebbe Grims-land

Ebbe Grims-land

Ebbe Grims-land (born in Malmö June 11, 1915) is a Swedish composer and viola player. He is also one of Sweden's foremost mandolin players.

Grims-land made his debut as violinist in Malmö in 1932 and has studied in Copenhagen, Stockholm and Vienna. His first compositions, during the 1930s, were made for chamber orchestras.

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.

Grims-land was active as a member of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra for 31 years.

His oeuvre includes more than 200 compositions.

Partial list of works by Ebbe Grims-land
*Solo: Brillante Figurationen (violin)
*Vocal: Song to a lonely flower by the sea (flute, violin, viola, guitar)
*Duo: Concerto-Gavotto per OTTO (violin, viola) dedicated to Otto von Habsburg
*Trios: :Instrumental ballad (violin, viola, guitar):Quartetto-Capricionata (3 strings, guitar):Quintetto (flute, 4 strings)
*Scherzo-Polka (symphonic brass band)
*Bad´ner-Kurpark-Tradition (spa orch. / symphonic brass band)
*Bläser-Blues (marimba, brass band)
*Concerts: :Concertino for mandolin and 10 instruments:Montafoni (D-trumpet):Klingender Baum (Marimba):Concert for flute and clarinet
*Symphony: :Sinfonie-Carl Linnéus

External links

* [http://hitfacts.stim.se/Avd/mic/prod/personer.nsf/a7137b1c99bbacbe4125656a00368f66/bcb198915acc69e141256492002d24e3!OpenDocument STIM/Swedish Music Information centre - Ebbe Grims-land, biography]
* [http://www.samtidamusik.se/medl.html Samtida Musik (members, concerts etc.)]