Terje Isungset is a Norwegian composer and performer. Recently he has become a1 in the world of music. While most musicians seek to2a cold atmosphere at concerts, Terje Isungset is not3about a cold feeling. He performs with instruments he make himself out of4A recent performance at London's Royal Festival Hall5a set of instruments, including ice horns, ice drums and ice chimes (编钟). He6his work as being about more than making music, since he also7to display the characteristic of being beautiful and pure. "I consider it a part of8bigger. It's not me and my project and my self-esteem-it's the extreme weather, " he says.
The Norwegian is9a background in traditional Scandinavian music and jazz. He's the10of Ice Music Festival in Norway-so people here have11to enjoy ice music-and plays at about 50 festivals and concerts a year, many in the12conditions of Norway, Canada or Russia. 13, at concerts in warmer climates, higher temperatures can 14 difficulties, as spending any more than 50 minutes at room15could damage the instruments.
All of the instruments for the London show were made in Norway and transported in special16When it comes to 17ice instruments, not any water will do. "If ice is from polluted water, it doesn't18that good. If it's from tap water it doesn't work because there are some19in it, " he says. "The best choice is the pure ice from the north of Sweden. I'm really20to that ice."
