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Sten Höstfält 
Composer Guitarist 

Bandleader Producer 
​
Record Label Proprietor 
Educator Theorist
​Research Scholar 






​Concert 
Performances

1976-2025 
​
Archive 


​
2025

​06.04.25 Unity Day
performance 
with the
PS 189 
Band directed
by Sten Hostfalt.

​
05.29.25 The Golden
Unicorn NYC 
with the
PS19 EVCS Family Band.


05.21.25 PS 189 Brooklyn
NY 
Career Day Performance
with 
the PS 189 Band
directed by 
Sten Hostfalt.

05.08.25 Musical Serenades
Concert 
at Milbank Chapel, 
Teachers College, 
Columbia
University, New York NY.

Featuring performances by
graduate education students
of Sten Höstfält.


05.06.25 Bowery Ballroom
NYC with The P.S. 19 EVCS 
Family band winning The
District 1 Battle of The
Family Bands New York City


03.01.25 Black History Month
Event featuring the PS 189
band, Brooklyn NY directed
by Sten Höstfält performing
music by Nas, Thelonious
Monk, and Ornette Coleman


​
2024

12.19.24 PS 189K Winter
Concert 
Brooklyn NY, 
featuring The PS 189 
Band 
directed by Sten Höstfält


12.18.24 PS 189 K Winter
Concert 
Brooklyn NY, 
featuring the PS 189 
Band
directed by Sten Höstfält


12.11.24 Musical Serenades
Concert 
at Milbank Chapel,
Teachers College 
Columbia
University 
featuring a
guitar performance by
graduate education student
Suga Zhang & Teachers College
instructor Sten Höstfält

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJxneThgK58

06.05.24 Unity Day Concert
Multi-Cultural Celebration
Event at 
P.S. 189K, Brooklyn,
NY. Featuring The 
PS 189 Band
directed by Sten Höstfält

performing original student
arrangements of the Music of
Thelonious Monk and K. West.


05.29.24 PS 189K Career Day
Concert 
Performance, Crown
Heights Brooklyn NY 
The PS 189
Band directed by Sten Höstfält

performing original student
arrangements of the Music of
Thelonious Monk and K. West.


04.29.24-05.03.24 Musical
Serenades Concert Event 
at
Teachers College Columbia
University 
feat. performances
by graduate 
education
students of Sten Höstfält


03.01.24 PS 189K Black History
Month 
Concert Performance
Event, Brooklyn NY: 

The PS 189 band directed by
Sten Höstfält, 
performing
John Coltrane's A Love Supreme. 

Sten Höstfält - solo guitar
performance of 
Bob Marley's
One Love
 
(based on Curtis
Mayfield's composition People
Get Ready, named the Civil Rights
Movement Anthem by Reverend
Dr. Martin Luther King)




2023

12.19.23 PS/IS 295Q
Queens Village, NY
School Concert: The
PS/IS 295Q band
performs the music
of Duke Ellington  
and originals on
recorders, and voice ft.
glockenspiel soloist
Samuel de La Cruz.

directed/conducted
​by Sten Höstfält
​



2022

07.21.22 Bar Proka
Aegina, Greece
extended family
concert performance.



​
2021

Musical Serenades Concert:
Virtual Performances at
Columbia University's 
Teachers College, New York
NY feat. 
performances by
graduate music education 
students of Sten Höstfält



2020

Musical Serenades Concert:
Virtual Educational Performances
at Columbia University's Teachers
College, New York, NY featuring

performances by graduate music
education students of Sten Höstfält



2019 

Musical Serenades: Columbia
University's Teachers College
Student-Faculty concert



2018

03.02.18 Hostfalt/Lapio at
ShapeShifter Lab Brooklyn NY  
Sten Hostfalt SOUNDALIKE 
Sten Höstfält - guitar
Johnny Lapio - trumpet
All original music improvised and 
composed by Höstfält and Lapio




2017

Sten's Guitar Studio 
(Sten Höstfält's NYC Guitar
Studio) Educational Projects
Lessons, Sessions and Audio
Recording Projects, Manhattan
and Ridgewood NY




2016

SEPTEMBER 06-24 2016 GREECE
House solo guitar performances in
Athens, Aegina, Kalamos and Crete

NEW YORK JAZZ ACADEMY
student-faculty CONCERTS

featuring NYJA faculty
Peck Allmond-trumpet,
Mike Webster-tenor saxophone,
Sten Höstfält-guitar,
Ron McLure-bass,
Pete Zimmer-drums
Brian Woodruff-drums
+ other NYJA faculty,
students and guests.
​

09.02.16 Church of St Paul/St Andrew 
08.26.16 Church of St Paul/St Andrew
08.19.16 Club BONAFIDE, NYC
08.12.16 Church of St Paul/St. Andrew 
08.05.16 Church of St Paul/St. Andrew


EVAN GALLAGHERS ENSEMBLES
@ ABC No Rio New York City
06.19.16 Flagrantette
05.15.16 Large Ensemble
04.03.16 Flagrant



2015

07.17.15 NY Jazz Academy Concert
Church of St. Paul/St. Andrew NYC.
feat. Mike Webster-tenor saxophone,
Adam Birnbaum-piano, Ron McLure-bass,
Sten Höstfält, Pete Zimmer-drums and
other NYJA faculty, students / guests.

