David Diamond

1915 - 2005

American

Summary

David Diamond was born in Rochester, NY, and studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Eastman School of Music, as well as with Nadia Boulanger in Paris. He won a number of awards including three Guggenheim Fellowships, and is considered one of the preeminent American composers of his generation.

John Corigliano interviews David Diamond
Among Diamond's works are eleven symphonies, concertos including three for violin, eleven string quartets, music for wind ensemble, other chamber music, piano pieces, and vocal music.

He composed the musical theme heard on the CBS Radio Network broadcast "Hear It Now" (1950–51) and its TV successor, "See It Now" (1951–58).

Diamond was named honorary composer-in-residence of the Seattle Symphony. He was a longtime member of the Juilliard School faculty. In 1995, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts.

News

- Summer Listening: Cello Concertos
- 19th July 2019
- Our summer listening series continues with orchestral repertoire that features solo cello. Selections range from concertos by Samuel Barber and Arnold Schoenberg to recent pieces by Thea Musgrave and Betsy Jolas, who...
- (Re)View: David Diamond (1915–2005)
- 1st September 2005
- David Diamond described his own FOURTH SYMPHONY as "my smallest large symphony." A compact three-movement 16-plus minute-work, its arc is tightly constructed, from the sonata form of the first through the chorale-like...

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