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.
“Landau’s score is lush and lyrical [...] bright and sparkling or ominous...”
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Jake Landau: A Musical Revue
Join composer and lyricist Jake Landau and an extraordinary cast of performers for a private revue of Jake's musical theater work. Works include The Coin Toss (last heard at THEATRE NOW's Sound Bites festival at Lincoln Center); excerpts from original musicals Rosie and Psyche; and a few entirely new songs.
Starring Tony-Award winner Maleah Joi Moon, Joel Perez, and more.
Directed by Osh Ashruf (3x Tony-winning producer; Hal Prince Fellow. Upcoming: The Ruins at The Guthrie.)
Featuring additional lyricists Emily Garber and Dylan Hartwell.
Presented by LHW Productions.
More details coming soon.
May 16th, 2025
SINGLE RELEASE: "The Sake Of You"
"The Sake Of You" is an artsong by Jake Landau, a setting of Appalachian lyric collected by folk singer, songwriter, and scholar Jean Ritchie.
Commissioned for Devony Smith and Danny Zelibor's album "In This Short Life" (Lexicon Classics), the song for mezzo, drone, and piano is being released as a single on May 16th, available to stream on all platforms.
The album "In This Short Life" releases June 13th and features an additional artsong by Landau on text by Richie: "Sew My True Love (Jubilee)".
Scores for both songs are available at Just A Theory Press.
May 24th, 2025
RECITAL: And The Light
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 classical 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, explored through the following:
- translation (Landau's English-language version of Renaissance composer Claudio Monteverdi's "Lamento della ninfa")
- original composition resetting lyrics from the Elizabethan lutesong tradition
- continuo realization on both harpsichord and piano
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 coming soon.
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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.
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Just A Theory Press
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.
