Lake Baikal ice music
An
unusual musical event was held on Lake Baikal in Olkhon district. A
group of musicians from the studio “Etnobit” played ice plates for 4
hours on the frozen waters of world’s oldest and deepest Lake Baikal .
Natalia Vlasevskaya, team leader:
- Sometimes if the condition is right ice plates sound better than
drums. We didn’t do any rehearsal before. It was a pure improvisation.
You would not get an ice plate under your arm and would not carry it
with you to a concert hall. Baikal ice music is divine and it can be
heard only here and now in full communion with nature. We played here
for four hours and we could not stop. It is so incredibly energizing!
Project participants are hoping that this will promote the new trend
of winter recreation on the lake. They hope playing Baikal’s ice music
will become as popular as skiing, snowboarding and snowmobiling.