IRMINSUL is a native of the state of Utah (USA) and
has also lived in Colorado, Vermont, Virgina, and New
York as well as in Japan and China.

Playing piano from the age of six, he was largely
self trained - learning his earliest performance
pieces by listening to LPs borrowed from the library
by a relative. In Junior High School he excelled as
accompanist to choirs and madrigal groups, as well as
in solo piano. His first performed original piece was
an Easter Cantata, written for a local church,
at age 16.

By his late teens, Irminsul began his experimentation

with bands of many genres, inculding prog-rock, punk, heavy metal, early electronic, industrial, hardcore, techno, trance, celtic folk, and world fusion.

At age 34, he took up the celtic harp, again
self trained, and quickly gained prominence
in performing and composing for the
instrument. He played with well known Celtic
acts such as Idlewild and Stonecircle, recording
several albums with both bands. At that time he vigorously played the festival and small concert circuit, and performed on more than one movie soundtrack. Later fusing the harp with his electronic expertise, Irminsul
branched out to other music treatments - from
dramatic to commissioned works, and began
fusing music forms from other cultures and
time periods into current projects.

Currently, Irminsul divides his time between
composing for piano and strings, honing
his new performance group, CANTOS ENSEMBLE
and perhaps his most important endeavor -
spending time with his beautiful wife, Patti,
their two cats, a pacel of fish, firebelly toads,
and a balcony full of wild birds.


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