Terje Isungset
Terje Isungset is one of Europe's most accomplished and innovative percussionists. With over two decades of experience in jazz and ethnic scandinavian music, he is taking these types of music far beyond their traditional boundaries. He has crafted his own instruments from Norwegian natural elements, arctic birch, granite, slate, sheep bells, and even ice. Terje is, in fact, a world innovator in ice instruments, as seen in the internationally televised Millenium/New Year 2000 event from Sweden,  the 2002 Iceman Is CD, and his rare live Ice Concerts.

NEWS 2011                    ...more news and updates at TERJE ISUNGSET BLOG bloglogo.gif (694 bytes)

 

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Selected one of 10 best albums 2011

Swedish National Radio SR
World music program

Klingan by Lennart Wretlind

Söndag 18 december 2011 kl 11:00

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Who is ICEMAN?
Podcast / downloadable radio program. Radio Netherlands Worldwide explores Terje and three other remarkable men who have all been called "iceman"

WORLDWIDE TV NEWS about Terje:

Discovery Channel

CNN

BBC

ABC news

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World of Glass / Tallinn dec 2011
European Capital of Culture 2011 presents:

Terje Isungset – Arve Henriksen
World of Glass” Tallinn, Estonia

20th Dec 19.00  Von Krahl Theatre
21st Dec 19.00  Von Krahl Theatre

The concert will be recorded, those who are late will not be allowed into the theatre.

– for the first time the glass instruments made by Estonian glass artists and the students of glass art from the Estonian Academy of Arts will reach the stage.

 

Ice concerts Australia:
AUSTRALIA June: It's winter down under!!!
  INFO
17.06 Gosford.
18.06  Brooklyn.
19.06  Blue mountains winter magic festival
25.06  Canberra
27.06 Canberra
Booking: all-ice@all-ice.no

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LSO  London Symphony Orchestra

 

Ice music tour 2011
Tour in UK, November 2011:  
Confirmed concerts:
5th Nov Oxford Contemporary Music
7th Nov Royal Northern College of Music
8th Nov LSO St Luke’s with London Symphony orchestra wind ensemble.

http://lso.co.uk/page/145/LSO+St+Lukes/234


For booking and information:
www.sounduk.net
Maija Handover , Toynbee Studios , 28 Commercial Street London E1 6AB   Tel: +44 (0) 20 7375 0025

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Iceconcerts in Istanbul and London!
/Somerset House


ISTANBUL /  MAGIC ICE
www.magicice.com.tr

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Terje is doing the opening of the Nansen/AmundsenYear- January 23 2011 in Tromsø.
He will perform on hundreds of years old core-drilled ice from Antarctic and Spitsbergen.

www.nansenamundsen.no

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First new year concert in the new Geilo culture church- dec 29 2010

 

 

NEWS 2010

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Il Teatro Scientifico di Mantova

Solo concert Nov 7 2010

 

Terje Isungset – ”Meditations”.

 

Innspilling av CD med bruk av is fra jordas største og viktigste is og bre områder.

 

Terjes next release of Ice Music will present the sound of ice from earths oldest, most extreme and prominent ice masses /  arctic / antarctic / glaciers in the Alps, Greenland, Alaska, Iceland and Norway

 

The project will have an environmental focus and will on go for minimum 2 years..
Planned release January 2012

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"Organic expressions" Terjes new project with 3 dancers from the Carte Blanche Dance Company (Rebecca Hytting, Guro Rimeslåtten, Christine Kjellberg)

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Icemusic tour in Norway in December:

Turnerute:
10 desember: Vinstra.
11 desember: Trysil.
12 desember: Bjorli Snøhotell (sesongåpning).
13 desember: Trondheim.

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Release of the new album Winter songs
at first full moon 2010.

