EDUCATIONAL CONCERT
PERFORMANCE EVENTS
2025
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 PS 19 EVCS East Village
Community School Family band
at The District 1 Battle of The
Family Bands New York City
03.01.25 Black History Month Event
featuring the PS189 Band Brooklyn NY
directed by Sten Höstfält Performs
music by Nas 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 PS189
Band directed by Sten Höstfält
12.11.24 Musical Serenades Concert
at Milbank Chapel, Teachers College
Columbia University featuring a
performance by graduate education
student Suga Zhang and 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 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 arrangements of the
Music of Thelonious Monk and K.West.
04.29.24-05.03.24 Musical Serenades
at Teachers College Columbia University
featuring 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 and conducted by Sten Höstfält.
PAST PERFORMANCES/CONCERTS
2022
07.21.22 Bar Proka Aegina, Greece
extended family concert performance
January-June 2022:
Sten Höstfält Weekly Educational
Workshops and Performances in
the New York City Public School
System as a Teaching Artist for
Midori and Friends via Local 802,
Musicians of Greater New York,
American Federation of Musicians.
2021
Musical Serenades: Virtual Concert
Performances at Columbia University's
Teachers College, New York NY feat.
performances by graduate music
education students of Sten Höstfält
2020
Musical Serenades: Virtual Educational
Performances at Columbia University's
Teachers College, New York, NY feat.
performances by graduate music
education students of Sten Höstfält
2019
Musical Serenades: Columbia University's
Teachers College Student-Faculty concert.
2018
03.02.18 ShapeShifter Lab
Brooklyn NY shapeshifterlab.com
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 in Manhattan and Ridgewood NY
2015-16
SEPTEMBER 06-24 2016 GREECE
House solo guitar performances in
Athens, Aegina, Kalamos and Crete
NEW YORK JAZZ ACADEMY CONCERTS
featuring faculty Peck Allmond-trumpet,
Mike Webster-tenor saxophone,
Sten Höstfält-guitar, Ron McLure-bass,
Pete Zimmer and Brian Woodruff-drums
+ other NYJA faculty, students & guests.
09.02.16 Church of St Paul / St Andrew NYC
08.26.16 Church of St Paul / St Andrew NYC
08.19.16 Richard Bona's Club BONAFIDE, NYC
08.12.16 Church of St Paul / St. Andrew NYC
08.05.16 Church of St Paul / St. Andrew NYC
EVAN GALLAGHERS ENSEMBLES
@ ABC No Rio New York City
06.19.16 Flagrantette
05.15.16 Large Ensemble
04.03.16 Flagrant
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 Yoga House, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Jimmy Weinstein, Toni Miranda, Sten Höstfält,
Marko Lohikari, Liliana Santon.
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 GBM NYC Stan Nishimura Quartet ft.
Julianne Carney, Evan Gallagher, Sten Höstfält
03.13.14
DIMENSIONAL STATES Trio+Orchestra
The Microtonal Music of Sten Hostfalt
at ShapeShifter Lab NYC 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 keyboard
Matthew Garrison electric bass
Shayna Dulberger acoustic bass.
Jimmy Weinstein drums
Dave Miller drums
Savina Thedorou choreography, dance
Rachel Wynne-dance.
TIME OUT NY Press Announcement
01.24.14 New York Jazz Academy Orchestra
The Stern Auditorium Carnegie Hall New York
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2013
Stan Nishimura Ensemble :
08.27.2013 Freddys, Brooklyn NYC
08.13.2013 Nublu, East Village NYC
06.22.2013 CultureFix, Lower East Side NYC
06.16.2013 Evan Gallaghers Large Ensemble
ABC No Rio Lower East Side, New York City
06.07.2013 Savina Theodorou-dance,
and Sten Höstfält-guitar 'Neither Do I'
at Cave, Brooklyn New York City.
05.12.13 Parkside Lounge New York City
Stan Nishimura Evan Gallagher Sten Höstfält.
04.09.13 Nublu New York City
Sten Höstfält-guitar, Jimmy Weinstein-drums,
Liliana Santon-voice, Blaise Siwula-alto sax
02.09.13 Joe Maneri Tribute
Douglass Street Collective New York City
feat. Noah Kaplan, Ben Jaffee, Abe Maneri,
Matt Moran, Simon Jermyn, Ed Schuller, Steve
Dalachinsky, Savina Theodorou, Sten Höstfält.
2012
12.23.12 Sten Höstfält SOLO PERFORMANCE
ABC No Rio, Lower East Side New York City
Sten Höstfält-compositions, guitar, electronics
Blaise Siwula-saxophones/Sten Höstfält-guitar
09.16.12 MusiXplore, Paterson New Jersey
06.21.12 Mulberry St. Library New York City
06.03.12 Savina Theodorou-dance and
Sten Höstfält-guitar at ABC No Rio NYC
02.19.12 Sten Höstfält ABC No Rio NYC
02.09.12 Joe Maneri Tribute Concert
Douglass St. Collective Brooklyn NYC feat.
