Steve
@stephenaltoft.bsky.social
lover of music (improvised and notated), trumpet, flugelhorn, microtones, tai chi, the outdoors in good weather, art, film, dogs (unexpectedly), humour.
almost finished....
November 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
almost finished....
Thanks to Stephen Weigel for having me on his podcast! (The picture is not of one of my instruments)
youtu.be/oB8Wh4hJovw?...
youtu.be/oB8Wh4hJovw?...
Now and Xen Podcast: 092 Stephen Altoft
YouTube video by Now and Xen Podcast
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October 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Thanks to Stephen Weigel for having me on his podcast! (The picture is not of one of my instruments)
youtu.be/oB8Wh4hJovw?...
youtu.be/oB8Wh4hJovw?...
New link- one that works!
youtu.be/wdscCt0KeCw?...
youtu.be/wdscCt0KeCw?...
ECHOES 7, Gilbert Isbin, Guitar and Soundscape, Stephen Altoft, Trumpet. A lyrical improvisation
YouTube video by Gilbert Isbin
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October 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
New link- one that works!
youtu.be/wdscCt0KeCw?...
youtu.be/wdscCt0KeCw?...
Had great week microtonal trumpet last week: recorded microtonal flugelhorn pieces by Geoff Cox and Eleri, rehearsed with Richard Whalley and Sarah Keirle Dos Santos, worked with Eddie Clijsen and improvised with Atefeh Einali (Santur). Also spent evenings with Lauren, Alistair, Scottie and Amina!
September 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Had great week microtonal trumpet last week: recorded microtonal flugelhorn pieces by Geoff Cox and Eleri, rehearsed with Richard Whalley and Sarah Keirle Dos Santos, worked with Eddie Clijsen and improvised with Atefeh Einali (Santur). Also spent evenings with Lauren, Alistair, Scottie and Amina!
Personal website updated, having updated Microtonal Projects' last week
www.stephenaltoft.com?page_id=77
Difficult to keep on top of this work.....
www.stephenaltoft.com?page_id=77
Difficult to keep on top of this work.....
STEPHEN ALTOFT – HOME
www.stephenaltoft.com
September 4, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Personal website updated, having updated Microtonal Projects' last week
www.stephenaltoft.com?page_id=77
Difficult to keep on top of this work.....
www.stephenaltoft.com?page_id=77
Difficult to keep on top of this work.....
NEW RELEASE ON STREAMING PLATFORMS FROM TOMORROW!
distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...
Homenaje a Salinas
1. Preludio sin compases
2. Zarabanda
III. Canarios Extraños
for 19-div flugelhorn available on Spotify, Apple Music etc. The sound engineer and producer was Vasiliki Kourti-Papamoustou.
distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...
Homenaje a Salinas
1. Preludio sin compases
2. Zarabanda
III. Canarios Extraños
for 19-div flugelhorn available on Spotify, Apple Music etc. The sound engineer and producer was Vasiliki Kourti-Papamoustou.
Homenaje a Salinas by Stephen Altoft
Stream and Pre-save Homenaje a Salinas - Distributed by DistroKid
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July 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
NEW RELEASE ON STREAMING PLATFORMS FROM TOMORROW!
distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...
Homenaje a Salinas
1. Preludio sin compases
2. Zarabanda
III. Canarios Extraños
for 19-div flugelhorn available on Spotify, Apple Music etc. The sound engineer and producer was Vasiliki Kourti-Papamoustou.
distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...
Homenaje a Salinas
1. Preludio sin compases
2. Zarabanda
III. Canarios Extraños
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!
editionwandelweiserrecords.bandcamp.com/album/frey-b...
editionwandelweiserrecords.bandcamp.com/album/frey-b...
Frey . Beuger - duos, by duo Contour
27 track album
editionwandelweiserrecords.bandcamp.com
June 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
The first duo Contour CD, 'Frey. Beuger' on Edition Wandelweiser Records, is now available on Bandcamp!
editionwandelweiserrecords.bandcamp.com/album/frey-b...
editionwandelweiserrecords.bandcamp.com/album/frey-b...
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 Project’s Records are releasing a track monthly until t' summer
distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...
'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 Project’s Records are releasing a track monthly until t' summer
distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...
Pseudo-Relations by Stephen Altoft
Stream and Pre-save Pseudo-Relations - Distributed by DistroKid
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June 5, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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 Project’s Records are releasing a track monthly until t' summer
distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...
