Jaromir Hrimali
Jaromir Hrimali (full name Jaromir Vaclav Bohumil Hrimali; 23 September 1845 – 25 June 1905) was a Czech and Russian cellist and composer. He was born in Pilsen and died in Helsinki. He was the son of Vojtech Hrimali and the brother of Maria, Vojtech, Jan, and Bohuslav Hrimali.
From 1858 to 1864, Hrimali studied at the Prague Conservatory with Julius Goltermann. He performed in the family string quartet and, in 1871, played in the orchestra of the Provisional Theatre, a predecessor of the National Opera.
From 1872, he worked in Finland as a cellist at the Helsinki Opera and also toured Finland as a soloist. Letters by the young Jan Sibelius survive in which Sibelius hoped that Hrimali would visit his hometown of Hameenlinna, perform there, and look at his early composition, a waltz for cello and piano.
In his final years, Hrimali devoted more attention to agriculture. His son Adalbert Grimali, who became a Finnish farmer and journalist, followed this profession. Later generations of the family Finnishized their surname to Rimaila.
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