Inside a giant igloo in a snowy Norwegian village, the sound of a horn rings out, warming the mood of a freezing audience, huddled together in -24 Celsius. But the four musicians performing are even ...
Norwegian composer and percussionist Terje Isungset will be visiting Somerset House in London between Jan. 7 and 9 to perform a series of concerts with instruments made out of ice. Three times a day, ...
(CNN)-- They're among the rarest instruments in the world, but they'll be discarded come spring. They're so fragile even the players' breath risks nudging them out of tune. Turn up the temperature in ...
Many of us in the U.S. are freezing this weekend and looking for warmth, but halfway around the world is an artist whose career in music is dependent on frigid weather. Terje Isungset is a Norwegian ...
At the annual festival in the village of Geilo, the musical instruments are made of ice — along with other natural materials like birch wood or slate. We're hearing sounds of the annual Ice Music ...
LONDON (Reuters) - While most musicians seek to avoid a frosty reception at concerts, for Norwegian composer and performer Terje Isungset a chilly feeling is nothing to fear: he performs with ...
Brittle bursts that mimic cymbals. Deep hollowed notes reminiscent of metal drums. These are some of the surprising sounds that Siberian percussion group Ethnobeat created from Russia’s frozen Lake ...
They’re among the rarest instruments in the world, but they’ll be discarded come spring. They’re so fragile even the players’ breath risks nudging them out of tune. Turn up the temperature in the ...