@stephenaltoft.bsky.social
lover of music (improvised and notated), trumpet, flugelhorn, microtones, tai chi, the outdoors in good weather, art, film, dogs (unexpectedly), humour.
NEW RELEASE ON STREAMING PLATFORMS FROM TOMORROW!
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Homenaje a Salinasβ¨ β¨
1. Preludio sin compases
2. Zarabanda
III. Canarios ExtraΓ±os
for 19-div flugelhorn available on Spotify, Apple Music etc. The sound engineer and producer was Vasiliki Kourti-Papamoustou.
The first duo Contour CD, 'Frey. Beuger' on Edition Wandelweiser Records, is now available on Bandcamp!
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OK, so now Gilbert got the microtonal bug!
youtu.be/dzGb0aFKH_k?...
NEW RELEASE ON STREAMING PLATFORMS FROM TODAY!
'Pseudo Relations' by Isak Persson for 19-div trumpet - played by (who else) me, Stephen Altoft- is now available on Spotify, Apple Music etc.
Microtonal Projectβs Records are releasing a track monthly until t' summer
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Newest project with improvising guitarist, Gilbert Isbin. Recorded in Bruges in the Easter holiday. youtu.be/-r7A85onKcM?...
03.06.2025 08:51 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Following on from the Tokyo performances, Zafraan Ensemble will be performing movements from βThree Miniaturesβ for solo clarinet (1984) by Donald Bousted in Berlin on 3rd July, as part of their 'Shaping Time' project at the Theater im Delphi.
01.06.2025 19:39 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Very excited to announce that on 31st May in Tokyo, three of Donald Bousted's works will be performed by members of the Phidias Trio: 'The Dream' (1992) for solo piano, 'Three Miniatures' for solo clarinet (1984) and two movements from 'Sunday Solos' (2020) for solo violin.
20.05.2025 20:11 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
I was delighted during Easter last year to record the piece Daniele Bravi wrote for me and the Furano Sax Quartet. We also recorded this video demo, which is now out. youtu.be/7grGoHUFIAk?...
10.05.2025 20:25 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0NEW RELEASE ON STREAMING PLATFORMS FROM TODAY!
'Dialogue' by Paul Rhys for 19-div trumpet and computer- and Multitrack recordings is now available on Spotify, Apple Music etc.
Back in Freiburg after Hyperchromatic Festival at Goldsmiths Uni London, recording impro in Bruges with Gilbert Isbin and Easter Weekend in Brussels and Leuven. Now it's time to put the trumpet back together, clean and do office work before school resumes next week.
23.04.2025 22:28 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I am looking forward to playing and presenting at the Hyperchromatic Festival, Goldsmiths Uni in London on 14th/15th April and to my debut with Lore Amenabar Larranaga!!
Programme now available and updated on Microtonal Projects' website
Live Streaming via the Goldsmiths University YouTube Channel
Microtonal Projectβs Records are releasing a track monthly until the summer on all major streaming platforms.
Ludβs Church by Richard Whalley for 19-div trumpet and Multitrack recordings is now available on Spotify, Apple Music etc. It was produced by Donald Bousted and Vasiliki Kourti-Papamoustou.
New album out with Gilbert Isbin- my impro, his impro and his electronic soundscapes. New material alongside some of YouTube release- numbered differently jazzhalo.bandcamp.com/album/rencou...
01.04.2025 21:33 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Also Donald Bousted's 'Sand Walking' with Lore Amenabar LarraΓ±aga (quarter-tone accordion) and Joseph Gusmano's piece for quarter-tone flugelhorn and two 'quarter-tone apart tuned' keyboards.
15.03.2025 20:53 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Hyperchromatic Festival, London, 14th/ 15th April
Looking forward to playing pieces by Whalley, Rhys, M.S.KrΓΌger, Morsink, Cox, Soto Mayorga, Gusmano.
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last Rencounter on Youtube, more to be released later on the Bandcamp album youtu.be/Gb-azx3TX0s?...
14.03.2025 21:24 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I don't have the correct permit....
03.03.2025 22:53 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0and a huge thanks to Vasiliki Kourti-Papamoustou for not only producing some recordings for us, but also for her Post- Production work on the whole release. A huge thank you to Donaldβs daughter, Dot for creating the album cover!
27.02.2025 23:23 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Many thanks to his collaborators Lee Ferguson, Lena Gersbacher, Celia Ireland, Maiko Matsuoka and Elena Ralli for taking the time to specially record his music,
27.02.2025 23:23 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
It is with great pleasure, that I am able to announce the release of βFloating on my Cloudβ! a posthumous collection of Donald Bousted's non-microtonal music, and includes a ukulele piece, both written and played by him, as the title track.
donaldbousted.com/floating-on-...
Slowly getting closer to release of Donald's new album.....plus possibility of a concert featuring his works- in Japan....
20.02.2025 22:10 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Why do you play contemporary music Steve? Well, it is because I get to work with living composers and play a part in the birth of a new work- like yesterday working with @sotomayorga.bsky.social or last week working with my music school impro group with Sophie Youyung Lee on her work.
11.02.2025 19:28 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0where did you give a talk? I generally only give talks to microtonalists who are more knowledgeable than me- which can be daunting...occasionally presenting to under graduates, who don't know much about alternative tunings, can also be daunting but probably more important.
11.02.2025 19:24 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
No. 10 of 12 of the Rencounters with Gilbert Isbin. After that all the tracks (more than 12) will be released on Bandcamp. youtu.be/DsjvplGzp4A?...
10.02.2025 14:45 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Had a great time working with Sophie Youjung Lee this weekend with my young impro group at Musikschule Waldkirch. Lots of good observations and fun tine experimenting with sound objects. This is part of the Ad Libitum project (Netzwerk Neue Musik).
08.02.2025 17:29 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
