World of Glass Tallinn photos by Kaupo Kikkas

Ice concert in Porsgrunn - Norway. Dec 26th 2011

Lena Nymark and Terje Isungset

World of Glass Tallinn 2011 - Day one Dec 19th.

Link to Estonian photos

Terje Isungset & Arve Henriksen making glass music together with Asle Karstad.
(photos by Terje Isungset)

Top rate albums - Sweden 2011 - Winter Songs.

Link to National Swedish Radio

Video from ice concert in Gorky park, Moscow

Link to Video

World of Glass Concerts in Tallinn

Arve Henriksen & Terje Isungset are performing on special made glass instruments in Tallinn as a part of the closing act for Tallinn 2011 Culture Capital of Europe. 15 glass artists have worked on the instruments for more than one year. The concerts will be recorded.


World of glass link

Celebrating of Roald Amundsen`s trip to the Antarctic.

Link to Aftenposten

A direct broadcasted TV program situated at the South Pole, Tromsø and Oslo is to celebrate Amundsens arrival to Antarctic on Dec 14th 1911 (Icemusic included).

Ice concert in Moscow Dec 9th 2011. Gorky Park

Photos by Terje Isungset & Even Grue Rygg.

Lena Nymark & Terje Isungset performing in Gorky Park, Moscow.

Photos from the LSO Concert in London Nov 8th

Photos by Emile Holba

Blog link from Manchester

Check out this "tribute to Nature" blog about Isungset

Photos from Oxford gig on Nov the 5th.

Photos Oxford

Interview Huffington Post, Nov 2011

Link to Huffington Post.

Tour in England - "Tribute to Nature"

Sound UK - the tour


With London Symphony Orchestra

Terje Isungset making ice instruments.Winter 2011.

Terje Isungset performing ice concerts - 2011

Iceconcert at Icemusicfestival Geilo 2011

Interview with Terje Isungset & Bill Covitz at Icemusicfestival Geilo 2011

World of Glass Concert. Culture Capital 2011 - Tallinn.

Look out for the closing act concert for Tallinn 2011(culture capital of Europe). New instruments made out of glass by 15 Estonian glass artists.All to be performed by Arve Henriksen & Terje Isungset.

Financial Times - review of "Winter Songs"

Financial Times oct 29. 2011

Icemusicfestival Geilo 2012. Programme

Program Ice Music Festival 2012

Friday 3^rd. Februay 8pm.
Opening concert.

«Iceman is» is the name of the worlds first ice cd which where released in 2002. Ten years later we gather the musicians from that recording.

The music will probably not be the same, this is improvised music in a world of ice-sounds. Everything can happen. Both instruments and the music is new.

Arve Henriksen: Ice-trumpet, ice-horn, ice-percussion and vocal (N).
Hilmar Jensson: Iceguitar and electronics (Island).
Lena Willemark: Vocal (Sverige).
Terje Isungset: Ice (N).

Duration: approx 45 min.

Friday 3^rd. February 11pm
Meditation

Lights are down, moon is up, raindeer skins are spread on the ground, Its ready for the audience to enjoy and experience the beauty of winter nights. Look at the stars, relax and lisen to the sound of ice. Chill out – how slow is it possible for a hart to beat?

How many stars are there?

What is man's role in the grand scheme of things really ?

A meditation in Norwegian winterlandscape. Abstract and silent sounds of ice makes a perfect atmosphere for 30 minutes Chill Out.

Terje Isungset: ice

Duration: approx 30 min.

Saturday 4th February 5pm
Bill Covitz show.

Besides from being our own ice sculptor, Bill Covitz is a winner

of numerous international ice sculpture competitions, and he came 2^nd in the World Championship in Alaska. Saturday afternoon he will show us his amazing ice sculpting skills

Come see the magic Bill Covitz can make out of an a 2 x 1 meter block of ice!
Can Bill make a sculpture which Isungset later can play on?

Duration: aprox. 30 min.

Bill Covitz: Ice-Sculptor.

Pål Knutsson Medhus: Presenter.

Saturday 4th. February 10pm

Consert and presentation of this years instrument: Cellis

Each year Ice Music Festival Geilo creates a new ice-instrument. We have had: iceridoo, isleik, ice udu, iceguitar, icefiddle, icelur and, iceophon and more. This years instrument is an Cellis (ice-cello). We do think this is the worlds first cello made of one piece of naturally frozen ice.

What would it sound like?

Leo Svensson Sander will give us the answers. Together with the amazing singer Lena Willemark they will put up a unforgettable and unique concert.

The combination of ice and swedish folk music, performed by world topp class artist will be something worth the visit.

Lena Willemark: Vocal (S)
Leo Svensson: Ice-cello (S).



Saturday 4th February

Midnight concert

During the traditional midnight concert Isungset will peform the music from his latest album «winter songs». This is the project which Isungset the last year has taken around the world. Norway, Germany, England, Australia, Japan, Finland, India, Holland, England (Somerset House 10 sold out concerts) is some of the places he has performed «Winter Songs» during 2011.Coming up is collaboration with the London Symphonie Orchestra`wind ensemble and Trondheims solistene (N).

You do not want to miss out on this!

Terje Isungset: Iceofon, ice-horn og ice-perkusjon.

Lena Nymark: vocal.
Hilmar Jensson: Ice-gitar.

Tor Magne Hallibakken: Sound

Sture Moslåtten: Light.

Saturday 4th. and Sunday 5th. February. Daytime. At Kikut-skilift- Geilotjødnet.

Childrens ice-festival

A British team are set to create a world og snow and ice. The exiting thing is; They have never worked in souch conditions or with snow and ice before. We challange Sarah Allec which has a long experience in these matters from U.K, to create us a playground where the children will have the opportunity to influence and to be creative. To play and experience.

Free entrance.

Great review of "Winter Songs" in English newspaper

The Independent oct 24 - review Isungset

One senses a certain froideur...In fact, Isungset is that rare thing: an ice musician, who writes songs about winter and plays them on ice instruments (ice horn, ice harp, icefone...). They are sung by fellow Norwegian Lena Nymark as if breathing loudly. Occasionally, you hear an ice guitar or ice Hardanger fiddle. To listen is to watch frost form. It is still, barely melodic, thinly harmonic and always, always chilly. Fans of Bjork's Vespertine will certainly get it.

Stone project in Germany

During my solo percussion Germany tour in October we had a sounding stone project near the sea.

All photos by Katrin Storsberg.