Mat Maneri, Abe Maneri, Ben Jaffe, David
Rothenberg, Michael Attias, Lucian Ban, Noah
Kaplan, Russ Lossing, Simon Jermyn, Gerald
Cleaver, Roy Campbell, Steve Dalachinsky,
Jonathan Wood Vincent, Sten Höstfält.
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 Papacookie NYC
(shared event w. Wingbridge ft. Matt Wilson-drums)
08.25.11 Sten Höstfält SOLO Symphony Space NYC
07.13.11 Blaise Siwula Ensemble Local 269 NYC
(shared event w. Ray Anderson/Bob Stewart Duo)
06.25.11 Sten Höstfält SOLO at Gizzi's NYC
06.19.11 Cheryl Pyle Trio at ABC No Rio NYC
05.28.11 Calmer at Gramercy Theater NYC
05.06.11 Sten Höstfält TRIO Shrine Harlem NYC
02.27.11 Bato 'The Yugo' Andonov Nublu NYC
02.24.11 Siwula/Höstfält, University of The Streets NY
02.06.11 Bato The Yugo Andonov, Nublu NYC
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 QCC Bayside NY
01.16.2010 Jessica Betts Ashford & Simpson's Sugarbar
09.23.2010 Sten Hostfalt TRIO, Shrine Harlem NYC
08.25.2010 Blaise Siwula/Sten Hostfalt, GBM NYC
08.08.2010 Sten Hostfalt TRIO, Local 269 NYC
07.30.2010 Sten Hostfalt TRIO Shrine Harlem NYC
06.14.2010 Sten Hostfalt TRIO Spike Hill NYC
06.13.2010 Sten Hostfalt TRIO Nublu NYC
06.06.2010 Siwula/Hostfalt/Miller ABC No Rio NYC
05.16.2010 Bato 'The Yugo' Andonov at Nublu NYC
05.10.2010 Blaise Siwula/Sten Hostfalt, GBM NYC
03.01.2010 Sten Hostfalt TRIO Spike Hill NYC
02.09.2010 Sten Hostfalt TRIO Puppets Jazz NYC
2009
12.31.09 Trudy Silver Trio 5C Cafe' NYC
12.29.09 Blaise Siwula Ensemble Otto's NYC
12.19.09 Trudy Silver Trio 5C Cafe' NYC
ft. Jerome Ellis-tenor-t.sax, Hilliard Greene-bs.
12.07.09 Blaise Siwula Ensemble GBM NYC
11.28.09 StenHostfalt TRIO Puppets Jazz NYC
11.18.09 Blaise Siwula Ensemble Yippie Cafe' NYC
11.04.09 New World School of The Arts, Miami, FL
Sten Hostfalt microtonal guitar lecture
10.26.09 Sten Hostfalt TRIO Spike Hill NYC
10.24.09 Calmer Public Assembly NYC
10.18.09 Blaise Siwula Ensemble ABC No Rio NYC
10.17.09 Private Function, Liberty Tavern, Union NJ
10.05.09 Siwula/Hostfalt GBM NYC
10.04.09 Bato 'The Yugo' Andonov Nublu NYC
09.05.09 Sten Hostfalt TRIO Puppets Jazz, NYC
08.23.09 Bato 'The Yugo' Andonov Nublu, NYC
08.23.09 Blaise Siwula Ensemble ABC No Rio NYC
07.29.09 w. Blaise Siwula/Shiro Onuma Freddy's NYC
07.20.09 ABC No Rio ensemble Brecht Forum NYC
07.06.09 Sten Hostfalt QUARTET Spike Hill NYC
06.21.09 ABC No Rio, NYC Blaise Siwula ensemble
06.30.09 GBM NYC Blaise Siwula/Sten Hostfalt
06.12.09 Sten Hostfalt TRIO Puppets Jazz NYC
06.07.09 Calmer at Nublu NYC
06.02.09 Siwula/Hostfalt Yippie Cafe NYC,
05.29.09 Siwula/Hostfalt Freddy's Backroom NYC
05.18.09 Sten Hostfalt QUARTET Spike Hill NYC
05.01.09 Siwula/Hostfalt Stain Bar NYC
04.21.09 Sten Hostfalt QUARTET Puppets Jazz NYC
04.14.09 Calmer at Public Assembly NYC
03.29.09 Siwula/Hostfalt Stain Bar NYC
03.15.09 Blaise Siwula Quartet ABC No Rio NYC
03.07.09 Sten Hostfalt TRIO
Greenpoint Jazz Festival, New York City
02.27.09 Calmer at Halcyon Records NYC
02.25.09 Sten Hostfalt TRIO at The Annex NYC
02.11.09 Siwula / Hostfalt Goodbye Blue Monday NYC
02.05.09 Siwula/Hostfalt/de Brunner Yippie Cafe NYC
01.12.09 Sten Hostfalt TRIO Freddy's Backroom NYC
01.11.09 Blaise Siwula Ensemble ABC No Rio NYC
01.03.09 Sten Hostfalt & Blaise Siwula at Stain NYC
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 NYC
12.05.08 Blaise Siwula Ensemble Otto's NYC
11.21.08 Siwula/Hostfalt GBM NYC
11.20.08 Siwula/Hostfalt GBM NYC
11.20.08 Siwula/Hostfalt Stain Bar NYC
11.15.08 Blaise & Robyn Siwula, Sten Hostfalt
at Everything Goes Book Cafe' Staten Island NYC
10.26.08 Sten Hostfalt K-MOD Freddy's NYC
Ole Mathisen-tenor sax, Dave Miller-drums,
Sten Hostfalt-compositions and guitar.
