Terje Isungset

Preparations for indoor iceconcert NRK TV 1

2009-06-11T05:27:00.000-07:00

http://www1.nrk.no/nett-tv/indeks/172523

Concert for Sub Marine & sounds under water

2009-05-24T03:50:00.000-07:00

Terje Isungset composed a piece ogf music out of the sounds from fishes, whales and a choir singing under water (!)
It was performed under Festspillene i Bergen.
Video:

http://www.bt.no/lokalt/bergen/article852309.ece

http://www.ba.no/puls/article4349910.ece

Making ice instruments for Environments Concet

2009-05-24T03:46:00.000-07:00

http://www.aftenposten.no/kul_und/musikk/article3086445.ece

Isungsets music arranged for choir & Lena Willemark

2009-05-24T03:43:00.000-07:00

Hakeslepp i Kyrkja:

http://www.hallingdolen.no/kultur/article83462.ece

Ice Concerts in Italy - BBC World News

2009-02-26T00:19:00.000-08:00

Terje Isungset and Lena Nymark are performing 10 ice concerts in an Ice Dome 3200 meters above sea level:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7911661.stm

Ice Concert Volda January 09

2009-01-24T09:40:00.000-08:00

Lena Nymark and Terje Isungset (photo Sunnmørsposten)

http://www.smp.no/article/20090123/KULTUR/672481138

Hibernation - reviews.

2009-01-19T23:42:00.000-08:00

Side 2 - terningkast 6:
Denne gangen har musikken fokus på et samisk uttrykk og sammen med joikeren Sara Marielle Gaup og han selv på isperkusjon, ishorn, isofon og stemme, tar Isungset oss med til steder neppe noen av oss har vært før. På det første av de tolv sporene får de hjelp av Eilif Gundersen på ishorn og Peter Paelinck på isdidgeridoo og med eller uten assistanse, så skaper de stemninger så trolske, varme og spennende som vel tenkelig.
Terje Isungset har maktet å skape et musikalsk univers nok en gang med evnen til å forføre alle med åpne ører og andre åpne sanser.
http://www.side2.no/musikk/anmeldelser/article2509670.ece

GD, Terningkast 5.
Når du hører plata, slutter du å prate, blir stille og begynner å lytte. Det er da du opplever at tonene og lyden ikke bare er dristig, men også gåtefull
http://www.gd.no/kultur/musikk/article4072061.ece

Dagsavisen:
Det hele er monumentalt vakkert på stillferdig og meditativt vis, en musikalsk visjon av det det hele handler om: isformasjoner i transformasjon, gjenklangen i frosne landskap og det varmende og livgivende som eksisterer i samhørighet med det golde og frosne.
Slik er ikke bare platen en inntagende, skjønnhetsspredende og eksperimentell indre reise mot det metaforiske, den blir også en tematisk påminnelse om hvilke krefter som ligger i så vel folket, som omgivelsene rundt dem i et land som har det med å fryse til.
http://www.dagsavisen.no/kultur/musikk/article392737.ece

Bergens Tidende, terningkast 5:
Albumet lokker deg fra første tone inn i et magisk lydlandskap.Dype klangfyllte basstoner ryster høyttalerne, og etterfølges av syngende horn som gir en øyeblikkelig gjenkjennelse av natur, søken og meditasjon.
Lyden isinstrumentene produserer er helt unik, og innehar ironisk nok en fyldig og varm karakter.

Aftenposten,
Der er en egen verden av lyder, det knitrer i krystaller og klinger vakkert i istapper. Selv vinden har sin egen tone.
Stillferdig og neddempet, nesten meditativt beveger lydbildet seg frem i landskapet.
Albumet er spilt inn i en iglo på Geilo i fjor vinter, og det merkelig er at om rammene for musikken er kalde, er det vi hører alt annet enn kjølig. Den har sin egen glød. http://oslopuls.aftenposten.no/incoming/article146910.ece

Romerikets blad; terningkast 5;
Dette er både vakker og skummel stemningsmusikk som krever tid og konsentrasjon, men som betaler tilbake med massevis av detaljer og nyanser – og selvfølgelig en helt unik klang. Det kan virke stillestående ved første ørekast, men er fengende og suggererende når man bare hører etter
http://www.rb.no/lokal_kultur/cd-guiden/article4103339.ece

