Upcoming events

As the name implies, World Doctors Orchestra is committed to outreach throughout the globe. The physician-musicians and sponsors of WDO are looking forward to the upcoming concert sessions and hope that you will join them at the performances and in their efforts to support the good works being performed by the selected charities.

Dubai Session

Thursday, March 22, 2018, Dubai Opera

Program
Jonathan Barrett, Positive Spirit, inspired by a poem by HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum (world premiere)
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Violin Concerto in E minor, op 64
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 in C minor, op 67
Stefan Willich, conductor, Klaudia Olborska-Szymańska, violin

The proceeds of the concert will be donated to Al Jalila Foundation. The concert session is generously supported by B. Braun.

Hamburg/Berlin Session

Friday, June 29, 2018, Hamburg Elbphilharmonie
Saturday, June 30, 2018, Berliner Philharmonie

Program
György Ligeti, Atmosphères
François-Adrien Boieldieu, Concerto for Harp and Orchestra in C Major, op. 82
Richard Wagner, The Ring without Words (arr. Lorin Maazel)
Stefan Willich, conductor, Xavier de Maistre, harp

The proceeds of the Hamburg concerts will be donated to Kroschke Kinderstiftung and the project “Herzbrücke” of Albertinen-Stiftung Hamburg. The proceeds of the concert in Berlin will go to Hugo-Tempelman-Stiftung. The concerts in Elbphilharmonie will be performed under the patronage of Cornelia Prüfer-Storcks, Senator of Health and Consumer Protection of Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg, and Professor Dr. med. Frank Ulrich Montgomery, President of the German Medical Association and of the Hamburg Medical Association. The concert session is generously supported by Kroschke, Schön-Klinik Hamburg, Olympus Europa, Sonic Healthcare Germany and B. Braun.

National Harbor/Washington, D.C. Session

Friday, August 17, 2018, Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center

Saturday, August 18, 2018, Church of the Epiphany

Program

Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian Easter Overture

Smetana, The Moldau

Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 4

This Session is in collaboration with the NIH Philharmonia and the proceeds of these concerts will benefit the charities of the National Institutes of Health.

Warsaw/Krakow Session

Thursday, October 11, 2018, Filharmonia Naradowa Warsaw, Poland
Friday, October 12, 2018, ICE Kraków

Program
Jan Paderewski, Overture in E flat major for Orchestra
Frédéric Chopin, Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93
Stefan Willich, conductor, Krzysztof Książek, piano

The proceeds of the concerts will be donated to DKMS Foundation Poland, an organization registering unrelated bone morrow donors. The concert session is generously supported by B. Braun.