10.23.08 Calmer at Public Assembly NYC
C M J event also featuring M O B Y
10.19.08 Blaise Siwula Ensemble ABC No Rio NYC
10.10.08 Siwula/Hostfalt Stain Bar NYC
10.09.08 Marko Djordjevic's SVETI, Nublu NYC
10.07.08 Siwula/Hostfalt GBM NYC
10.02.28 Calmer, 205 Club NYC
09.26.08 Sten Hostfalt G-FACTOR Otto's NYC
09.21.08 Siwula/Hostfalt ABC No Rio NYC
(Bandcamp archived live recording)
event also feat. Tim Berne, Herb Robertson
09.18.08 Siwula/Hostfalt Stain Bar NYC
09.09.08 Siwula/Hostfalt at GBM NYC
08.30.08 Siwula/Hostfalt Otto's NYC
08.15.08 Siwula / Hostfalt Stain Bar NYC
08.03.08 Sten Hostfalt's K-MOD
Freddy's Bar and Backroom, Brooklyn NY
07.31.08 Calmer at Karma Lounge NYC
07.19.08 Calmer at Galapagos Art Space NYC
event also feat Keith Murray ( DEF SQUAD )
07.07.08 Siwula/Hostfalt Stain Bar NYC
07.06.08 Blaise Siwula Ensemble ABC No Rio 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 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 NYC
feat. Ole Mathisen-tenor sax, Tim Luntzel-bass,
Marko Djordjevic-dr, Sten Hostfalt-composer, guitar
03.16.08 Sten Hostfalt's Ghost Factor ABC No Rio NYC
ft. Melissa Kassel-voice, Matt Renzi-tenor saxophone
03.07.08 Siwula/Hostfalt Stain Bar NYC
02.25.08 Sten Hostfalt's Ghost Factor at
Bowery Poetry Club NYC ft. Matt Renzi-tenor sax,
Marko Djordevic-drums, Sten Hostfalt-live poetry
01.27.08 Sten Hostfalt's K-MOD Freddy's NYC
01.19.08 Siwula/Hostfalt Stain Bar NYC
2007
12.17.07 Siwula/Hostfalt at Stain Bar NYC
12.13.07 Sten Hostfalt GHOST FACTOR
Sten Hostfalt composer, guitar, electronics,
Matt Renzi-saxophone, Marko Djordjevic-drums
Ottos Shrunken Head, East Village New York City.
11.17.08 Uwe Petersen 3, Marriot Hotel, Newark NJ
11.04.07 Uwe Petersen 3, Harrar Cafe' South Orange NJ
10.28/07 Uwe Petersen 3, Harrar Cafe' South Orange NJ
09.23.07 Uwe Petersen 3, Harrar Cafe' South Orange NJ
08.19.07 Sten Hostfalt's GHOST FACTOR
Freddy's Bar & Backroom, Brooklyn New York
08.13.07 Sten Hostfalt's GHOST FACTOR
at Goodbye Blue Monday, Brooklyn New York.
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, New York City
07.16.07 Marko Djordjevic's SVETI Village MA, NYC
ft. Janek Gwizdala-electric bass. Sten Hostfalt-guitar
07.02.07 Marko Djordjevic's SVETI Village MA NYC
06.10.07 Sten Hostfalt Ghost Factor ABC No Rio NYC
ft. Melissa Kassel-voice, Bruno Raberg-acoustic bass
05.26.07 Calmer at Percussion Lab BKLYN NYC
05.15.07 Sten Hostfalt Ghost Factor, The Hook NYC
04.13.07 Sten Hostfalt/Bruno Raberg Caffe' Vivaldi NYC
04.30.07 Sten Hostfalt's GHOST FACTOR
in Concert at Monkeytown Brooklyn, NY
Matt Renzi-tenor and soprano saxophone, clarinet,
slide whistle. Raymond Todd-Poetry, Flute, Toy Piano.
