The Artists
Terje Isungset
Norway
Terje Isungset is one of Europe’s most accomplished and innovative percussionists...
"A chiming, intimate and utterly beautiful world of sound. Talk about chilled out.” BBC Music
One of Europe's most accomplished and innovative artists, Terje Isungset marks 20 years of ice music with an international project that brings together artists with a long tradition of living in arctic conditions.
Inuit, Sami and Siberian singers, alongside Terje's pioneering ice instruments and Scandinavia's best jazz musicians, celebrate ancient cultures' longstanding respect for nature through traditional and contemporary music.
Line up:
Terje Isungset - ice instruments
Amalie Holt Kleive - singer / electronics
Sara Marielle Gaup Beaska - Sami singer
Akinisie Sivuarapik - Inuit throat singer
Emily Sallualuk - Inuit throat singer
Radik Tyulyush - Tuvan throat singer
Lyder Øverås Røed - trumpet
Viktor Reuter - double bass
Video by Anastasia Isachsen
Arctic Ice Music brings together an incredible international line up of acclaimed musicians, including from Norway: Terje Isungset on ice instruments, Sami singer Sara Marielle Gaup Beaska, trumpeter Lyder Øverås Røed, singer Maria Skranes and video by Anastasia Isachsen; Sweden’s Viktor Reuter on double bass; Inuit throat singers Akinisie Sivuarapik and Amaly Sallualuk plus Tuvan throat singer and member of acclaimed band Huun Huur Tu, Radik Tyulyush.
Prepare to be transported by extraordinary, beautiful and ethereal sounds.
Originally commissioned by: Festspillene, Bergen and Førdefestivalen.
Produced by Sound UK. Funded by Arts Council England.
Terje Isungset is one of Europe’s most accomplished and innovative percussionists...
