Sten Hostfalt

Primary Instrument:
Guitar

Location:
New York, NY

Willing to teach:
Advanced students only.

Credentials/Background:


Sten Hostfalt (b. Lulea, Sweden 1962) is an internationally acclaimed musician, composer and guitar virtuoso with 20 years of major press/media documented activity alongside leading names in music world wide. And a veteran Music Educator, teaching professionally since 1985.

A Former Guitar teacher at Queensborough Youth Conservatory Of Music, Dept. Of Continuing Education at Queensborough Community College City University Of New York CUNY ( LEGAL DISCLAIMER there is no affiliation between Sten Hostfalt/NYC Guitar Studio and Queensborough Community College and City University Of New York CUNY) - and a NYC Board of Education reg. vendor, catering to students at Juilliard Music School, Columbia University and NYU, as well as coaching some of the most proficient musicians in music of today, appearing at Madison Square Garden, Carnegie Hall and major festivals worldwide.

Mr. Hostfalt is an alumni of and clinican at New England Conservatory of Music (M.M. Composition '95, G.D. Performance '94, Invited clinican '92) Berklee College Of Music (B.M. '94 Outstanding Musicianship Award '91, honors, Invited clinican '06 ) And since 2001 a faculty member of The Royal College of Music in Stockholm, KMH Kungliga Musikhogskolan

With numerous students active as professional musicians and educators in their own right. Sten Hostfalt conducts his own Uptown, Manhattan New York City based creative music workshop NYC Guitar Studio. That while catering to students in a wide variety of styles and on all levels of proficiency ages 9 and up, notably also is one of very few institutions in the world today, offering systematic studies of the application and interpretation of microtonal music.

NYC GUITAR STUDIO,
560 W184 St apt. 701, New York NY 10033
NY Transit: A or 1 train to 181 St.
www.nycguitarstudio.com
email: info[AT]nycguitarstudio[DOT]com
phone: (1) 347-546-0092

Clinic/Workshop Information:
Clinics held include at Alma Maters New England Conservatory ( 1992 ) as a Honors Jazz Ensemble Member / Award Recipient. Teaching and demonstrating the traditional Jazz performance repertoire/processes to minors and youngsters. And at Berklee College Of Music ( March 2006 ) as an invited, featured guest in mentor, master educator Jon Damian's Creative Workshop ( Over a decade after own membership and participation ) This specifically formulated as a Microtonal Workshop dealing with original self-invented instrumental techniques to interpret Joe Maneri's 72 Equal Tempered Virtual Pitch Continuum on a regular, standard 6 string/12 fret guitar. As well as discussion of other means of pitch exploration such as tunings, prepared techniques and electronic processing. Additional clinics participated in include those with Guillermo Klein's celebrated large mid 90's NYC ensemble "Big Van" ( that featured Aaron Goldberg, Chris Cheek, Seamus Blake, Diego Urcola, Johanne Wiedenmueller, Jeff Ballard, Richard Nant, Sandro Tomasi, Matt Pavolka, Marc Miralta and Juan Cruz De Urquiza ) on tour in Buenos Aires, Argentina July-August 1995. As well as numerous school clinics and workshop projects as a member of the Sandviken Big Band and participant in related projects, in school concerts in Sandviken, Sweden and at The Jazz Festival of Trencin, Slovakia btw. 1997- 99. Presently clinics are offered with a focus on original microtonal performance practices and interpretations on the standard 6 string/12 fret guitar as well as related techniques such as microtonal tunings and expressing microtonality and laborating with the parameter of pitch through electronic processing To Inquire about or to Schedule a Clinic / Workshop, Please contact : Sten Hostfalt c/o Sonus Rex 560 W184 St. #701 New York, NY 10033 phone: ( 1 ) 347-546-0092 email: info@nycguitarstudio.com educator site: www.nycguitarstudio.com artist site: www.sonusrex.com