01.04.15 and 04.05.15
CONSTANCE COOPER Trio & Quartet
at ABC No Rio, New York City.
Constance Cooper-voice, piano, synt.
Blaise Siwula-saxophones, clarinet
Sten Höstfält-guitar.
Adam Pultz Melbye-bass (04.05.15)
04.05.15 shared with a solo set by
Craig Flanagin (God Is My Co-Pilot)

24.02.15 House Concert '77'
Island of Aegina, Greece.




2014
​

11.21.14 STEN HÖSTFÄLT World
Premiere Solo Concert Performance
of FOUR NEW MICROTONAL PIECES 
for GUITAR and ELECTRONICS at
XXXV ENCONTRE INTERNACIONAL
COMPOSITORS at Fundacio' Pilar
i Joan Miro' Palma de Mallorca,
Mallorca Spain. Sten Höstfält -
compositions, guitar, electronics.

http://www.tomajazz.com/web/?p=15611

11.23.14 Concert at Yoga House,
Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Jimmy Weinstein-drums
Toni Miranda-guitar
Sten Höstfält-guitar
Marko Lohikari-bass
Liliana Santon-voice

06.19.14 DIMENSIONAL STATES 
The Microtonal Music of Sten Höstfält

at ShapeShifter Lab New York City

Constance Cooper-voice
Claire de Brunner-bassoon
Ole Mathisen-tenor saxophone
Stan Nishimura-trombone
Takuya Nakamura-trumpet
Robyn Siwula-viola
Evan Gallagher-Casio keyboards
Shayna Dulberger-bass
Dave Miller-drums

04.06.14 ABC No Rio NYC
Evan Gallaghers Large Ensemble.

03.24.14 Goodbye Blue Monday
Brooklyn New York City
Stan Nishimura Quartet 
Julianne Carney-violin,
Evan Gallagher-keyboard,
Sten Höstfält-guitar
Stan Nishimura-trombone

03.13.14 
DIMENSIONAL STATES
Trio+Orchestra
The
 Microtonal Music
of Sten Hostfalt

at ShapeShifter Lab
Brooklyn New York

featuring
​Sten Höstfält-guitar,
composer, director
Constance Cooper-voice
Liliana Santon-voice 
Robyn Siwula-viola
Takuya Nakamura-trumpet
Claire de Brunner-bassoon
Stan Nishimura-trombone
Noah Preminger-tenor saxophone
Evan Gallagher-casio keyboards
Matthew Garrison-electric bass
Shayna Dulberger-acoustic bass.
Jimmy Weinstein-drums
Dave Miller-drums 
Savina Thedorou-choreography,
​and dance
Rachel Wynne-dance.
TIME OUT NY Press
Announcement


01.24.14 New York Jazz Academy
Orchestra at 
The Stern Auditorium 
Carnegie Hall New York, NY




2013

Stan Nishimura Ensemble :
08.27.13 Freddys, Brooklyn NY
08.13.13 Nublu, East Village NY
06.22.13 CultureFix,
Lower East Side New York

06.16.2013 Evan Gallaghers
Large Ensemble at ABC No Rio
Lower East Side, New York City

06.07.2013 'Neither Do I'
Savina Theodorou-dance,
and Sten Höstfält-guitar 
at Cave, Brooklyn New York.

05.12.13 Parkside Lounge
Lower East Side, New York
Stan Nishimura-trombone
Evan Gallagher-keyboards
Sten Höstfält-guitar

04.09.13 Nublu
East Village, New York
Sten Höstfält-guitar,
Jimmy Weinstein-drums,
Liliana Santon-voice, 
Blaise Siwula-alto sax

02.09.13 Joe Maneri Tribute
Douglass Street Collective
Brooklyn, New York City
feat. Noah Kaplan-tenor sax,
​Ben Jaffee-tenor sax
Abe Maneri-piano, poetry
Matt Moran-vibraphone
Simon Jermyn-electric bass
Ed Schuller-acoustic bass
Steve Dalachinsky-poetry
Savina Theodorou-dance
Sten Höstfält-guitar



