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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all EVENTSJune 5-8th
PREMIERE: Fragment 96 "Atthis" at NMB
The chamber version of Landau's "Fragment 96 'Atthis'" premieres at New Music On The Bayou's Summer Festival 2024.
"Fragment 96", by Sappho, translated into English by Emily Garber.
June 18th-19th, 2024
CONCERT: DOMINA, at TNVF
The New Voice Festival presents DOMINA, a concert of new works and traditional repertoire.
In partnership with Opera Idaho, The Serenata Orchestra, and Idaho Film Society.
Featuring works by Landau including:
"Ballad Of A Great Man", "I Thought", and "Kill Him"
from the opera & AETERNA (Libretto by Emily Garber);
and
"Under Some Other Sky"
from PIETÀ (Libretto by Jake Landau and Andrea DelGiudice).
June 3rd-19th, 2024
PREMIERE: & AETERNA at TNV
The New Voice Festival holds the American premiere of & AETERNA, paired as designed with Purcell's Dido & Aeneas, at the Egyptian Theatre in Boise, Idaho.
Directed and conceived by Andrea DelGiudice
Music directed by Jake Landau
The New Voice Festival Orchestra
Music by Jake Landau
Libretto by Emily Garber
