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Sten Hostfalt
guitarist. composer. educator



Sten Hostfalt is a New York City based Internationally acclaimed musician,
composer, bandleader and veteran educator. With academic credentials, awards,
honors, degrees, faculty positions and continuous invitations for lectures, workshops
and clinics. From leading European and American music institutions. Notably prepared
through early beginnings as a self-taught young musician seeking out his own ways
to gather knowledge. On the bandstand and in the classroom. From legendary as well
as lesser-known great teachers. From some of the world's most innovative musicians, and
from skilled amateur players. And perhaps most of all, from countless fantastic, creative,
and inquisitve students with lots and lots of musical questions, waiting to be answered.
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Faculty Membership and Professional Association
Founder, Director
N Y C Guitar Studio, New York City since 2006
Catering to Columbia University, New York University, Berklee
College Of Music and Juilliard Music School students. As well as
to students at Kingsbridge International High School, Bronx NYC
as a New York City Board Of Education registered vendor.

Affilate project teacher at First Flight Music School since 2007
as well as at NY Jazz Academy, New York City since 2009
.
Faculty Queensborough Youth Conservatory,
Queensborough Community College CUNY
City University of New York, since 2010.

Faculty
The Royal College of Music, Stockholm since 2001.

Various Faculty Positions and educator Assignments since 1985.

Member B M I Broadcast Music International
former member IAJE International Association For Jazz Educators

Master of Music Degree
Composition G. D. Performance
NEC, New England Conservatory of Music
1994, 1995

Bachelor Of Music Degree
Berklee College of Music
1994
Honors, Outstanding Musicianship Award


Kalix and Skurups Music High Schools, Sweden 1984-87
Classical Guitar
Bjorn Werngren, Bengt Edqvist, Henry Nilzon 1978-85


Awards, Grants, Merits and Scholarships
* 2003 ASCAP Award Solo Concert, 29 Pieces For
The Microtonal Guitar, Knitting Factory, New York
* 2000-03 International Project and Tour Grants
for concerts in France, Sweden and U.S.A.

* Awards from The Swedish Council For The Arts,
and The Arts Grants Committee of Sweden
* 1992 NEC Honors Ensemble Member New England
Conservatory, 1992-95 NEC Merit Scholarships
* 1991 Outstanding Musicianship Award Berklee
College Of Music, 1989-92 Berklee Merit Scholarships


Clinics, Workshops and Lectures
* 2009 Microtonal Music lecture, New World School for The Arts ,
Miami, FL ( Miami-Dade College / University of Florida)
*
2006 Microtonal Guitar clinic at The Creative Workshop,
Berklee College Of Music, Boston MA curated by Jon Damian
*
1997 Trencin Jazz Festival, Slovakia Concer performance clinic
with Award winning Youth Big Band Jazz Ensemble.
* 1995 Clinics w. Guillermo Kleins Big Van feat. Jeff Ballard,
Chris Cheek, Seamus Blake, Aaron Goldberg
, Buenos Aires, Argentina
* 1992 N. E. C. Honors Jazz Ensemble Workshop for children
The Jazz Progress
, New England Conservatory, Boston MA


Performances, Recordings, Collaborations

Jimmy Giuffre, Joe Maneri, Clare Fischer, Paul Bley,

George Russell,Gary Burton, Peter Erskine, Chris Cheek,
Mark Turner, Jeff Ballard, Seamus Blake, Guillermo Klein,
Cuong Vu, Rob McConnell, Matthew Garrison, David Boato,
Deborah Brown, Chris Speed, Bobby Shew, Jamie Saft, Cyril Atef,
Tim Luntzel, Melissa Kassel, Matt Renzi, Tom Beckham, Matt Pavolka,
Phil Wilson, Scott Kinsey, Masa Kamaguchi, Olivier Ker Ourio,
Marko Djordjevic, Owen Howard, Ole Mathisen, Katt Hernandez,
Jimmy Weinstein, Bruno Raberg, Takuya Nakamura, Magali Souriau
.


Shared live concert & festival performance bills
James Moody, Niels Henning Orsted Pedersen, MOBY
Keith Murray ( DEF SQUAD ), The Lunachicks, Bern Nix
Daniel Carter, Herb Robertson, Tim Berne, Mike Stern.

Press Quotes, Features and Reviews

Virtuosic
JOE MANERI

Groundbreaking
JAZZ REVIEW

Intriguing
JAZZ VIEWS ( U. K. )

impressive and intense
TIME OUT NY

Brilliant soloist
ALL MUSIC GUIDE

Highly Exceptional
JIMMY GIUFFRE

Inimitable
PM NYC / PAPER MAGAZINE

Highly Recommended
JAZZ NOW


Takes you on a journey where simply
anything is possible
ALL ABOUT JAZZ

Another angle on exploring that you
will not want to Miss
CADENCE MAGAZINE

One of the better continuing experiments
in New York
THE NEW YORK TIMES (1995 )

Rants & Raves
GUITAR PLAYER MAGAZINE

Beautiful, poetic
ALTRISUONI ( Italy )

Sensational
SVENSKA DAGBLADET ( Sweden )

Sten Hostfalt presents a clever innovative
improvisation that is matchless
JAZZ REVIEW

Energetic, frenzied, always interesting and
finely executed
JAZZ TIMES MAGAZINE ( 1997 )

Jazz Now pick N P R National Public Radio, Oct. 5 2009
Guillermo Klein's CD 'El Minotauro' feat. Sten Hostfalt

With just a regular old guitar, Sten Hostfalt
completely rethinks and restructures conventional
technique
Editor's Pick C | NET / Download.com


The possibilities are endless FREE NYC


Guitar Phenom, Sten Hostfalt
V L T ( Sweden ) 1981

My colleague, Sten Hostfalt is developing
a concept of microtonal guitar. He comes
from the traditional school and can play
Very "inside". That to me is something
natural and not overdone, but very abstract
and very few people hear something like that
Jimmy Weinstein interview TOMAJAZZ ( Spain )

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