Hafliði Hallgrímsson

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a patronymic, not a family name; this person is properly referred to by the given name Hafliði.

Hafliði Hallgrímsson (born 1941 in Akureyri) is an Icelandic composer, currently living in Bath. Hafliði was the Principal Cellist of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, but left that position in 1983 to pursue a full-time career as a composer. In 2008, he became composer-in-residence of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra (through 2010).[1]

In 1970, Hallgrímsson played the (uncredited) cello solo in the Atom Heart Mother (suite) from Pink Floyd.

Selected compositions

Selected recordings

References

  1. Hallgrímsson Biography

External links

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