Stavanger Aftenbland: terningkast 5
Terje Isungset fortsetter å skjære ut nye, spennende rom i sin ismusikk-katedral.
De 12 sporene er åpne som de uendelige finnmarksvidder og mystiske som fortellingene om de gamle sjamanene.

http://www.aftenbladet.no/kultur/plate/979778/Is_is_baby.html

Icemusicfestival Geilo

2009-01-19T23:32:00.000-08:00

Icemusicfestival Geilo 2009 was a great success!
(photos by Bjørn Furuseth)

Sara Marielle Gaup and Terje Isungset at the release concert og their new CD "Hibernation".

Award for children project

2008-12-14T15:00:00.000-08:00

Yttrebygda kindergarden and Terje Isungset got the National Kindergarden Award of Norway (Nasjonale barnehageprisen) for their project with music and kids (-:
http://www.barnehage.no/no/Nyheter/2008/November/Her-er-vinnerne-av-barnehageprisen-2008/

Award for Isungset

2008-12-14T14:58:00.000-08:00

Terje Isungset receiwed the Edvard Prisen for best composition for his album "Igloo". The price was given by TONO.

The Lyric Theatre London - Reviews.

2008-12-14T14:49:00.000-08:00

Terje Isungset is Musical Director for Cinderella in London.
Here are some revews:

TIME OUT MAGAZINE:5 out of 6 stars:
moving, satisfying piece of theatre that will appeal to children and adults alike.' http://www.timeout.com/london/theatre/event/119607/cinderella.html
Time Out - Show of the Week

Daily Telegraph:
'One of the finest Christmas shows this festive season.' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/3690541/Cinderella-at-Lyric-Hammersmith---review.html
Telegraph
Add a wildly eccentric, surprisingly tuneful one-man band, in which Terje Isungset plays stones, lumps of wood, aircraft parts and a horn made out of ice, and you have one of the finest Christmas shows this festive season is likely to offer.

Evening standard: 4 out of 5 stars
* * * * 'Two beautiful, highly recommended hours.' http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/show-23584997-details/Cinderella/.do?reviewId=23598870

Evening Standard
The acclaimed director Melly Still returns to the original story by the Brothers Grimm to create a spellbinding show for the whole family to enjoy.
With a top-notch creative team including Norwegian ice-musician, Terje Isungset, the Lyric will be transformed into a spine-tingling winter wonderland to make Cinderella the only show to see this Christmas.

The Times 4 out of 5 stars:
****'An inventive, involving telling of this endlessly rich story' http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article5303695.ece
Times

The Guardian 4 out of 5 stars:
'Inventive magic. It's a seasonal show that utilises the kaleidoscopic delights of theatre.' http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2008/dec/08/cinderella-lyric-hammersmith-review
* * * * Guardian
The extraordinary Norwegian composer Terje Isungset is on stage throughout, playing every instrument under the Scandinavian sun from a mouth-harp to a trumpet made of ice.

music OMH,4 out of 5 stars:
http://www.musicomh.com/theatre/lon_lyric-cinderella_1208.htm

The distinctive music for the production is provided by the Norwegian musician Terje Isungset, who sits in a small nest at the top of the stage playing an array of unusual instruments including an old bicycle, a mouth harp which apparently was made from part of a Second World War fighter plane and a trumpet made of ice. His unique percussion is an integral part of the show, driving it along.
The music helps to smooth over some of the cracks.

