During the 1980s, Landau toured internationally as a guitarist and tresero with the Nicaraguan Nueva Canción group, Luis Enrique Mejia Godoy and Mancotal, and shared stages with Silvio Rodríguez, Pablo Milanés, Mercedes Sosa, Chico Buarque, Amparo Ochoa and Nicomedes Santa Cruz in music festivals and concerts across Latin America and Europe.
[3][11][12] He has worked with artists including Buena Vista Social Club's Juan de Marcos Gonzalez, Susana Baca, Bobi Cespedes,[13] Dr Loco, Pete Seeger, Omar Sosa,[6] John Santos, Pancho Quinto, Quetzal,[14] Carne Cruda,[15] Los Mocosos, Maldita Vecindad, poet Piri Thomas,[16] and David Byrne's record label Luaka Bop.
His most recent work was producing an album called Mondongo (Sept. 30, 2015) with La Cuneta, and previously a CD with Mexican rockers Maldita Vecindad, titled Circular Colectivo, that debuted with a splash in Mexico[22] In 2011 he produced the CD, Calma, for Cuban pianist Omar Sosa, that was nominated for the Latin Grammys in the Instrumental Music Category.
He served as music supervisor for the HBO documentary "Mariela Castro's March: Cuba's LGBT Revolution" directed by Jon Alpert.
[24] He teaches at the University of California at Santa Cruz[24] and City College of San Francisco,[25] and he researches the role of music in contemporary societies.