Jake Landau (he/him), b. 1995, is an American composer of opera, musical theater, ballet, and instrumental music. His works have been performed by the New York Philharmonic, Houston Grand Opera, and Premiere Division Ballet in venues as diverse as Carnegie Hall, Birdland Jazz Club, and the Royal Palace of Amsterdam.
Join soprano Emily Brown Gibson, composer Jake Landau, and more for a recital in the historic Holywell Music Room, the oldest purpose-built concert hall in Europe.
The recital's program celebrates a quality unique to music among all artforms: the need to perform a work in order for it to be communicated to an audience. A painting by Van Gogh is deliverable to an audience on its own, ready to be viewed and felt, but a symphony by Beethoven exists only as ink on the page until performers bring it to life in sound. This idea of having to "realize" older, written work is the feature of this program, expored through the following:
and more. The recital will also feature a performance of "Fragment 96: Atthis", a monodrama on poet Emily Garber's translation of "Fragment 96", by Sappho.
This event is supported by the Faculty of Music at the University of Oxford.
More info and ticket release soon.
Jake and the writing team behind the musical ROSIE will spend a week at Camp, a writers retreat in Maine sponsored by Drama Club.
Jake Landau's music is published by Just A Theory Press.To request a quote or a score you don't yet see listed on the site, please visit the link below.
JATP Contact FormJake Landau's music is published by Just A Theory Press.To request a quote or a score you don't yet see listed on the site, please visit the link below.