Marko Djordjevic-drums. Sten Hostfalt-composer,
director, guitar and bass, and analog electronics,
Live recording of Sten Hostfalt G-Factor/Moneytown
[ Sonus Rex 0624-11] released as a CD in 2011.
Recorded, edited and produced by Mark Trewella
03.15.07 Hostfalt/Raberg Lizard Lounge, Cambridge MA
shared event with Club D'Elf featuring David Tronzo
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's Ghost Factor, Stain Bar NYC
02.12.07 Sten Hostfalt's Ghost Factor Otto's NYC
02.09.07 Sten Hostfalt's Ghost Factor, Stain Bar NYC
02.05.07 Raymond Todd Ensemble, GBM NYC
01.24.07 Sten Hostfalt/Bruno Raberg, Carlito's NYC
01.17.07 Sten Hostfalt/Bruno Raberg Pussycat Lounge NYC
01.05.07 Sten Hostfalt Ghost Factor Stain Bar NYC
2006
12.23.06 STEN HOSTFALT GHOST FACTOR Stain Bar NYC
ft. Jimmy Weinstein-drums and Liliana Santon-voice
12.21.06 Raymond Todd & Co., Spoken Words Cafe' NYC
ft. Jimmy Weinstein, Liliana Santon and Sten Hostfalt
12.11.06 Raymond Todd (poetry) & Co. GBM NYC
11.13.06 Marko Djordjevic's SVETI Village MA NYC
ft. Nir Felder-guitar, Sten Hostfalt-electric bass
11.04.06 Recording Exchange, Hogar Collection NYC
Performance Piece for 8 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 & OWEN HOWARD Louis 649 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
ft. Matt Pavolka-acoustic bass, Sten Hostfalt-guitar
05.21.06 Sten Hostfalt & Katt Hernandez DUO
ABC No Rio Lower East Side, New York City
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
02.17.06 Sten Hostfalt SOLO Freddy's Backroom NYC
01.09.06 Marko Djordjevic's SVETI Village MA NYC
ft. Brad Mason-tpt, Matt Pavolka-bass, Sten Hostfalt-gtr.
01.04.06 STEN HOSTFALT SOLO The Lucky Cat NYC
2001-05
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 NYC
Live recording: 29 Pieces For The Microtonal Guitar
Funded by The Arts Grants Committee of Sweden
STEN HOSTFALT's TURA-LERI and MICHEL
BARBAUD's KARWAN 2002 FRANCE TOUR
Swedish Cultural Council For The Arts funded.
05.21.02 Karwan/TuraLeri, Le Triton Paris France
05.19.02 Karwan/TuraLeri Jazz a Rueil Paris France
Sten Hostfalt's Tura Leri: Lise-Lotte Norelius-dr.
David Boato-tpt, Sten Hostfalt-gtr, electronics.
Michael Barbaud's Karwan: Gilles Andrieux-Saz,
Olivier Ker Ourio-harmonica, Jean-Yves Roucan-dr.
Laurent Fradelizi-contrabass, Michel Barbaud-piano.
02.03.01 Recording SAMI Studios, Stockholm,
Sweden: TuraLeri featuring Lise Lotte Norelius
-drums, Magnus Lind-accordion, Sten Hostfalt
-guitar, compositions, direction and producer.
Engineer: Göran Stegborn. Partially released
on CD as Eternity Check [g-wOw 1214] 2002
1996-2000
1997-2000 CONCERTS SWEDEN NORWAY FINLAND
300 (+) live performance events during Tours, Concerts,
Festivals, Radio Broadcasts, and Recording Sessions
with (or in relation to) Sandviken Big Band (Sweden)
feat. Deborah Brown-voice, Rob McConnell-trombone,
Bobby Shew-trumpet + Scandinavian Jazz artists
Katrine Madsen, Marie Bergman, Victoria Tolstoy,
Sharon Dyall, Svante Thuresson, Claes Jansson,
Barbro "Lill-Babs" Svensson, Lars Erstrand, Ulf
Johamsson-Werre, 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 featuring Sten Hostfalt
contemporary jazz quartet performing
original music in concerts at Uppsala
Jazz Club, Gävle Art Museum, and
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 (featuring Tim Luntzel,
Haze Bergeron, Blake Lindberg, Mike Rivard,
Takuya Nakamura, and Sten Hostfalt),
shared live event with Therapy? (Ireland).
With 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
The 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, guitar 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-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-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
Malmö, Lund, Kalix and Stockholm Sweden
1981 Drömmar i Faksimile, Audio Cassette
Compilation feat. Sekvens, Västerås Sweden.
Distribution by Modernes Pop Fanzine
1976-82 (100+) Concert Performance and
Festival events with various jazz, rock, fusion
and progressive ensembles in Västerås Sweden.
