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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

There's no denying that Norwegian composer and percussionist Terje Isungset knows what it means to create really "cool" music. He discovered ice music around 18 years ago and has worked to expand the ...

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 ...

Norway's violinist Nils Oekland tests his instrument built of ice on Jan. 10, 2009 in Geilo, for an ice instrument festival. (JOHN HUGUES/AFP/Getty Images) We build snowmen, igloos, and even hotels ...

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 ...

GEILO, Norway, Feb. 25 (UPI) --A Norwegian composer gathered musicians in a remote town to play instruments carved from ice for an annual Ice Music Festival. Terje Isungset, who came up with the idea ...

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 ...