A curtain up:
With frosty blue lighting and a forest of tall thin birches onstage, a curved staircase of white steps leads to an otherworldly-looking Norwegian orchestra. The instruments, manned by Terje Isungset, include an ice trombone and a mouth harp and make even more outlandish sounds which add to the icily unfamiliar Scandinavian atmosphere

This is London
The setting is the wintry ?far, far north?, a place of frosted landscapes and twisted branches, where Norwegian ice musician Terje Isungset plays intriguing instruments
http://www.scenta.co.uk/music/festivals/cit/1737392/the-iceman-bloweth.htm

The Independent:
Thank heavens for Melly Still's enchantingly beautiful and also seriously bleak Cinderella, which goes back to the Brothers Grimm. The set is a silver-birch wood, with steps spiralling to a lookout where the award-winning musician Terje Isungset perches, with a thrumming Jew's harp and a megaphone made of ice, which sounds like a winter wind and wolves howling.
This is the King Lear of children's theatre.
inspiring theatre, full of imaginative riches and creative play. Recommended.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/twelfth-night-donmar-londonbrsimply-cinderella-curve-leicesterbramazonia-young-vic-londonbrcinderella-lyric-hammersmith-london-1065623.html

Daily Mail 4 out of 5 stars:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/reviews/article-1094023/Sensational-seasonal-showtime-From-star-laden-pantos-classics-children-critics-choose-Christmas-crackers.html

One of the show's other striking features is a haunting score with the feel of an aboriginal hoedown, performed by Norwegian musical eccentric Terje Isungset.
He adapts found objects to create customised instruments such as a Jewish harp, didgeridoo, hurdygurdy and - his piece de resistance - an ice trumpet.
All of which epitomise the fully recycled, Soil Association-approved good nature of a DIY ensemble act that amazes more than it offends

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/12/ice-orchestra-isungset.php

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/audio/2008/dec/03/ice-music-instruments

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/frontrow/past_programmes.shtml

London Jazzfestival

2008-11-18T07:54:00.001-08:00

All of Terjes 4 concerts at the London Jazzfestival was sold out, and 2 extra concerts had to be set up. Here is a footage of Terjes iceperformance by the Norwegian News (NRK)

http://www1.nrk.no/nett-tv/indeks/150804

Innovasjonsprisen Marmorhallen - Oslo

2008-11-18T07:52:00.000-08:00

Trio Mediæval and Terje

2008-09-25T14:46:00.001-07:00

http://www.tk.no/speilet/article3809615.ece

Fossekall August 30 - 2008.

2008-09-01T05:02:00.000-07:00

Nils Økland, Arve Henriksen, Lena Nymark, Didier Petit,Asle Karstad,Terje Isungset and Therese Skauge performing the comission "Fossekall" ordered by Hardingetonar. Music by Terje Isungset. 2500 people came to see the concert.

(photos by Helge Haukeland,Reidar Solberg and Ole Vidar Søviknes).

Check also this link (with sound):

http://www.prohd.no/Flash%20bilder/Steindalsfossen/Steindalsfossen.html

Magic waterfall - Bergens Tidende

2008-08-31T13:09:00.001-07:00

Terje playing the Ram`s horn(photo Bergens Tidende)

http://www.bt.no/lokallokal/voss/article620963.ece?sent=true

Waterfall concert!

2008-08-26T10:16:00.000-07:00

Look out for the up coming waterfall concert in Hardanger, Norway.

New composed music by Terje.

The waterfall itself will also be amplifyed and used as an musical instrument.

Opening ceremony, Hallingskarvet Nasjonalpark

2008-08-26T10:08:00.001-07:00

The prime minister of Norway Jens Stoltenberg at the opening of Hardangervidda National Park.
The music was performed by Steinar Ofsdal, Lars Inge Tverberg and Terje Isungset.
All instruments and sound equipment was carried up by horses.

Peer Gynt Award 2008

2008-08-26T10:02:00.000-07:00

"Two in One" , Therese Skauge and Terje Isungset performing.

Concert at the Glacier Svartisen, Norway

2008-08-26T09:59:00.000-07:00

Terje playing on a horn made out of 2500 years old ice!

photo by Alf Egil Hagen.

