Electric Diamond – Past Concerts

Electric Diamond is one of the longest-lived electronic performance ensembles – 40 years plus and going strong. It is a reimagining of the classical music chamber ensemble. The group first performed in 1979, playing concerts at Carnegie Recital Hall, Symphony Space, the Guggenheim Museum and other venues of the New York 1970s new music scene. In the mid 1980s electronic wind player founder Stuart Diamond joined forces with the eclectic, electric keyboard innovator Don Slepian, whose credits and talents are legendary – from artist-engineer-in-residence at Bell Laboratories to the original ambient sound painter for "Music from the Hearts of Space."

Together, they began presenting programs that integrated classical music with free-flowing improvisations – from Bach to Mussorgsky, from medieval dances to Native American soundscapes. They have performed throughout America and Asia, performing for the erudite audiences at Steinway Hall to the mass crowds at the Macy's 4th of July Celebration in downtown Manhattan.

Electric Diamond's concerts are truly "live," without the use of any computer sequencing or multi tracking techniques. The results are performances of immediacy, power, and authenticity – seamless and flowing meditations, integrating classical, jazz, pop, folk, and medieval music into the original sound that is Electric Diamond. Think electronic-classical-raga.