Major charity concert by Medic Orchestra: band of Semmelweis University medical students

The Medic Orchestra (Medikus Zenekar) is a symphony orchestra consisting of medical students from Semmelweis University. For the fifth time, they will hold a charity concert this year. This time, the orchestra willl be joined by the Semmelweis University Choir.

Tábitha House

The symphony orchestra of Semmelweis University will donate all proceeds from concert tickets to Tábitha House. The institution is the Hungary’s only dedicated palliative children’s hospice care facility, Impress Magazin reports.

Gergely Dubóczky, artistic director and conductor of the orchestra, said that they are always happy to support an important social cause. The Tábitha House provides support for families of patients in need of all-day care who are in long-term residential care and nursing.

Medic Orchestra

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The Medic Orchestra (Medikus Zenekar). Source: semmelweis.hu

Since 2008, the orchestra has been a key player in the cultural life of Semmelweis University. The members of the ensemble are mainly current and former students of Semmelweis University.

Major charity concert

The Medic Orchestra, together with the Semmelweis University Choir, will give a charity concert on 4 November 2023 at 19:30 at the Liszt Academy (Zeneakadémia). This event will be the largest ever concert in the history of the Medic Orchestra.

In addition to the 100-member Semmelweis University Choir, an orchestra of nearly 80 musicians will play at the Liszt Academy, where Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem will also be performed, semmelweis.hu notes.

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