Sten Hostfalt Guitarist Composer Producer Educator
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Sten Höstfält 
Composer Guitarist 

Bandleader Producer 
​
Record Label Proprietor 
Educator Theorist
​Research Scholar 
Sten Höstfält is a leading innovative
guitarist and composer working on
the New York music scene of today.
He performs with some of the most
original, unique voices in modern
music and has been called highly 

exceptional by legendary icon of
American Music Jimmy Giuffre, and
virtuosic by musical innovator Joe
​Maneri (Jon Damian, Fresh Music).

With work as a sideman, featured
​soloist, and leader for the past
three decades enthusiastically
featured in leading press such
as Jazz Times, All Music Guide,
The New York Times, and Guitar
Player. His original music is
described as 't
aking you on a
journey to a place where
anything is possible' (All About
Jazz
), 'among the most riveting
explorations of the microtonal
world ever recorded
 (Signal to
Noise), and 'genuinely
innovative, may be considered
​groundbreaking' (Jazz Review
) 

Embodying a near five decade
commitment to music education,
ever since being introduced to
the teaching profession via a
1977 Jr. high school vocational
apprenticeship. Mr. Hostfalt is
currently a music instructor at
Columbia University's Teachers
College, and for the New York
City Department of Education.

His plus two-decade innovative
contribution to the expansion of
the musical parameter of pitch
in our time is documented in
the printed book publications 

Dictionnaire des musiques
microtonales (1892-2013) by
Franck Jedrzejewski
​[L'Harmattan, France 2014]
and Fresh Music: Explorations
with The Creative Workshop
Ensemble For Musicians,
Artists and Teachers by
Jon Damian [YO 2015]
​ISBN 978-0-9863105-0-8.
Library of Congress,
​control nr. 2015901154.  
Photo by Jose' Luis Luna Rocafort
© All Rights Reserved 2014-2025.
XXXV Encontres de Compositors
Sten Hostfalt solo concert 2014,
Pilar i Joan Miro, Palma de Mallorca,
​Islas Baleares, Spain
All Rights Reserved © Sonus Rex 2025.
Sten Hoestfaelt (U.S.), Sten Höstfält (EU).
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  • Bio
  • Press
    • Signal To Noise
    • All About Jazz
    • Jazz Review
    • Fresh Music
    • Fundacio Joan Miro'
    • Cadence
    • Jazz Now
    • Guitar Player Magazine
    • City Guide NY
    • AM New York
  • Recordings
    • Recordings as a Leader
    • Recordings as a Sideman
    • Other Recordings (Live Concert and Demos)
  • Concerts
    • Concerts 1976-2025
    • Concerts 2023-2025
    • Concerts 2019-2022
    • Concerts 2015-2018
    • Concerts 2013-2014
    • Concerts 2010-2012
    • Live Archive 2009
    • Live Archive 2008
    • Live Archive 2007
    • Live Archive 2005-2006
    • Live Archive 2001-2003
    • Live Archive 1996-2000
    • Live Archive 1989-1995
    • Live Archive 1976-1988
  • Work
    • Work 1981-2021
    • Sten Hostfalt and Johnny Lapio
    • Sten Hostfalt and Blaise Siwula
    • Downtown NYC Scene
    • NYC Electronic Music Scene
    • Music for Dance
    • Marko Djordjevic's Sveti
    • Guillermo Klein's Big Van
  • Education
    • Curriculum