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Steve @stephenaltoft.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

on 4th July, at the Music School in Waldkirch, we will be celebrating Independence- well, 'creative independence' showcasing pupils' own creative work: this will take the form of acoustic compositions, film music/ sound design, improvisation, and text. Yes, that's right it's time for CREATIVO!

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Steve @stephenaltoft.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

On 11th July I will be playing a recital, ON CORNET, with my dear colleague, Patricia Germano on piano- it is a 'Salon' project. (Spoiler alert- No Contemporary Music). Thanks to Patricia, Regina and Wolfram (organisation).

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Microtonal Projects @microtonalprojects.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

youtu.be/pZO_VDi6GUk?... Here is part of one of VORTEX's Manchester performance of 'Inside Lud's Church'- 'A Green Night in June' by Richard Whalley. VORTEX is MP's UK based collective of microtonal performers.

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Richard Whalley - 'A Green Night in June' (2026)

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Microtonal Projects @microtonalprojects.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

'Minding the hive' for quarter-tone accordion by Christopher Fox. Written for and played by Lore Amenabar Larrañaga as soloist with the BBC Symphony Orchestra (Ilan Volkov). From 01:30:02 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Only 6 days left to listen

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New Music Show - Tectonics Glasgow 2026: Christopher Fox, Laura Bowler and Angélica Castelló - BBC Sounds

Adventurous new music from Tectonics 2026 in Glasgow by Laura Bowler and Christopher Fox.

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Steve @stephenaltoft.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Concert of original works plus improvisations, transcriptions and arrangements- trumpets/ flugelhorn and accordion

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Steve @stephenaltoft.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Next performances- duo projects- with Karin Fleck, accordion, and Patricia Germano, piano. 7th June: arrangements, original works and two different approaches to improvisation by Hilary Robinson and Henry MacPherson. 11th July: recreating French Salon, on cornet. www.stephenaltoft.com?page_id=77

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Steve @stephenaltoft.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Inside Lud's Church/ Listening with trees project at the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, UK, last Thursday: 19-divisions of the octave, Lumatone, trumpet/flugelhorn, voice, electronics, word, photos plus Henry Macpherson's instrumentarium

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Steve @stephenaltoft.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

INSIDE LUD'S CHURCH, 30th April, Manchester Uni, Martin Harris Centre (1.10pm) and Whitworth Art Gallery (6pm) Inspired by Richard Whalley's 'Lud's Church' VORTEX Richard Whalley Sarah Keirle-Dos Santos Me Plus Henry McPherson at the Whitworth performance. microtonalprojects.com/inside-luds-...

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Inside Lud’s Church – BLOG

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Steve @stephenaltoft.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Thanks to Joe Gusmano for organising the Hyperchromatic Music Festival once again. The livestreams remain accessible this week- so check out the presentations/ conferences and the concert on Day 2. www.youtube.com/@Hyperchroma...

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Hyperchromatic Music Festival

This channel features livestreams and other videos of our yearly lecture/concert festival focusing on the theory and practice of microtonal music.

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Microtonal Projects @microtonalprojects.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Corrected poster! Concert day now correct.

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Steve @stephenaltoft.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

performing with duo Contour next Sunday, 'Six Pieces for Trumpet and Percussion' by Laurence Crane, that Laurence kindly wrote us in 2001!

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Steve @stephenaltoft.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

New Impro Album out now, microtonal and not microtonal jazzhalo.bandcamp.com/album/echoes

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Echoes, by Gilbert Isbin and Stephen Altoft

18 track album

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Steve @stephenaltoft.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Close-up of the new quarter-tone valve/slide/mechanism of the Donald Bousted Double Bell trumpet

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Steve @stephenaltoft.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Today I had the first experimentation session on the Donald Bousted double bell quarter-tone trumpet with Maximiliano Soto Mayorga. He will be composing for it with live electronics😃

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Steve @stephenaltoft.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Before I embarked on the microtonal route, I played programmes of pieces for with electronics. One of my first collaborations was with a Professor from Huddersfield Uni, Michael Clarke. There were two pieces- 'Prism' and 'Cascade'. The old studio recordings now here: soundcloud.com/stephen-c-al...

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Stephen C. Altoft

Trumpeter specialising in contemporary music, and especially microtonal music.

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Steve @stephenaltoft.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Microtonal Projects has joined Bluesky, please follow here: @microtonalprojects.bsky.social

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Steve @stephenaltoft.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Finally able to bring the 'Donald Bousted Double Bell Quarter-tone C trumpet' home after it returned from being lacquered!

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Steve @stephenaltoft.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

the quarter-tone valve, slide and finger mechanism is now finished on the double bell 'Bousted' trumpet. It is now off to be laquered!

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Steve @stephenaltoft.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

I bought a new mute, I wanted to buy a new instrument, but I bought a new mute (below left): a true bucket mute to replace the handmade bucket mute (using a coffee can) mute. Maybe I will still buy a new instrument, or at least try one....

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Steve @stephenaltoft.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Nottingham Uni's music courses under threat www.change.org/.../stop-the....

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Steve @stephenaltoft.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Thanks to Stephen Weigel for having me on his podcast! (The picture is not of one of my instruments) youtu.be/oB8Wh4hJovw?...

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Now and Xen Podcast: 092 Stephen Altoft

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Steve @stephenaltoft.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

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!

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Steve @stephenaltoft.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Personal website updated, having updated Microtonal Projects' last week www.stephenaltoft.com?page_id=77 Difficult to keep on top of this work.....

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Steve @stephenaltoft.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

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.

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Homenaje a Salinas by Stephen Altoft

Stream and Pre-save Homenaje a Salinas - Distributed by DistroKid

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Steve @stephenaltoft.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

The first duo Contour CD, 'Frey. Beuger' on Edition Wandelweiser Records, is now available on Bandcamp! editionwandelweiserrecords.bandcamp.com/album/frey-b...

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Frey . Beuger - duos, by duo Contour

27 track album

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Steve @stephenaltoft.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

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/...

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Pseudo-Relations by Stephen Altoft

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Steve @stephenaltoft.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Newest project with improvising guitarist, Gilbert Isbin. Recorded in Bruges in the Easter holiday. youtu.be/-r7A85onKcM?...

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'ECHOES 6', Gilbert Isbin, Guitar; Stephen Altoft Trumpet

YouTube video by Gilbert Isbin

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Steve @stephenaltoft.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

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.

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