Welcome to the European Doctors Orchestra website

When the Australian Plastic surgeon Miklos Pohl came to work in London, he proposed an orchestra which would offer doctor musicians from all over Europe an opportunity to come together for a weekend of enjoyable music making - along the lines of the Australian Doctors Orchestra, which he had founded 13 years previously.

The European Doctors Orchestra, like its Australian predecessor, was immediately embraced by medical musicians from many parts of Europe and now attracts a regular band of players from many European countries and all medical specialities.

Our first concert was in Blackheath Halls, Greenwich in 2004, The soloist was Elizabeth Wallfisch who is now the patron of the orchestra. The orchestra has grown, and we expect to turn out a full size symphony orchestra of about 100 doctors from all over Europe.

The EDO meets twice a year for a hectic schedule of rehearsals of a full symphonic programme over a weekend, the climax of which is a concert performance of that programme in aid of a childrens’ medical charity. The orchestra’s winter meeting is in London, in November; the summer meeting is on the Continent, in June. So far, the orchestra has played in Bucharest, Budapest, and Berlin; later this year it will be playing in Verona, and there are plans to play in Poland in 2009.
European Doctors Orchestra is sponsored by