2012
​

12.23.12 Sten Höstfält
SOLO PERFORMANCE
at COMA/ABC No Rio,
Lower East Side New York
Sten Höstfält-compositions,
guitar, electronics

Blaise Siwula-saxophones
and Sten Höstfält-guitar

09.16.12 MusiXplore, Paterson NJ
​
06.21.12 NYPL Mulberry St. Library
Lower Manhattan, New York, NY

06.03.12 Savina Theodorou-dance 
Sten Höstfält-guitar at C.O.M.A.
ABC No Rio Lower East Side, NY

02.19.12 Sten Höstfält solo guitar
performance C.O.M.A. ABC No Rio 
​Lower East Side, New York City

02.09.12 Joe Maneri Tribute Concert
Douglass St. Collective Brooklyn NYC 
feat. Mat Maneri-violin
Abe Maneri-poetry, piano
Ben Jaffe-tenor saxophone
David Rothenberg-clarinet
Michael Attias-alto saxophone
Lucian Ban-piano
Noah Kaplan-tenor saxophone
Russ Lossing-piano
Simon Jermyn-electric bass
Gerald Cleaver-drums
Roy Campbell-trumpet
Steve Dalachinsky-poetry,
Jonathan Wood Vincent-accordion
Sten Höstfält-guitar


01.10.12 Sten Höstfält Solo Performance
Sten Hostfalt-compositions, and guitar 
at Symphony Space, New York City

01.01.12 Blaise Siwula/Sten Höstfält
at ABC No Rio Lower East Side NYC


​


2011

12.19.11 Sten HÖSTFÄLT & Blasie SIWULA
ABC No Rio, Lower East Side New York City 


12.02.11 Sten Höstfält Solo Guitar
Papacookie, Harlem New York City
(shared event with Wingbridge 
featuring Matt Wilson-drums
)

08.25.11 Sten Höstfält Solo 
Symphony Space NYC


07.13.11 Blaise Siwula Ensemble
Local 269 Lower East Side NY
shared event with
Ray Anderson-trombone
Bob Stewart-tuba


06.25.11 Sten Höstfält Solo Guitar,
at Gizzi's Greenwich Village, NY

06.19.11 Cheryl Pyle Trio at COMA
ABC No Rio, Lower East Side NY
Robyn Siwula-viola
Cheryl Pyle-flute
Sten Hostfalt-mandolin

05.28.11 Calmer ft. Sten Hostfalt-bass
at Gramercy Theater, New York City

05.06.11 Sten Höstfält Trio
Shrine, Harlem New York City

02.27.11 Bato 'The Yugo' Andonov
at Nublu, East Village New York

02.24.11 Blaise Siwula-saxophones,
Sten Höstfält-guitar at University
of The Streets, East Village NY

02.06.11 Bato The Yugo Andonov
at Nublu, East Village New York
​
01.14.11 Sten Höstfält's K-MOD,
Shrine Harlem NY




2010

12.26.2011 New York Jazz Academy
Orchestra at the Stern Auditorium
Carnegie Hall New York NY featuring

Wayne Escoffery-tenor saxophone


12.18.2010 Sten Hostfalt Solo Guitar
Queensborough Community College
City University of New York CUNY
Queensborough Youth Conservatory
​faculty-student concert Bayside NY

01.16.2010 Jessica Betts voice and
Sten Hostfalt guitar at Ashford and
Simpson's Sugarbar, New York NY

09.23.2010 Sten Hostfalt TRIO
Shrine, Harlem NYC

08.25.2010 Blaise Siwula-saxophones,
and clarinet and Sten Hostfalt-guitar
Goodbye Blue Monday, BKLYN NY

08.08.2010 Sten Hostfalt Trio
Local 269, Lower East Side NY

07.30.2010 Sten Hostfalt Trio
Shrine, Harlem New York City

06.14.2010 Sten Hostfalt Trio
Spike Hill, Brooklyn New York

06.13.2010 Sten Hostfalt Trio
Nublu, East Village New York

06.06.2010 Blaise Siwula-saxophones
Sten Hostfalt-guitar
Dave Miller-drums
ABC No Rio, Lower East Side NY

05.16.2010 Bato 'The Yugo' Andonov
at Nublu, East Village New York City

05.10.2010 Blaise Siwula-saxophones
and clarinet and Sten Hostfalt-guitar
Goodbye Blue Monday New York City

03.01.2010 Sten Hostfalt Trio
Spike Hill, Brooklyn New York

02.09.2010 Sten Hostfalt Trio
Puppets Jazz, Brooklyn New York


​
2009

12.31.09 Trudy Silver Trio 5C Cafe' NYC


12.29.09 Blaise Siwula Ensemble at
Otto's Shrunken Head, East Village NY

12.19.09 Trudy Silver Trio at 5C Cafe'
East Village, New York City
feat. Sten Hostfalt-mandolin
Jerome Ellis-tenor-tenor sax.
Hilliard Greene-bass
Trudy Silver-piano

