Björn Grieheimer was born 1979 in Wiesbaden, Germany and at the age of 17 directed choirs as well as composing. He studied religious music, musicology, and mathematics in Heidelberg and Mainz, Germany.
In addition to his activities as a choir and ensemble director as well as an organist, he works as a music teacher in Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. Of all his compositions, the ''Carols of the World'', arrangements for 60 Christmas songs from 50 countries for choir and published by „Schott Music“ has became his most well-known work.