Icemusicfestival Geilo Jan 30 2010

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Ice CD:  Hibernation
Terje Isungset, Sara Marielle Gaup, Peter Paelinck, Eilif Gundersen
 

Released at Icefestival #4   Jan 2009

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In Jamsíis I get to use my background in folk music to express what I want to, in as modern a way as I want to, alongside the sound artist Terje Isungset and new video technology,’ says Hallgrim Hansegård of FRIKAR, the dance company

Festspillene i Bergen.
Thursday 03. -
Friday 04. June

19:00 - 20:00

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Terje Isungset with GROUPA at
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival 2010

Fais Do-Do Stage 1:45 PM  April 29

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Release of the new album Winter songs
at first full moon 2010.

Icefestival #5 Geilo Jan 30 2010

NEWS 2009

 

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Danseforestillinga TidarÅ blir sommarens storsatsing under Peer Gynt-stemnet. Med hallingkast på stolpar ute i elva, dansing på bergveggen og på wire over juvet, lovar Peer Gynt-stemnet og koreograf og FRIKAR Hallgrim Hansegård ei spektakulær forestilling .

TID: 5., 6., 7. og 8. august kl. 22.45

STAD: Fryajuvet/Bersveinshølen

 

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WWW.COLF.ORG

City of London Festival June 24 19:30

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Ice concerts sponsored by
Norsk Kulturråd

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Terje opens gala concert at climate conference in Bergen May 27 -  ice concert

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Ice CD:  Hibernation
Terje Isungset, Sara Marielle Gaup, Peter Paelinck, Eilif Gundersen

Released at Icefestival #4   Jan 9 2009
 

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in Schnals Valley,  Italy

21. feb - 1 mar 2009

 

ICE MUSIC SCHNALS VALLEY VIDEOS:  iceitaly2009.jpg (111670 bytes)
BBC NEWS video from Ice festival in Italy
Russian TV
Deutsche Welle video on demand
2009 multimedia:
TV, podcast & online radio:
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Terje ice climbing and co-hosting TV - some music footage

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San Fransisco based
podcast interview with Terje
about ice music - 18 minutes

Play or download MP3 24.8 MB

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online radio

mic.no  info and audio page  

NEWS 2008


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Cinderella (Askepott)
Terje as composer and  live on stage

Critically acclaimed and innovative play ran full houses for weeks
Dec 2 2008 - Jan 3 2009

The Lyric Theatre, London

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Reviews of Terje in 'Cinderella'
at the Lyric Theatre, London:

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The Iceman Bloweth

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guardian.co.uk

story and video

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Trio Medieval & Terje Isungset
A Norwegian Tour de Force
Review of San Fransisco concert
Nov 16 2008
By Chelsea Nicole Spangler
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BARNEHAGEPRISEN 2008 til lydprosjektet Rytmos på klangsafari
 

 

 

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Terje received the 2008 EDWARD music award in the Open Class category


Terje Isungset fikk 27. nov 2008  den prestisjetunge Edwardprisen for plata Igloo i kategorien åpen klasse.Prisen ble delt ut i samand med Tono sitt 80 års jubileum i operaen i Oslo.

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HALLINGSKARVET NASJONALPARK
OPENING CEREMONYat SANDALSNUTEN
9. AUGUST 2008 KL. 14.00

A 2,5 km hike from the Finse train station


Trains:
Oslo 08.11 – Finse 12.25 
Bergen 10.28  – Finse 12.54

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Ice cold modern dance performance with live music by Terje on Svartisen glacier 

16. august 2008


Fossekall -waterfall concert at Steinsdalsfossen, Norheimssund

30. august 2008
Modern dance and music


Lena Nymark (sang)
Nils Økland (feler)
Didier Petit (vokal og cello)
Arve Henriksen (trompet, vokal og elektronikk)
Terje Isungset (trommer, perkusjon, munnharpe, bukkehorm og lydar av is, vatn, fossekallen og fossen sjølv)
Asle Karstad (lyd)

Therese Skauge (dans)

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Stian Westerhus - Terje Isungset
CD released feb 2008
on FMR

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AGBALAGBA DAADA
Per Jørgensen  -  Terje Isungset

Duo CD release
Nattjazz, Bergen May 29 2008

Catalognumber: NORCD0875
EAN: 7042986108752
Distribution: Musikkoperatørene

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New GROUPA  CD  /  June 5 2008

