Instruments Made of Ice冰雪乐器

Do you play an instrument？ Have you ever made one？ Terje Isungset can answer yes to both questions. He’s a drummer. And he makes instruments out of something pretty cool. Ice！

It’s not just any ice. “You can buy perfect ice from factories around the world. But it will not have any sound，” Isungset said. He gets all of his ice from nature. “It’s nature that decides the sound of the instrument，” he said. Isungset got the idea for ice music more than 20 years ago. “I was asked to do a concert in a frozen waterfall，” he said. This gave him the idea to play instruments that were actually made out of ice.

As far as he could tell， this hadn’t been done before. “There were no books to read about it—nothing on the Internet，” he said. “So I had to make everything by myself.” In 2006， Isungset helped start the Ice Music Festival Norway， in Europe. It is held in February.

你会演奏乐器吗？你亲手做过乐器吗？泰耶·伊松赛特对这两个问题都可以作肯定回答。他是个鼓手。他用一种很凉爽的东西——冰——制作乐器！

这不是普通的冰。“你可以从世界各地的工厂买到完美的冰。但它不会发出任何声音。”伊松赛特说。他所有的冰都来自大自然。“是大自然决定了乐器的声音。”他说。20多年前，伊松赛特就萌生了创作冰乐器的想法。他说：“我被邀请在一个冰封的瀑布里举办了一场音乐会。”这让他萌生了演奏真正由冰制成的乐器的想法。

据他所知，以前从未有人这样做过。他说：“没有任何相关的书可以查阅，互联网上也没有相关资料。所以一切都得靠我自己。”2006年，伊松赛特在欧洲协助创办了挪威冰雪音乐节。该音乐节在二月举行。

Almost everything at the Ice Music Festival is frozen. “There are a lot of logistics of doing an ice concert，” Isungset said. “We come to a place， we get the ice， and we build the place out of snow and ice.”

Instruments include ice chimes and horns. Others are made-up. “For the festival， I have a goal of trying to make a new instrument every year，” Isungset said. What happens when the show is over？ “We give everything back to nature.” At the end of the festival， people help give the ice instruments back to nature.

Picture yourself playing an ice horn. Would your lips stick to it if it’s very cold？ “Many people ask that question，” Isungset said. “If the horn was made out of ice， they would get stuck for sure.” How to deal with it？ Use a small piece of leather. Place it on the horn’s mouthpiece. “It’s the only part of my instrument that is not made of ice.”

冰雪音乐节上几乎所有的东西都是冰制的。伊松赛特说：“举办一场冰乐会要做很多后勤工作。我们来到一个地方，拿到冰，再用冰雪搭建这个地方。”

乐器包括冰钟和冰号，其他的都是组装的。伊松赛特说：“为了这个音乐节，我的目标是每年制作一种新的乐器。”演出结束后会发生什么呢？“我们把一切都还给大自然。”在活动结束时，人们帮忙把冰雪乐器还给大自然。

想象一下自己在吹冰号。如果天气很冷，你的嘴唇会粘在上面吗？“很多人问这个问题。”伊松赛特说，“如果号是冰做的，那肯定会粘住。”怎么办呢？把一小块皮革装在号的吹口上。“这是我的乐器中唯一不是冰做的部分。”

Word Bank

instrument n. 乐器

perfect adj. 完美的；完全的

frozen adj. 冷冻的；结冰的

goal n. 目标；目的

leather n. 皮革