Ice concerts reviews

2008-07-27T02:09:00.000-07:00

Musikken og stemningene er helstøpt, og bærer i seg en sensibilitet for naturens tilstand om vinteren.
http://www.ballade.no/nmi.nsf/doc/art2008020814521332588235

It's a chiming, intimate and utterly beautiful world of sound that entrances as much as it avoids any notion of 'novelty'.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/ppf9/

Likevel vet du at Terje Isungset har truffet noe med sin ismusikk, da du tar deg i å få gåsehud.
http://www.oa.no/kultur/ny_musikk/article3319905.ece

the percussion is the real treat musically, sparse and reverent, of an intense purity.Pretty unique.
http://freejazz-stef.blogspot.com/2008/06/terje-isungset-ice-concerts-all-ice.html

Resultatet er eksotisk, imponerende og grenseløst originalt.
http://www.nordlys.no/kultur/musikk/article3346344.ece

Med denne plata lever Terje Isungset opp til ryktet han har fått som en av kongerikets mest nyskapende perkusjonister.
http://www.varden.no/article/20080122/KULTUR/298059141/1050

Det er noe veldig norsk, og magisk over soundet på platen.
http://www.ta.no/pulsen/Musikk/cd/article3312632.ece

Det er så uendelig vakkert, så personlig og ekte
http://arkiv.side2.no/Nyhet/284940/Ismannen.html

it's a fascinating, atavistic, other- worldly experience to hear Isungset "liberate" these haunting, enigmatic sounds from nature at its harshest and put them at the service of art - and beauty.
http://www.irishtimes.com/theticket/articles/2008/0523/1211407744011.html

http://www.nordische-musik.de/musiker.php?id_musiker=20&PHPSESSID=9f1635b1360e316a0ff51d90cbf997f9

CD Reviews Agbalagba Daada

2008-07-26T01:22:00.000-07:00

To veteraner leker med lyden. Slikt blir det ild av.
http://www.kulturo.no/anmeldelser/cd/per_jorgensen_terje_isungset_-_agbalagba_daada/52728

Hvilke samtaler!
http://www.side2.no/musikk/anmeldelser/article1955582.ece

GROUPA NEW CD

2008-07-24T16:04:00.001-07:00

Gnistrende GROUPA - bandets beste plate (NRK)

http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/1.6103968

Dagens Nyheter

http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=2198&a=795062

Wood!

2008-05-27T16:07:00.000-07:00

http://www1.nrk.no/nett-tv/indeks/133281

Terjes new concept - rehearsal before concert at Festspillene in Bergen - Norway on May the 30th.

New CD agbalagba daada

2008-05-22T00:07:00.000-07:00

PER JØRGENSEN
trumpet, heriba-ton, tabla, flutes, coupon,
vocal, kalimba, percussion, piano
TERJE ISUNGSET
drums, percussion, wood, stones, goat
horn, voice, electricians-tube, mouth harp
Re l e a s e - c o n c e r t NAT T JAZ Z
FESTIVAL BERGEN MAY 29, 2008
Artist: PER JØRGENSEN & TERJE ISUNGSET
Title: AGBALAGBA DAADA
Catalognumber: NORCD0875
EAN: 7042986108752
RELEASE-DATE: May 26 2008
FILE UNDER: jazz/impro
Distribution: Musikkoperatørene
Per Jørgensen and Terje Isungset unite forces in Agbalagba Daada
with a raw, cut to the bone expression. It’s improvisation in the wider
landscape of jazz where the elements melt and travels to the core of
the music. Music far beyond words. AGBALAGBA is an African word
(Yoruba-language) for old person. As a result of age and experience this
person acquires a certain level of knowledge, and is given the title
AGBALAGBA DAADA – meaning old, wise person. In a figurative sense, the
working musician – starting out as young and promising – gradually attains the
status of AGBALAGBA DAADA, adjusting musical perspectives in accordance
with the growing process of life. This double album is filled with strong and
powerful music.
Per Jørgensen started his musical career in Bergen, Norway in the seventies and is today one of
the most acclaimed and sought after jazz musician. With the trio concept Jøkleba! developed
together with Jon Balke (keyboards) and Audun Kleive (drums), he reached a wide audience in
Scandinavia, playing together for over ten years. He has also been a regular member of Jon Balkes
Magnetic North Orchestra, from its start-up in 1992.
Terje Isungset is one of Europe’s most accomplished and innovative percussionists. With over two
decades experience in jazz and Scandinavian music he is taking these types of music far beyond
their traditional boundaries, becoming more like a cross between a sound artist and a shaman.
Using sounds from natural elements such as arctic birch, granite, slate, sheep bells and even ice,
he is highly recommended to those sensible to the poetry and simplicity of sounds.