PERFORMANCE EVENTS
2025
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 PS 19 EVCS East Village
Community School Family band
at The District 1 Battle of The
Family Bands New York City
03.01.25 Black History Month Event
featuring the PS189 Band Brooklyn NY
directed by Sten Höstfält Performs
music by Nas 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 PS189
Band directed by Sten Höstfält
12.11.24 Musical Serenades Concert
at Milbank Chapel, Teachers College
Columbia University featuring a
performance by graduate education
student Suga Zhang and 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 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 arrangements of the
Music of Thelonious Monk and K.West.
04.29.24-05.03.24 Musical Serenades
at Teachers College Columbia University
featuring 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 and conducted by Sten Höstfält.
PAST PERFORMANCES/CONCERTS
2022
07.21.22 Bar Proka Aegina, Greece
extended family concert performance
January-June 2022:
Sten Höstfält Weekly Educational
Workshops and Performances in
the New York City Public School
System as a Teaching Artist for
Midori and Friends via Local 802,
Musicians of Greater New York,
American Federation of Musicians.
2021
Musical Serenades: Virtual Concert
Performances at Columbia University's
Teachers College, New York NY feat.
performances by graduate music
education students of Sten Höstfält
2020
Musical Serenades: Virtual Educational
Performances at Columbia University's
Teachers College, New York, NY feat.
performances by graduate music
education students of Sten Höstfält
2019
Musical Serenades: Columbia University's
Teachers College Student-Faculty concert.
2018
03.02.18 ShapeShifter Lab
Brooklyn NY shapeshifterlab.com
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 in Manhattan and Ridgewood NY
2015-16
SEPTEMBER 06-24 2016 GREECE
House solo guitar performances in
Athens, Aegina, Kalamos and Crete
NEW YORK JAZZ ACADEMY CONCERTS
featuring faculty Peck Allmond-trumpet,
Mike Webster-tenor saxophone,
Sten Höstfält-guitar, Ron McLure-bass,
Pete Zimmer and Brian Woodruff-drums
+ other NYJA faculty, students & guests.
09.02.16 Church of St Paul / St Andrew NYC
08.26.16 Church of St Paul / St Andrew NYC
08.19.16 Richard Bona's Club BONAFIDE, NYC
08.12.16 Church of St Paul / St. Andrew NYC
08.05.16 Church of St Paul / St. Andrew NYC
EVAN GALLAGHERS ENSEMBLES
@ ABC No Rio New York City
06.19.16 Flagrantette
05.15.16 Large Ensemble
04.03.16 Flagrant
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 Yoga House, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Jimmy Weinstein, Toni Miranda, Sten Höstfält,
Marko Lohikari, Liliana Santon.
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 GBM NYC Stan Nishimura Quartet ft.
Julianne Carney, Evan Gallagher, Sten Höstfält
03.13.14
DIMENSIONAL STATES Trio+Orchestra
The Microtonal Music of Sten Hostfalt
at ShapeShifter Lab NYC 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 keyboard
Matthew Garrison electric bass
Shayna Dulberger acoustic bass.
Jimmy Weinstein drums
Dave Miller drums
Savina Thedorou choreography, dance
Rachel Wynne-dance.
TIME OUT NY Press Announcement
01.24.14 New York Jazz Academy Orchestra
The Stern Auditorium Carnegie Hall New York
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2013
Stan Nishimura Ensemble :
08.27.2013 Freddys, Brooklyn NYC
08.13.2013 Nublu, East Village NYC
06.22.2013 CultureFix, Lower East Side NYC
06.16.2013 Evan Gallaghers Large Ensemble
ABC No Rio Lower East Side, New York City
06.07.2013 Savina Theodorou-dance,
and Sten Höstfält-guitar 'Neither Do I'
at Cave, Brooklyn New York City.
05.12.13 Parkside Lounge New York City
Stan Nishimura Evan Gallagher Sten Höstfält.
04.09.13 Nublu New York City
Sten Höstfält-guitar, Jimmy Weinstein-drums,
Liliana Santon-voice, Blaise Siwula-alto sax
02.09.13 Joe Maneri Tribute
Douglass Street Collective New York City
feat. Noah Kaplan, Ben Jaffee, Abe Maneri,
Matt Moran, Simon Jermyn, Ed Schuller, Steve
Dalachinsky, Savina Theodorou, Sten Höstfält.
2012
12.23.12 Sten Höstfält SOLO PERFORMANCE
ABC No Rio, Lower East Side New York City
Sten Höstfält-compositions, guitar, electronics
Blaise Siwula-saxophones/Sten Höstfält-guitar
09.16.12 MusiXplore, Paterson New Jersey
06.21.12 Mulberry St. Library New York City
06.03.12 Savina Theodorou-dance and
Sten Höstfält-guitar at ABC No Rio NYC
02.19.12 Sten Höstfält ABC No Rio NYC
02.09.12 Joe Maneri Tribute Concert
Douglass St. Collective Brooklyn NYC feat.
