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Hafliði Hallgrímsson

Icelandic composer, born in 1941 in Akureyri, Iceland. 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).