Leigh Landy (born 1951) [1] is a composer and musicologist of Dutch and American citizenship.[2] He holds a Research Chair at De Montfort University where he directs the Music, Technology and Innovation Research Centre. Marc Battier, Professor of Musicology, University Paris-Sorbonne says
"The contribution of Leigh Landy to the understanding of recent developments in music technology is paramount. Landy's thoughts on electronic music address the essence of this musical genre".[3]
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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, Evelyn Jamieson.[4]
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 (Cambridge University Press) and author of five books including:
He directs the ElectroAcoustic Resource Site (EARS) project [5] and is a founding member of the Electroacoustic Music Studies Network (EMS).[6]