Sten Höstfält
Composer Guitarist
Bandleader Producer
Record Label Proprietor
Educator Theorist
Research Scholar
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 'taking 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.
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 'taking 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 2014-2025.
XXXV Encontres de Compositors
Sten Hostfalt solo concert 2014,
Pilar i Joan Miro, Palma de Mallorca,
Islas Baleares, Spain