Mat Maneri, Abe Maneri, Ben Jaffe, David
Rothenberg, Michael Attias, Lucian Ban, Noah
Kaplan, Russ Lossing, Simon Jermyn, Gerald
Cleaver, Roy Campbell, Steve Dalachinsky,
Jonathan Wood Vincent, Sten Höstfält.
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 Papacookie NYC
(shared event w. Wingbridge ft. Matt Wilson-drums)
08.25.11 Sten Höstfält SOLO Symphony Space NYC
07.13.11 Blaise Siwula Ensemble Local 269 NYC
(shared event w. Ray Anderson/Bob Stewart Duo)
06.25.11 Sten Höstfält SOLO at Gizzi's NYC
06.19.11 Cheryl Pyle Trio at ABC No Rio NYC
05.28.11 Calmer at Gramercy Theater NYC
05.06.11 Sten Höstfält TRIO Shrine Harlem NYC
02.27.11 Bato 'The Yugo' Andonov Nublu NYC
02.24.11 Siwula/Höstfält, University of The Streets NY
02.06.11 Bato The Yugo Andonov, Nublu NYC
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 QCC Bayside NY
01.16.2010 Jessica Betts Ashford & Simpson's Sugarbar
09.23.2010 Sten Hostfalt TRIO, Shrine Harlem NYC
08.25.2010 Blaise Siwula/Sten Hostfalt, GBM NYC
08.08.2010 Sten Hostfalt TRIO, Local 269 NYC
07.30.2010 Sten Hostfalt TRIO Shrine Harlem NYC
06.14.2010 Sten Hostfalt TRIO Spike Hill NYC
06.13.2010 Sten Hostfalt TRIO Nublu NYC
06.06.2010 Siwula/Hostfalt/Miller ABC No Rio NYC
05.16.2010 Bato 'The Yugo' Andonov at Nublu NYC
05.10.2010 Blaise Siwula/Sten Hostfalt, GBM NYC
03.01.2010 Sten Hostfalt TRIO Spike Hill NYC
02.09.2010 Sten Hostfalt TRIO Puppets Jazz NYC
2009
12.31.09 Trudy Silver Trio 5C Cafe' NYC
12.29.09 Blaise Siwula Ensemble Otto's NYC
12.19.09 Trudy Silver Trio 5C Cafe' NYC
ft. Jerome Ellis-tenor-t.sax, Hilliard Greene-bs.
12.07.09 Blaise Siwula Ensemble GBM NYC
11.28.09 StenHostfalt TRIO Puppets Jazz NYC
11.18.09 Blaise Siwula Ensemble Yippie Cafe' NYC
11.04.09 New World School of The Arts, Miami, FL
Sten Hostfalt microtonal guitar lecture
10.26.09 Sten Hostfalt TRIO Spike Hill NYC
10.24.09 Calmer Public Assembly NYC
10.18.09 Blaise Siwula Ensemble ABC No Rio NYC
10.17.09 Private Function, Liberty Tavern, Union NJ
10.05.09 Siwula/Hostfalt GBM NYC
10.04.09 Bato 'The Yugo' Andonov Nublu NYC
09.05.09 Sten Hostfalt TRIO Puppets Jazz, NYC
08.23.09 Bato 'The Yugo' Andonov Nublu, NYC
08.23.09 Blaise Siwula Ensemble ABC No Rio NYC
07.29.09 w. Blaise Siwula/Shiro Onuma Freddy's NYC
07.20.09 ABC No Rio ensemble Brecht Forum NYC
07.06.09 Sten Hostfalt QUARTET Spike Hill NYC
06.21.09 ABC No Rio, NYC Blaise Siwula ensemble
06.30.09 GBM NYC Blaise Siwula/Sten Hostfalt
06.12.09 Sten Hostfalt TRIO Puppets Jazz NYC
06.07.09 Calmer at Nublu NYC
06.02.09 Siwula/Hostfalt Yippie Cafe NYC,
05.29.09 Siwula/Hostfalt Freddy's Backroom NYC
05.18.09 Sten Hostfalt QUARTET Spike Hill NYC
05.01.09 Siwula/Hostfalt Stain Bar NYC
04.21.09 Sten Hostfalt QUARTET Puppets Jazz NYC
04.14.09 Calmer at Public Assembly NYC
03.29.09 Siwula/Hostfalt Stain Bar NYC
03.15.09 Blaise Siwula Quartet ABC No Rio NYC
03.07.09 Sten Hostfalt TRIO
Greenpoint Jazz Festival, New York City
02.27.09 Calmer at Halcyon Records NYC
02.25.09 Sten Hostfalt TRIO at The Annex NYC
02.11.09 Siwula / Hostfalt Goodbye Blue Monday NYC
02.05.09 Siwula/Hostfalt/de Brunner Yippie Cafe NYC
01.12.09 Sten Hostfalt TRIO Freddy's Backroom NYC
01.11.09 Blaise Siwula Ensemble ABC No Rio NYC
01.03.09 Sten Hostfalt & Blaise Siwula at Stain NYC
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 NYC
12.05.08 Blaise Siwula Ensemble Otto's NYC
11.21.08 Siwula/Hostfalt GBM NYC
11.20.08 Siwula/Hostfalt GBM NYC
11.20.08 Siwula/Hostfalt Stain Bar NYC
11.15.08 Blaise & Robyn Siwula, Sten Hostfalt
at Everything Goes Book Cafe' Staten Island NYC
10.26.08 Sten Hostfalt K-MOD Freddy's NYC
Ole Mathisen-tenor sax, Dave Miller-drums,
Sten Hostfalt-compositions and guitar.
