Leigh Landy


Leigh Landy is a composer and musicologist of Dutch and American citizenship. He holds a Research Chair at De Montfort University where he directs the .

Composition

Landy's compositions include several works for video, dance and theatre. He has worked extensively with the late playwright, Heiner Müller, the new media artist, Michel Jaffrennou and the composer-performer, Jos Zwaanenburg. He was composer in residence for the Dutch National Theatre during its first years of existence and is currently co-director of Idée Fixe – Experimental Sound and Movement Theatre with the choreographer, . A complete list of his compositions, recordings, publications and other creative endeavours can be found on his .

Musicology

Landy's musicological publications focus on studies of electroacoustic music, including the notion of musical dramaturgy, contemporary music in a cross-arts context, access and the contemporary time-based arts, and devising practices in the performing arts.
He is editor of the international journal of music technology Organised Sound and author of over 100 articles and eight books including:
He directs the ElectroAcoustic Resource Site project and is a founding member of the Electroacoustic Music Studies Network.