 

 

 

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Terjes 4 th CD of Icemusic
Ice concerts contains unique recordings from the worlds first ice music tour. (29 concerts)
Musicians: Arve Henriksen, Unni Løvlid, Lena Nymark, Silvia Moi, Sara Marielle Gaup, Jon Halvor Bjørnset

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Terjes 4 th CD of Icemusic
To be released by first full moon of 2008 at Geilo – Norway.
“Ice concerts” contains unique recordings from the worlds first ice music tour. (29 concerts)
Musicians: Arve Henriksen, Unni Løvlid, Lena Nymark, Silvia Moi, Sara Marielle Gaup, Jon Halvor Bjørnset

 
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TERJE ISUNGSET SOLO
Nov 16 a 20.30h Reims -Billet

TERJE ISUNGSET | JORMA TAPIO
www.jazzdor.com
Nov 17 a 22h Jazzdor Strasbourg - Billet

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Mark O’Leary | Terje Isungset
S h a m a n i c V o i c e s

FMR RECORDS FMRCD205-0506

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Icefestival III

 

Geilo  18 - 22 januar 2008

2007 highlights:

Terje Isungset was invited to the great winter festival in Chitose February 2007
and also played at Pit Inn in Tokyo with Yukihiro Isso
CBS)

 

Aftenposten artikkel her, New video  here.

New video clip - Terje making and playing ice instruments
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IGLOO nominated to Spelemannsprisen,
the 'Grammy' of Norway

3. JANUAR 2007:

TWO MOONS
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ice CD release  -  Geilo

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Release of the new album AIHKI with Jorma Tapio & Terje Isungset. To be released in Helsinki/Finland earlt September 2006.

First performance of Terjes new piece "Four Moods" at Brasswind festival in Bergen 30 september 1pm. Brass band and Mouth Harp

www.brasswind.no/

- watch out for launch of the complete programme for Icefestival #2 – launch in August!

- release of the new ice album “Two Moons” by first full moon 2007 at Geilo.(Per Jørgensen: vocals & Ice trumpet, Terje Isungset Ice percussion, Icehorn & Voice.

- new recording with the duo Stian Westerhus & Terje Isungset in Grieghallen in September 2006.

- new recording Per Jørgensen & Terje Isungset November 2006.

- worlds first tour with ice instruments in 2007! Travelling with an ice cream car. Tour plan & details will be released August/September 2006.

Live CD with Didier Petit
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... more updates on TERJE ISUNGSET BLOG

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ICEFESTIVAL #1

... or danish photos

 


 

Documentary from Ice Festival 2007 by Susan Cobey Williamson
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Watch the trailer on YOUTUBE!

MELTING ICE
               – HOT TOPIC ?

World Environment Day 2007
June 5 2007

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- tour in China

- Oi Oi Festival / Terje using food as musical instruments
Mot i brystet - fett i pannen
Et mat-musikalsk stunt

Terje Isungset skaper musikk av fresende olivenolje, hakking av løk, rasping av gulrot og andre lyder generert av matlaging i samspill med øyeblikkskunstneren over alle: Per Jørgensen. I tillegg medvirker musikkstudenter fra Griegakademiet på kjøkkenremedier av ymse slag.

- 26. mai 13:00-16:00 Lysverksvingen    Gratis

- much more,  see concert list
Ice concert tour 2007:

touring with ice instruments          PRESS from the ice tour

 Sara Marielle Gaup (Adjagas), Silvia Moi, Arve Henriksen, Unni Løvlid, Per Jørgensen, Peter Paelinck


 

"ICE FESTIVAL 2007

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Second ice music CD:  IGLOO
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released on all-ice.no
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Ice concerts live!  

Follow this link to Heiko Purnhagens pictures from GENERATOR in Helsinki 2005.

MØTE PÅ EI BRU  2005
Oslo World Music Festival
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"Der Eismann" - ein interview

Read Old News   -   2005 and previous

 

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