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.

In the fall of the 2025–2026 season, Gamboa-Diaz can be heard performing with Yale Consort in New Haven, the Chorus of Westerly in Rhode Island, as part of the “Bach in the Borough” series in Stonington, Connecticut, and in Handel’s “Messiah” at Washington National Cathedral. In the spring, he looks forward to performing with Elm City Consort and the virtu0so vocal ensemble Ampersand, as well as a solo recital and program of multiple harpsichord concerti as part of Minnesota’s Twin Cities Early Music Festival.

Past projects include an artist residency with the Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado, and performances with 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.).