12.07.09 Blaise Siwula Ensemble
Goodbye Blue Monday, Brooklyn NY


11.28.09 Sten Hostfalt Trio
Puppets Jazz, Brooklyn NYC


11.18.09 Blaise Siwula Ensemble
Yippie Cafe', Lower East Side NYC

11.04.09 New World School of The Arts,
at Miami-Dade College, Miami, FL.
Sten Hostfalt microtonal guitar lecture

10.26.09 Sten Hostfalt Trio
Spike Hill, Brooklyn New York

10.24.09 Calmer ft. Sten Hostfalt-bass
Public Assembly, Brooklyn NYC

10.18.09 Blaise Siwula Ensemble
ABC No Rio, Lower East Side NY

10.17.09 Private Function,
Liberty Tavern, Union NJ

10.05.09 Blaise Siwula and Sten Hostfalt
Goodbye Blue Monday, Brooklyn NY

10.04.09 Bato 'The Yugo' Andonov
Nublu, East Village New York City

09.05.09 Sten Hostfalt Trio
Puppets Jazz, Brooklyn New York

08.23.09 Bato 'The Yugo' Andonov
Nublu, East Village New York City

08.23.09 Blaise Siwula Ensemble
ABC No Rio, Lower East Side NY

07.29.09 Blaise Siwula-alto sax
Shiro Onuma-drums, percussion
Sten Hostfalt-guitar 
Freddy's Backroom, Brooklyn NY

07.20.09 ABC No Rio ensemble
The Brecht Forum, New York City

07.06.09 Sten Hostfalt Quartet
Spike Hill, Brooklyn New York

06.21.09 ABC No Rio,
NYC Blaise Siwula ensemble

06.30.09 Goodbye Blue Monday NYC
Blaise Siwula and Sten Hostfalt

06.12.09 Sten Hostfalt Trio
Puppets Jazz, Brooklyn NY

06.07.09 Calmer ft. Sten Hostfalt-bass
at Nublu, East Village New York City

06.02.09 Blaise Siwula-alto sax
and Sten Hostfalt-guitar, at
Yippie Cafe, Lower East Side NY


05.29.09 Blaise Siwula-alto sax
Sten Hostfalt-guitar and bass, 
Freddy's Backroom, Brooklyn NY

05.18.09 Sten Hostfalt Quartet 
Spike Hill, Brooklyn New York


05.01.09 Siwula/Hostfalt
Stain Bar, Brooklyn NYC

04.21.09 Sten Hostfalt Quartet
Puppets Jazz, Brooklyn New York

04.14.09 Calmer ft. Sten Hostfalt-bass
at Public Assembly, Brooklyn New York


03.29.09 Blaise Siwula-alto sax
and Sten Hostfalt-guitar 
Stain Bar, Brooklyn New York

03.15.09 Blaise Siwula Quartet
ABC No Rio, Lower East Side, NY

03.07.09 Sten Hostfalt Trio
Greenpoint Jazz Festival,
​Brooklyn New York City
Sten Hostfalt-guitar
James Luke-bass
Marko Djordjevic-bas

02.27.09 Calmer ft. Sten Hostfalt-bass
at Halcyon Records NYC

02.25.09 Sten Hostfalt Trio
The Annex Lower East Side NY


02.11.09 Blaise Siwula-alto sax
Sten Hostfalt-guitar and bass
Goodbye Blue Monday, BKLYN NY

02.05.09 Blaise Siwula-alto sax
Sten Hostfalt-guitar
Claire de Brunner-bassoon
Yippie Cafe, Lower East Side NY

01.12.09 Sten Hostfalt Trio 
Freddy's Backroom NYC


01.11.09 Blaise Siwula Ensemble
ABC No Rio, Lower East Side NY

01.03.09 Sten Hostfalt-guitar
Blaise Siwula-alto saxophone
Stain Bar, Brooklyn New York 



2008

12.31.08 Blaise Siwula Ensemble
Brecht Forum NYC event also feat.
Bern Nix, Ras Moshe, Matt Lavelle


12.12.08 Sten Hostfalt Trio, Stain Bar NYC

12.06.08 Legends Of All Time,
Otto's Shrunken Head, East Village NY

12.05.08 Blaise Siwula Ensemble
Otto's Shrunken Head, East Village NY

11.21.08 Blaise Siwula/Sten Hostfalt
Goodbye Blue Monday, Brooklyn NY

11.20.08 Blaise Siwula/Sten Hostfalt
Goodbye Blue Monday, Brooklyn NY


11.20.08 Blaise Siwula/Sten Hostfalt
Stain Bar, Brooklyn New York City

11.15.08 Blaise & Robyn Siwula, and
Sten Hostfalt at Everything Goes
Book Cafe' Staten Island Ne York

10.26.08 Sten Hostfalt K-MOD 
Freddy's Backroom Brooklyn NY

Ole Mathisen-tenor saxophone,
Dave Miller-drums, 
Sten Hostfalt-compositions,
and guitar. 