10.23.08 Calmer at Public Assembly NYC
C M J event also featuring M O B Y
10.19.08 Blaise Siwula Ensemble ABC No Rio NYC
10.10.08 Siwula/Hostfalt Stain Bar NYC
10.09.08 Marko Djordjevic's SVETI, Nublu NYC
10.07.08 Siwula/Hostfalt GBM NYC
10.02.28 Calmer, 205 Club NYC
09.26.08 Sten Hostfalt G-FACTOR Otto's NYC
09.21.08 Siwula/Hostfalt ABC No Rio NYC
(Bandcamp archived live recording)
event also feat. Tim Berne, Herb Robertson
09.18.08 Siwula/Hostfalt Stain Bar NYC
09.09.08 Siwula/Hostfalt at GBM NYC
08.30.08 Siwula/Hostfalt Otto's NYC
08.15.08 Siwula / Hostfalt Stain Bar NYC
08.03.08 Sten Hostfalt's K-MOD
Freddy's Bar and Backroom, Brooklyn NY
07.31.08 Calmer at Karma Lounge NYC
07.19.08 Calmer at Galapagos Art Space NYC
event also feat Keith Murray ( DEF SQUAD )
07.07.08 Siwula/Hostfalt Stain Bar NYC
07.06.08 Blaise Siwula Ensemble ABC No Rio 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 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 NYC
feat. Ole Mathisen-tenor sax, Tim Luntzel-bass,
Marko Djordjevic-dr, Sten Hostfalt-composer, guitar
03.16.08 Sten Hostfalt's Ghost Factor ABC No Rio NYC
ft. Melissa Kassel-voice, Matt Renzi-tenor saxophone
03.07.08 Siwula/Hostfalt Stain Bar NYC
02.25.08 Sten Hostfalt's Ghost Factor at
Bowery Poetry Club NYC ft. Matt Renzi-tenor sax,
Marko Djordevic-drums, Sten Hostfalt-live poetry
01.27.08 Sten Hostfalt's K-MOD Freddy's NYC
01.19.08 Siwula/Hostfalt Stain Bar NYC
2007
12.17.07 Siwula/Hostfalt at Stain Bar NYC
12.13.07 Sten Hostfalt GHOST FACTOR
Sten Hostfalt composer, guitar, electronics,
Matt Renzi-saxophone, Marko Djordjevic-drums
Ottos Shrunken Head, East Village New York City.
11.17.08 Uwe Petersen 3, Marriot Hotel, Newark NJ
11.04.07 Uwe Petersen 3, Harrar Cafe' South Orange NJ
10.28/07 Uwe Petersen 3, Harrar Cafe' South Orange NJ
09.23.07 Uwe Petersen 3, Harrar Cafe' South Orange NJ
08.19.07 Sten Hostfalt's GHOST FACTOR
Freddy's Bar & Backroom, Brooklyn New York
08.13.07 Sten Hostfalt's GHOST FACTOR
at Goodbye Blue Monday, Brooklyn New York.
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, New York City
07.16.07 Marko Djordjevic's SVETI Village MA, NYC
ft. Janek Gwizdala-electric bass. Sten Hostfalt-guitar
07.02.07 Marko Djordjevic's SVETI Village MA NYC
06.10.07 Sten Hostfalt Ghost Factor ABC No Rio NYC
ft. Melissa Kassel-voice, Bruno Raberg-acoustic bass
05.26.07 Calmer at Percussion Lab BKLYN NYC
05.15.07 Sten Hostfalt Ghost Factor, The Hook NYC
04.13.07 Sten Hostfalt/Bruno Raberg Caffe' Vivaldi NYC
04.30.07 Sten Hostfalt's GHOST FACTOR
in Concert at Monkeytown Brooklyn, NY
Matt Renzi-tenor and soprano saxophone, clarinet,
slide whistle. Raymond Todd-Poetry, Flute, Toy Piano.
