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MAS – Medical Art Society

MAS – Medical Art Society

The Medical Art Society, founded in 1935, exists for doctors, dentists, veterinary surgeons, and recently all fully accredited healthcare professionals, whether working, retired or students, who enjoy drawing, painting and sculpture. It is based in the UK, but welcomes medical artists living abroad as members and has links with similar medical art societies in other countries. The Society's programme includes lectures by well known artists, visits to studios and galleries, life drawing sessions, Read more [...]
Boyd Neel

Boyd Neel

Louis Boyd NeelO.C. (19 July 1905 – 30 September 1981) was an English, and later Canadian conductor and academic. He was Dean of the Royal Conservatory of Music at the University of Toronto. Neel founded and conducted chamber orchestras, and contributed to the revival of interest in baroque music and in the 19th and 20th Century string orchestra repertoire. Neel was born in Blackheath, London, and wanted to be a pianist as a child.[2] His mother, Ruby Le Couteur, was a professional Read more [...]
Jacek Strauch

Jacek Strauch

(EN): Jacek Strauch was born as son of polish immigrants in London. He concluded his medical studies at Queens-College in Cambridge before he did his singing studies privately and at the National Opera Studio in London.2001 he was entitled "opera singer of the year" of "opera world". His debut was in Glyndebourne, then he had contracts in Würzburg/Germany and Saarbrücken. From 1984 to 1990 he performed in München, Nizza, London, Berlin (Komische Oper), Ferrara, Modena and Edinburgh (Scottish Read more [...]
European Doctors Orchestra

European Doctors Orchestra

We are an orchestra made up of doctors from across Europe.  We perform at least two public charity concerts a year, aiming to promote the public's understanding in the performance and appreciation of music, and also to benefit other charity projects (usually related to health and well-being).   https://vimeo.com/80298437?embedded=true&source=video_title&owner=8318689 web wikipedia youtube - vimeo facebook - twitter - instagram work Read more [...]
Jonathan Miller

Jonathan Miller

Sir Jonathan Wolfe Miller CBE (21 July 1934 – 27 November 2019) was an English theatre and opera director, actor, author, television presenter, humourist and physician. After training in medicine and specialising in neurology in the late 1950s, he came to prominence in the early 1960s in the comedy revue Beyond the Fringe with Peter Cook, Dudley Moore and Alan Bennett. Miller began directing operas in the 1970s. His 1982 production Read more [...]