Using ice to make music

LONDON - 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 instruments he makes himself out of ice.

A recent performance at London's Royal Festival Hall featured a set including ice horns, ice drums and an "iceofone" - an ice xylophone - accompanied by the vocal stylings of singer Maria Skranes.

He sees his work as being about more than making music, since he also aims to display the beauty and fragility of ice.