The Vienna Vegetable Orchestra is coming to Britain.

The ensemble, which performs on instruments made of fresh vegetables, will play at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.

The 11-strong group carve their produce before every show, using celeriac bongos, carrot recorders and the multi-vegetable 'cucumberphone'.

They play a range of music from contemporary to house, jazz to classical, reports the Daily Telegraph.

Performances promise to "appeal to all the senses", and the audience is usually offered fresh vegetable soup made from the instruments after shows.

But hungry fans in Huddersfield will be disappointed - health and safety regulations mean soup is banned - even without the parts the orchestra have blown on.

Nicklaus Gansterer, co-founder of the orchestra, explained how it all began: "We got the idea one day while we were cooking and chopping tomatoes.

"We got fascinated with the sound the chopping made, and from that moment we have started to hear music in a new way."

They perform 20 to 30 times a year around the world, including benefit concerts for vegetable workers in Southern Spain, who the musicians say endure "inhumane conditions".

now food can play music!

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