10.23.08 Calmer ft. Sten Hostfalt-bass
Public Assembly, Brooklyn New York

CMJ event also featuring MOBY

10.19.08 Blaise Siwula Ensemble
ABC No Rio, Lower East Side NYC

10.10.08 Siwula/Hostfalt
Stain Bar, Brooklyn NYC

10.09.08 Marko Djordjevic's SVETI,
Nublu, East Village New York

10.07.08 Blaise Siwula/Sten Hostfalt
Goodbye Blue Monday, Brooklyn NY

10.02.28 Calmer ft. Sten Hostfalt-bass,
205 Club, Lower East Side New York

09.26.08 Sten Hostfalt G-Factor
Otto's Shrunken Head, East Village NY

09.21.08 Blaise Siwula/Sten Hostfalt
ABC No Rio, Lower East Side NY
(Bandcamp archived live recording)

shared event w. Tim Berne-alto sax,
and Herb Robertson-trumpet


09.18.08 Blaise Siwula/Sten Hostfalt
Stain Bar, Brooklyn New York

09.09.08 Blaise Siwula/Sten Hostfalt
at Goodbye Blue Monday New York

08.30.08 Siwula/Hostfalt
Otto's Shrunken Head NYC

08.15.08 Blaise Siwula/Sten Hostfalt
Stain Bar, Brooklyn New York

08.03.08 Sten Hostfalt's K-MOD
Freddy's Bar and Backroom, Brooklyn NY

07.31.08 Calmer ft. Sten Hostfalt-bass
Karma Lounge, East Village New York

07.19.08 Calmer ft. Sten Hostfalt-bass
at Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn NYC

event also ft. Keith Murray (DEF SQUAD)

07.07.08 Blaise Siwula/Sten Hostfalt
Stain Bar, Brooklyn Ne York

07.06.08 Blaise Siwula Ensemble
ABC No Rio, Lower East Side NYC

06.28.08 Siwula / Hostfalt Yippie Cafe' NYC
event also feat. Mike Irwin, Daniel Carter

06.07.08 Siwula/Hostfalt Stain Bar NYC

05.28.08 Sten Hostfalt's GHOST FACTOR
Otto's Shrunken Head, East Village NYC

05.17.08 Siwula/Hostfalt Stain Bar NYC

04.19.08 Siwula/Hostfalt Stain Bar NYC

03.23.08 Sten Hostfalt's K-MOD 
Freddy's Backroom, Brooklyn NY

feat. Ole Mathisen-tenor saxophone
Tim Luntzel-electric bass
Marko Djordjevic-drums
Sten Hostfalt-composer, guitar


03.16.08 Sten Hostfalt's Ghost Factor 
ABC No Rio, Lower East Side New York

Melissa Kassel-voice,
Matt Renzi-tenor saxophone
Sten Hostfalt-guitar


03.07.08 Blaise Siwula/Sten Hostfalt
Stain Bar, Brooklyn New York City

02.25.08 Sten Hostfalt's Ghost Factor
Bowery Poetry Club, Lower East Side NY 
Matt Renzi-tenor saxophone 
Marko Djordevic-drums,
Sten Hostfalt-live poetry


01.27.08 Sten Hostfalt's K-MOD
Freddy's Backroom, Brooklyn NY


01.19.08 Blaise Siwula/Sten Hostfalt
Stain Bar, Brooklyn New York




2007
​

12.17.07 Blaise Siwula/Sten Hostfalt
Stain Bar, Brooklyn New York City

12.13.07 Sten Hostfalt GHOST FACTOR 

Ottos Shrunken Head, East Village NY
Sten Hostfalt composer, guitar,
bass, and electronics,
Matt Renzi-tenor saxophone,
Marko Djordjevic-drums



UWE PETERSEN TRIO
Sten Hostfalt-guitar
John Lenis-bass
Uwe Petersen-drums

11.17.08 Marriot Hotel, Newark NJ
11.04.07 Harrar Cafe' South Orange NJ
10.28/07 Harrar Cafe' South Orange NJ
09.23.07 Harrar Cafe' South Orange NJ


08.19.07 Sten Hostfalt Ghost Factor
Freddy's Backroom, Brooklyn NY 


08.13.07 Sten Hostfalt Ghost Factor

Goodbye Blue Monday, Brooklyn NY
Sten Hostfalt - direction, guitar,
Melissa Kassel - voice,
Bruce Arnold - guitar/electronics,
Matt Renzi - tenor saxophone.


