ELECTRIC DIAMOND premieres the full-length multi-media version of Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition.”
Integrating the written music with improvisation and video, Electric Diamond reimagines Mussorgsky’s masterpiece. A sneak peak (with orchestral accompaniment can be viewed below.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AISMOF_ysQ
ELECTRIC DIAMOND is the pioneering live electronic music ensemble that first performed at Carnegie Recital Hall, Symphony Space, the Guggenheim Museum and other venues in the New York 1970s new music scene. In the mid 1980’s electronic wind player and 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 present 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 audiences at the Macy’s 4th of July Celebration in downtown Manhattan.