'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 Project’s Records are releasing a track monthly until t' summer
distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...
Newest project with improvising guitarist, Gilbert Isbin. Recorded in Bruges in the Easter holiday. youtu.be/-r7A85onKcM?...
'ECHOES 6', Gilbert Isbin, Guitar; Stephen Altoft Trumpet
YouTube video by Gilbert Isbin
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June 3, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Newest project with improvising guitarist, Gilbert Isbin. Recorded in Bruges in the Easter holiday. youtu.be/-r7A85onKcM?...
Following on from the Tokyo performances, Zafraan Ensemble will be performing movements from ‘Three Miniatures’ for solo clarinet (1984) by Donald Bousted in Berlin on 3rd July, as part of their 'Shaping Time' project at the Theater im Delphi.
June 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Following on from the Tokyo performances, Zafraan Ensemble will be performing movements from ‘Three Miniatures’ for solo clarinet (1984) by Donald Bousted in Berlin on 3rd July, as part of their 'Shaping Time' project at the Theater im Delphi.
Very 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.
May 20, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Very 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.
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?...
La Fragilità del Riflesso di Daniele Bravi
YouTube video by FURANO SAXOPHONE QUARTET
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May 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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?...
NEW 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.
'Dialogue' by Paul Rhys for 19-div trumpet and computer- and Multitrack recordings is now available on Spotify, Apple Music etc.
May 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
NEW 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.
'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.
April 23, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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.
I 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
Programme now available and updated on Microtonal Projects' website
Live Streaming via the Goldsmiths University YouTube Channel
April 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I 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
Programme now available and updated on Microtonal Projects' website
Live Streaming via the Goldsmiths University YouTube Channel
Microtonal Project’s Records are releasing a track monthly until the summer on all major streaming platforms.
Lud’s 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.
Lud’s 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.
April 4, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Microtonal Project’s Records are releasing a track monthly until the summer on all major streaming platforms.
Lud’s 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.
Lud’s 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...
Rencounters, by Stephen Altoft and Gilbert Isbin
20 track album
jazzhalo.bandcamp.com
April 1, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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...
Hyperchromatic Festival, London, 14th/ 15th April
Looking forward to playing pieces by Whalley, Rhys, M.S.Krüger, Morsink, Cox, Soto Mayorga, Gusmano.
www.eventbrite.com/e/hyperchrom...
Looking forward to playing pieces by Whalley, Rhys, M.S.Krüger, Morsink, Cox, Soto Mayorga, Gusmano.
www.eventbrite.com/e/hyperchrom...
Hyperchromatic Music Festival
Come join musicians from around the world to celebrate and explore music beyond the 12-note chromatic scale. Expand your mind and ears!
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March 15, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Hyperchromatic Festival, London, 14th/ 15th April
Looking forward to playing pieces by Whalley, Rhys, M.S.Krüger, Morsink, Cox, Soto Mayorga, Gusmano.
www.eventbrite.com/e/hyperchrom...
Looking forward to playing pieces by Whalley, Rhys, M.S.Krüger, Morsink, Cox, Soto Mayorga, Gusmano.
www.eventbrite.com/e/hyperchrom...
last Rencounter on Youtube, more to be released later on the Bandcamp album youtu.be/Gb-azx3TX0s?...
RENCOUNTER 12, Stephen Altoft, Trumpet with wah-wah, Gilbert Isbin, Soundscape
YouTube video by Gilbert Isbin
youtu.be
March 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
last Rencounter on Youtube, more to be released later on the Bandcamp album youtu.be/Gb-azx3TX0s?...
It is with great pleasure, that I am able to announce the release of ‘Floating on my Cloud’! 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-...
donaldbousted.com/floating-on-...
Floating on my Cloud
Buy digital / listen on streaming via Bandcamp. This album is a posthumous collection of world premier recordings of Donald’s non-microtonal music, and includes a ukulele piece, both written and pl…
donaldbousted.com
February 27, 2025 at 11:22 PM
It is with great pleasure, that I am able to announce the release of ‘Floating on my Cloud’! 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-...
donaldbousted.com/floating-on-...
Slowly getting closer to release of Donald's new album.....plus possibility of a concert featuring his works- in Japan....
February 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Slowly getting closer to release of Donald's new album.....plus possibility of a concert featuring his works- in Japan....