Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. the season six winner of NBC’s ‘America’s Got Talent’ will be performing LIVE at the season finale of the summer concerts at the Pavilion at the Reston Town Center on Saturday, August 25, at 7:30 pm ET. Known as the ‘Soul of Sinatra’, his show will be a salute to Sinatra and the Magic of Motown. You do not want to miss the most awaited show of the season! I am excited about my performance and my fans will have a good time. Together we will create some fun memories” said Landau.
Landau won NBC’s “America's Got Talent”, with the largest vote total in the show's history. Personal interpretations of standards by Frank Sinatra and others have led to dozens of sold-out performances for Landau around the world, from Shanghai to San Francisco, New York City to Las Vegas, and across Europe singing for U.S. troops stationed there. Landau has shared the stage with the Boston Pops, George Benson, Patti Labelle, Christopher Cross, the Temptations and many more.
He has released three successful albums so far. “That’s Life” (November 2011) with Columbia Records stayed several weeks on the Billboard jazz charts. “Christmas Made for Two" (December 2013), Landau's special Holiday CD has classic and brand new original holiday favorites and has always been a best-selling fundraising vehicle for The Children’s Home Society charity in West Virginia. “Landau" (December 2016) includes his signature take on popular Great American Songbook standards, updated versions of classic R&B, what Landau calls a “Big Band twist,” and Landau’s first-ever original compositions co-written with the music industry’s biggest Grammy-winning songwriters. The tracks have been recorded at the famed Capitol Records Studio “B,” home to Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Nat “King” Cole and Dean Martin. The CD was helmed by Grammy winner Jeff Weber.
Landau has also co-authored a book with award-winning writer Rick Robinson “Landau Eugene Murphy Jr: From Washing Cars to Hollywood Star”, that debuted at #1 on the Amazon.com Jazz Book chart. Singer and songwriter par excellence, Landau made his debut as an actor in the movie "Choices, the Ron James story in 2018.