The Joy of Toy

I spent my Tuesday evening at the Austrian embassy taking in a performance of Austrian pianist Isabel Ettenauer. In the past five year's, she's positioned herself as the world's premiere toy pianist, and her performance included four toy pianos, a grand piano, and "tape" (it's 2006, so actually compact discs). Good fun was had by all. She played John Cage's "Suite For Toy Piano," which is the earliest piece written for the instrument (1948) as well as a number of contemporary works written specifically for her. I picked up her cd The Joy of Toy, which is worth checking out - either through her website or through, um, a friend who might own it.