Marko Djordjevic-drums. Sten Hostfalt-composer,
director, guitar and bass, and analog electronics,
Live recording of Sten Hostfalt G-Factor/Moneytown
[ Sonus Rex 0624-11] released as a CD in 2011.
Recorded, edited and produced by Mark Trewella
03.15.07 Hostfalt/Raberg Lizard Lounge, Cambridge MA
shared event with Club D'Elf featuring David Tronzo
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's Ghost Factor, Stain Bar NYC
02.12.07 Sten Hostfalt's Ghost Factor Otto's NYC
02.09.07 Sten Hostfalt's Ghost Factor, Stain Bar NYC
02.05.07 Raymond Todd Ensemble, GBM NYC
01.24.07 Sten Hostfalt/Bruno Raberg, Carlito's NYC
01.17.07 Sten Hostfalt/Bruno Raberg Pussycat Lounge NYC
01.05.07 Sten Hostfalt Ghost Factor Stain Bar NYC
2006
12.23.06 STEN HOSTFALT GHOST FACTOR Stain Bar NYC
ft. Jimmy Weinstein-drums and Liliana Santon-voice
12.21.06 Raymond Todd & Co., Spoken Words Cafe' NYC
ft. Jimmy Weinstein, Liliana Santon and Sten Hostfalt
12.11.06 Raymond Todd (poetry) & Co. GBM NYC
11.13.06 Marko Djordjevic's SVETI Village MA NYC
ft. Nir Felder-guitar, Sten Hostfalt-electric bass
11.04.06 Recording Exchange, Hogar Collection NYC
Performance Piece for 8 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 & OWEN HOWARD Louis 649 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
ft. Matt Pavolka-acoustic bass, Sten Hostfalt-guitar
05.21.06 Sten Hostfalt & Katt Hernandez DUO
ABC No Rio Lower East Side, New York City
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
02.17.06 Sten Hostfalt SOLO Freddy's Backroom NYC
01.09.06 Marko Djordjevic's SVETI Village MA NYC
ft. Brad Mason-tpt, Matt Pavolka-bass, Sten Hostfalt-gtr.
01.04.06 STEN HOSTFALT SOLO The Lucky Cat NYC
2001-05
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 NYC
Live recording: 29 Pieces For The Microtonal Guitar
Funded by The Arts Grants Committee of Sweden
STEN HOSTFALT's TURA-LERI and MICHEL
BARBAUD's KARWAN 2002 FRANCE TOUR
Swedish Cultural Council For The Arts funded.
05.21.02 Karwan/TuraLeri, Le Triton Paris France
05.19.02 Karwan/TuraLeri Jazz a Rueil Paris France
Sten Hostfalt's Tura Leri: Lise-Lotte Norelius-dr.
David Boato-tpt, Sten Hostfalt-gtr, electronics.
Michael Barbaud's Karwan: Gilles Andrieux-Saz,
Olivier Ker Ourio-harmonica, Jean-Yves Roucan-dr.
Laurent Fradelizi-contrabass, Michel Barbaud-piano.
02.03.01 Recording SAMI Studios, Stockholm,
Sweden: TuraLeri featuring Lise Lotte Norelius
-drums, Magnus Lind-accordion, Sten Hostfalt
-guitar, compositions, direction and producer.
Engineer: Göran Stegborn. Partially released
on CD as Eternity Check [g-wOw 1214] 2002
1996-2000
1997-2000 CONCERTS SWEDEN NORWAY FINLAND
300 (+) live performance events during Tours, Concerts,
Festivals, Radio Broadcasts, and Recording Sessions
with (or in relation to) Sandviken Big Band (Sweden)
feat. Deborah Brown-voice, Rob McConnell-trombone,
Bobby Shew-trumpet + Scandinavian Jazz artists
Katrine Madsen, Marie Bergman, Victoria Tolstoy,
Sharon Dyall, Svante Thuresson, Claes Jansson,
Barbro "Lill-Babs" Svensson, Lars Erstrand, Ulf
Johamsson-Werre, 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 featuring Sten Hostfalt
contemporary jazz quartet performing
original music in concerts at Uppsala
Jazz Club, Gävle Art Museum, and
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 (featuring Tim Luntzel,
Haze Bergeron, Blake Lindberg, Mike Rivard,
Takuya Nakamura, and Sten Hostfalt),
shared live event with Therapy? (Ireland).
With 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
The 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, guitar 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-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-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
Malmö, Lund, Kalix and Stockholm Sweden
1981 Drömmar i Faksimile, Audio Cassette
Compilation feat. Sekvens, Västerås Sweden.
Distribution by Modernes Pop Fanzine
1976-82 (100+) Concert Performance and
Festival events with various jazz, rock, fusion
and progressive ensembles in Västerås Sweden.