The Orchestra That Plays With Their Vegetables

Radish + Carrot Flute Musical Instrument, courtesy of the Vegetable Orchestra

Incredibly innovative with their sound and style, the Vienna Vegetable Orchestra plays nothing but vegetables and kitchen tools. Consisting of eleven musicians, one cook, and one sound engineer, the orchestra incorporates a spectrum of musical styles including contemporary music, free jazz, noise, dub, experimental electronic, and house beets. Some of their instruments include onion peels, pepper trumpets, leek violins, pumpkin bongos, carrot flutes, and cucumberphones.

The scrap vegetable parts left over from the making of the instruments are cooked and served to the audience after the show, making the Vienna Vegetable Orchestra a delightful, dinner-and-a-movie type experience (with a little funk thrown in).

Every now and then, the Vienna Vegetable Orchestra hosts instrument building workshops to educate people in the art of playing with food and making vegstruments at home.

Radish Cornett Vegetable Musical Instrument, courtesy of the Vegetable Orchestra

Carrot Flutes, courtesy of the Vegetable Orchestra

Bell Pepper Rattler, courtesy of the Vegetable Orchestra

Carrot Trumpet, courtesy of the Vegetable Orchestra

Egg Plant Clapper Vegetable Musical Instrument, courtesy of the Vegetable Orchestra

Celery Root Bongo, courtesy of the Vegetable Orchestra

Chives Static Noisemaker, courtesy of the Vegetable Orchestra

Eggplant Guiro Musical Instrument, courtesy of the Vegetable Orchestra

Cucumberphone Musical Instrument, courtesy of the Vegetable Orchestra

Support their music by visiting their website where you can purchase their albums and see their concert tour schedule: VegetableOrchestra.org

And all this playing with your food begs the question - What is your favorite musical food?