07.30.07 STEN HOSTFALT GHOST FACTOR
Otto's Shrunken Head, East Village, NY

07.16.07 Marko Djordjevic's SVETI
Village MA, West Village, New York
Janek Gwizdala-electric bass
Sten Hostfalt-guitar
Marko Djordjevic-drums


07.02.07 Marko Djordjevic's SVETI
Village MA, West Village, New York

06.10.07 Sten Hostfalt Ghost Factor
ABC No Rio, Lower East Side NYC
Melissa Kassel-voice,
Bruno Raberg-acoustic bass
Sten Hostfalt-guitar


05.26.07 Calmer ft. Sten Hostfalt-bass
Percussion Lab, Brooklyn New York

05.15.07 Sten Hostfalt Ghost Factor,
The Hook, Brooklyn New York City

04.13.07 Sten Hostfalt-guitar
Bruno Raberg-acoustic bass
 
Caffe' Vivaldi, New York City
​

04.30.07 Sten Hostfalt Ghost Factor
Monkeytown Brooklyn, New York 

Matt Renzi-tenor & soprano saxophone,
Bb clarinet, and slide whistle
Raymond Todd-Poetry, Flute, Trombone
and Toy Piano. Marko Djordjevic-drums
Sten Hostfalt-guitar, bass, electronics, 

Sten Hostfalt G-Factor/Moneytown Live
recording [Sonus Rex 0624-11]
Recorded,
edited, and produced by Mark Trewella,
and released on CD in 2011.

​
03.15.07 Sten Hostfalt-guitar
Bruno Raberg-acoustic bass 

Lizard Lounge, Cambridge MA
shared event with Club D'Elf
featuring David Tronzo-guitar


02.26.07 Marko Djordjevic's SVETI
at Village MA, NYC


02.25.07 Raymond Todd/Robyn Siwula
ABC No Rio NYC

02.23.07 Sten Hostfalt Ghost Factor,
Stain Bar NYC


02.12.07 Sten Hostfalt Ghost Factor 
Otto's NYC

02.09.07 Sten Hostfalt Ghost Factor, 
Stain Bar NYC

02.05.07 Raymond Todd Ensemble,
GBM NYC

01.24.07 Sten Hostfalt/Bruno Raberg,
Carlito's Cafe' East Harlem New York 


01.17.07 Sten Hostfalt/Bruno Raberg
Pussycat Lounge, Downtown NYC


01.05.07 Sten Hostfalt Ghost Factor 
Stain Bar, Brooklyn NYC



2006

12.23.06 Sten Hostfalt Ghost Factor
Stain Bar, Brooklyn NYC
feat. Jimmy Weinstein-drums
Liliana Santon-voice


12.21.06 Raymond Todd & Co.
Spoken Words Cafe' Brooklyn NY
feat. Jimmy Weinstein-drums
Liliana Santon-voice
Sten Hostfalt-guitar


12.11.06 Raymond Todd (poetry) & Co.
Goodbye Blue Monday, Brooklyn NY

11.13.06 Marko Djordjevic's SVETI
Village MA, West Village New York
feat. Nir Felder-guitar,
Sten Hostfalt-electric bass


11.04.06 Recording Exchange,
Hogar Collection NYC

Performance Piece for eight 
Guitars by Jeffrey Thompson


10.22.06 Sten Hostfalt SOLO
ABC No Rio NYC

09.30.06 Sten Hostfalt/Katt Hernandez,
Perch Cafe' NYC

08.11.06 Hostfalt/Hernandez,
Bowerbird Philadephia PA

11.04.06 STEN HOSTFALT-guitar
OWEN HOWARD-drums
Louis 649, East Vilage NYC

08.02.06 Sten Hostfalt SOFT VALUE
Live at Rose, Brooklyn New York 
Sten Hostfalt-compositions, guitar
Matt Pavolka-acoustic bass
Tom Beckham-vibraphone


07.08.06 Sten Hostfalt's SOFT VALUE
at Night & Day Brooklyn New York 

Sten Hostfalt-compositions, guitar
Matt Pavolka-acoustic bass,
Tom Beckham-vibraphone


05.22.06 Marko Djordjevic's SVETI
Village MA NYC
Matt Pavolka-acoustic bass,
Sten Hostfalt-guitar


05.21.06 Sten Hostfalt & Katt Hernandez 
ABC No Rio Lower East Side, New York 

04.20.06 Sten Hostfalt SOLO 
compositions, guitar, electronics.
At The Issue Project Room NYC

03.13.06 Sten Hostfalt SOLO,
compositions, guitar, electronics.
Zeitgeist Gallery Cambridge MA

03.13.06 Sten Hostfalt
Microtonal Clinic / Workshop
at Jon Damian's Creative Workshop,
Berklee College Of Music, Boston MA

