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One time the pegs froze and when I tried to tune the cello they split into pieces'

Svante Henryson gives an admirably accurate performance on his ice cello at Norway's Ice Music Festival - while wearing padded gloves! Skip to 3:27 to see his performance.

Read more about the Norwegian Ice Music Festival as part of our feature on site-specific performance in The Strad's May 2015 issue, out now.

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