Harpsichordist and organist Stephen Gamboa-Diaz has performed for audiences in the United States, Germany, and Italy. A laureate of the 2012 Westfield Center International Harpsichord Competition, he was also a finalist in Early Music America’s inaugural Baroque Chamber Performance Competition as part of the harpsichord duo Zweikampf with Faythe Vollrath.

This last season Gamboa-Diaz could be heard performing English music from before 1500 and early Scottish music with Elm City Consort in New Haven. In March he performed J. S. Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier, Book 1 as part of New Haven’s celebration of Bach in the Subways, as well as solo Bach on harpsichord and Soler with strings from the Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado in Denver.

Other notable recent projects include Handel’s “Messiah” at Washington National Cathedral (Washington, D.C.), a collaboration on the Lizette Project for Gotham Early Music Scene and Americas Society (New York City) spearheaded by tenor Jean-Bernard Cerin, and a benefit concert with baroque violinist Daniel Lee for New Haven’s East Street Arts. Past appearances include Phoenix Early Music Society, Iowa City Early Keyboard Society, Barefoot Chamber Concerts (Berkeley, California), and the Baroque Room (Minneapolis, Minnesota). He teaches organ and conducting at Southern Connecticut State University and has directed church music programs on Long Island and in Connecticut.

Gamboa-Diaz holds degrees from UC Berkeley (B.A.), Stony Brook University (M.M., M.A., D.M.A.), and the Yale School of Music (A.D.).