Since 2007 The Toy Boats have been playing toy/small instruments in public fountains, alongside bicycle paths, in bars, and at pet funerals. Using little beyond what a child’s toychest might hold, The Toy Boats’ four multi-instrumentalists upend audience expectations and spin enchanting arrangements of Italian cinema music, Hungarian folksongs, and original instrumental pieces. The lively chromatic waltzes, tangos, and marches of their repertoire are composed by members of the band as well as by Eastern and Western European masters such as Nino Rota, Ion Ivanovici, and Goran Bregović.
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