Ice Quartet is a Norwegian ensemble led by percussionist and composer Terje Isungset, who pioneered the concept of ice music in 1999. The group performs on instruments carved from natural frozen ice - ice harp, ice bass, ice horns and iceofone - alongside voice and electronics. Isungset has toured the concept across Canada, Japan, Russia, the USA and throughout Europe, and since 2006 has run the annual Ice Music Festival Norway. CNN has called him "the world's first and only ice musician."
Ice Quartet performed at the opening ceremony of Oulu 2026, European Capital of Culture, in Finland on January 16-17.
A mini Ice Music Festival was staged in Oslo on January 23-24, 2026, at Grefsenkollen, announced in November 2025.
Ice Quartet released their debut album, also titled 'Ice Quartet', on November 12, 2024, recorded in an igloo in the Norwegian mountains and at live concerts in Manchester and Tyssedal.
Ice Music Festival Greenland was announced for late February 2026 in Ilulissat, with concerts near the Icefjord Center.
Ice Quartet performed at Trondheim Kammermusikkfestival on September 21, 2025.
