Prof. Leigh Landy holds a Research Chair at De Montfort University (Leicester, UK) where he directs the Music, Technology and Innovation – Institute for Sonic Creativity (MTI2). His scholarship is divided between creative and musicological work much of which focuses on increasing interest and participation in experimental forms of sonic creativity. He has published well over 100 articles and book chapters and 10 books. He is editor of “Organised Sound” (CUP), leads the ElectroAcoustic Resource Site (EARS) projects and also co-directs the Electroacoustic Music Studies Network (EMS).
He has received numerous commissions from diverse European radio and television broadcasters and from venues and festivals around the globe from the Musicacoustica Festival (China) to Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival to Visiones Sonoras (Mexico). He worked extensively with the late playwright, Heiner Müller, the new media artist, Michel Jaffrennou and was composer in residence for the Dutch National Theatre during its first years of existence. He has also co-directed the devising ensemble Idée Fixe – Experimental Sound and Music Theatre with Evelyn Jamieson since the mid-1990s working in professional, community and combined settings.
Two text-sound samples from his works:
Regarding his practice-based research His compositions, many of which are sample-based, some text-sound, include several for video, dance and theatre and have been performed around the globe. Many of these works involve surround sound or may be site specific and are hard to appreciate on commercial media. These works are often described as a theatre of sound within a choreography of space reflecting his extensive experience working with associated art forms. Humour features in many of his works which are intended to reach audiences beyond the often-encountered specialist ones whilst retaining a focus on the innovative.
Personal website: llandy.dmu.ac.uk
DMU staff webpage: https://www.dmu.ac.uk/about-dmu/academic-staff/technology/leigh-landy/leigh-landy.aspx
Email: llandy@dmu.ac.uk