Gandalf (Heinz Strobl, born 4 December 1952 in Pressbaum, Niederösterreich, Austria) describes himself as a painter of musical landscapes. His name originates from Tolkien´s wellknown work Lord of the Rings.

He is a multi-instrumentalist and plays a great variety of self-owned instruments: acoustic and electric guitars, sitar, saz, charango, bouzuki, balaphon, piano, several synthesizers & sample-keyboards and various percussion instruments. He blends acoustic with electronic and spheric sounds, weaves folk-elements into symphonic structures, creating his unique style that has made him become one of today's most successful, Austrian musicians internationally.