David Diamond has been resolute in his adherence to a flexible musical vocabulary rooted in tonal and modal harmonies. Traditional yet dynamic in structure, and happily inventive within the confines of standard Western musical instrumentation, Diamond’s music is both calmly rational and exuberantly emotional. It is music that weds Bachian counterpoint with Ravelian colour. “It is my strong feeling that a romantically inspired contemporary music, tempered by reinvigorated classical technical formulas, is the way out of the present period of creativity chaos in music…To me, the romantic spirit in music is important because it is timeless.” – David Diamond