Gandalf (musician)

Gandalf
Background information
Birth nameHeinz Strobl
Born (1952-12-04) 4 December 1952 (age 71)
Pressbaum, Vienna, Austria
GenresNew-age
Years active1981–present
Websitehttp://www.gandalf.at

Gandalf (born Heinz Strobl, born 1952) is an Austrian New Age composer. He plays a wide variety of instruments, including guitar, keyboard, synthesizers and sitars. He includes electronic sounds in his music.

He released his first album Journey to an Imaginary Land on 17 March 1981, and his second, Visions, almost one year later on 16 March 1982. He has become one of Austria's most accomplished international musicians.[citation needed]