02.17.06 Sten Hostfalt SOLO 
Freddy's Backroom NYC


01.09.06 Marko Djordjevic's SVETI
Village MA NYC
Brad Mason-tpt,
Matt Pavolka-bass,
Sten Hostfalt-gtr.


01.04.06 STEN HOSTFALT SOLO 
The Lucky Cat, Brooklyn NYC




2001-2005

12.18.05 Sten Hostfalt SOLO
Eat Records NYC

11.05.05 Sten Hostfalt SOLO
The C-Note NYC

11.12.03 Lisa Miskovsky
MTV recording 'Sing To Me'

04.08.03 Sten Hostfalt/Ulf Akerhielm,
Herman's NYC. Stockholm Jazz
Festival Week, Stockholm Sweden


08.29.02 Sten Hostfalt Solo
Knitting Factory, Leonard St. NYC
Live recording: 29 Pieces For The
Microtonal Guitar. Funded by The
Arts Grants Committee of Sweden


Sten Hostfalt's Tura-Leri & Michel
Barbaud's Karwan 2002 France Tour
 
Funded by the Swedish Cultural
Council For The Arts


05.21.02 Le Triton, Paris France

05.19.02 Jazz a Rueil, Paris France

Sten Hostfalt's Tura Leri:
Lise-Lotte Norelius-drums
David Boato-trumpet,
Sten Hostfalt-guitar, electronics

Michael Barbaud's Karwan:
Gilles Andrieux-Saz
Olivier Ker Ourio-harmonica
Jean-Yves Roucan-drums
Laurent Fradelizi-contrabass
Michel Barbaud-piano


02.03.01 Recording
SAMI Studios, Stockholm, Sweden: 
Sten Hostfalt's Tura Leri 
Lise Lotte Norelius-drums,
Magnus Lind-accordion,
Sten Hostfalt-guitar, compositions.
Engineer: Göran Stegborn
.
Partially released on CD in 2002
as 
Eternity Check [g-wOw 1214]
​


1996-2000

1997-2000 CONCERTS
SWEDEN NORWAY FINLAND

300 (+) live performance events
during Tours, Concerts, Festivals,
Radio Broadcasts, and Recordings 
with (or in relation to) Sandviken
Big Band (Sweden) 
feat. Deborah Brown-voice,
Rob McConnell-trombone,
Bobby Shew-trumpet
and Scandinavian Jazz artists
Katrine Madsen, Marie Bergman,
Victoria Tolstoy, Sharon Dyall,
Svante Thuresson, Claes Jansson,
Barbro "Lill-Babs" Svensson,
Lars Erstrand, Ulf Johamsson-Werre,
and Gavle Symphony Orchestra.


Recordings for Sittel and
Four Leaf Clover (STIM)
Jazz Festivals : Dalsbruk (Finland),
Sandvika (Norway)
Sandviken Big Bang,
Ystad, Linköping (Sweden),
Trencin (Slovakia). 
Shared events : James Moody,
Phil Woods, Ray Brown,
Tower Of Power, Niels
Henning Orsted-Pedersen,
Woody Herman Big Band.


1997-2000 DUO TRIO &
QTET PERFORMANCES

Elexir ft. Sten Hostfalt-guitar
contemporary jazz quartet
performing 
original music in 
concerts at Uppsala 
Jazz Club,
Gävle Art Museum,
Sandviken
Big Bang Jazz Festival.


◊ 1998 Swedish Radio Recording
Session for CD release "Feel Real"
Gävle, Sweden 1998. Independent
Scandinavian CD release [UdiG 3007] 


10.19.96 Esa Toivonen Art Exhibition
Lättings Gallery, Gävle Sweden ft.
Lasse Forsberg-guitar, voice
Sten Hostfalt-guitar, electronics
Esa Toivonen-paintings, visual art

Sten Hostfalt Duo & Trio Performances
Radio Vastmanland Broadcast, Sweden
Vasteras Public Library Vasteras Sweden
The Jazz Museum, Stromsholm Sweden
​

1989-95

GUILLERMO KLEIN's BIG VAN 1993-95
◊ 1995 Argentina Tour :
Centro Cultural San Martin Jazz Festival,
La Trastienda, Buenos Aires Argentina.
◊ Sundays 1994-95 at Smalls Jazz Club
◊ 06.04.1995 Knitting Factory,
(Main Space) Leonard St. NYC
◊ The Jazz Gallery (June?) 1995
◊ Scullers Jazz Club, Boston MA 
10.19.94 The Middle East Cafe'
Cambridge MA. ( 2 sets)

1994 recording session Mastersound
Astoria NY/CD release BIG VAN (Beat)
re-release: El Minotauro (Candid/1997)


Boston MA 1989-94 Concert Performances
Jimmy Giuffre, Clare Fischer, Joe Maneri,
Gary Burton, Peter Erskine, Phil Wilson's
Berklee Rainbow Band, Herb Pomeroy's
Jazz Orchestra (Berklee 'Recording Band')

The NEC Big Band (dir. by George Russell)
John Zorn's COBRA directed by Steve Drury
Jordan Hall concert/worldwide broadcast.
Feat. Jamie Saft, Cuong Vu, Nate McBride.

Concerts at: Ryles Jazz Club, The Eastern
Front, Middle East Cafe', Nightstage, The
Berklee Performance Center, The Willow.
With Terry Monaghan (feat. Tim Luntzel,
Haze Bergeron, Blake Lindberg
, 
Mike Rivard, Takuya Nakamura, and Sten
Hostfalt). Shared live event with Therapy?
(Ireland),
 Carolina Brandes (ft. Marko
Djordjevic, Sean Amou, Yorai Oron, and
Bruce Arkin). Shared event with The
Lunachicks (NYC)


03.08.95 Michel Barbaud Jazz Orchestra
Berklee Performance Center, Boston MA
Saxes: Dave Barraza, Bill Vint, Eric Gibb,
Shinobu Ishizaki, and Dan Bosshardt. 
Trumpets: Keiichi Hashimoto, Justin 
Mullens, Rocco Zahariev, Achim Rothe
Trombones: Eliot Mason, Gary Heckard, 
Gary Elic. Rhythm: Pete Rende,Sten
Höstfält, Jon Hazilla, George Donchev.

10.02.92 Toxic Audio, Boston MA
Sten Hostfalt Band recording session,
initiated by Paul Bley Archived at Paul
Bley Fonds, Biblioteque et Archives,
Canada
.

Sten Hostfalt-composer/guitar/git. synt
Takuya Nakamura-trumpet electronics
Matthew Garrison-electric bass guitar
Blake Lindberg-drums.
Engineer: Eric Tew. 
Partially released as 'Eternity Check'
[g-wOw 1214] 2002
 Edited by Greg
Thompson at Kampo Audio, New York.


(Unspecified session date) 1990 or 91
The Music of Composer/Arranger
Daniel Hamuy - Recording session
including Seamus Blake and Chris
Cheek-tenor saxophones, David Boato,
Keiichi Hashimoto, and Diego Urcola
-trumpets, Sten Hostfalt and Kurt
Rosenwinkel-guitars, (+ probably
also) Mercedes Rossy-piano, 
Yorai Oron-electric  bass, and
Marc Miralta-drums


1991 One Two Three Four & More
Jazz from Berklee 
CD (promotional)
 
featuring The Berklee Concert Jazz
Orchestra ('The Recording Band')
​directed by Herb Pomeroy feat.
soloists Seamus Blake-tenor
saxophone, Sten Höstfält-guitar
and guitar synthesizer, and
Mercedes Rossy-piano. Along with
Yorai Oron-bass, and Marc Miralta
-drums. As well as featuring other
groups including Teodross Avery
-tenor saxophone, Hans Glawischnig
-bass. Executive producer and liner
notes by Gary Burton


1989-1991 Sten Höstfält Trio/Quartet
Boston, MA concert performances at
The Willow, WBRS (Brandeis) broadcast,
and at New England Conservatory, feat.
Don Houge, Seamus Blake, and Jakob
Dinesen-tenor sax., Kasper Tranberg,
Lars Lindvall-trumpet, Masa Kamaguchi,
Richard Hammond, Tony DeCicco, and
Matthew Garrison-electric bass, Anders
Mogensen, Kazumi Ikenaga, Jimmy 
Weinstein, Jerzy Glod, and Cyril Atef
-drums


1976-88
Street concert performances
1987-88 Paris France (solo),
Copenhagen Denmark (duo
with Magnus Nilsson-bass
)

1986 Horace Parlan Clinic/Workshop
Skurups Folkhögskola, Skurup Sweden.


1984-87 Sten Höstfält Trio/Quartet
concerts in Malmö, Lund, Kalix and
​Stockholm, Sweden

1981 Drömmar i Faksimile,
Audio Cassette Compilation
feat. Sekvens, Västerås Sweden.
Distribution: Modernes Pop Fanzine 

1976-82 (100+) Concert Performance and
Festival events with various jazz, rock & 
fusion ensembles in
 Västerås Sweden.
​



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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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