Performing with surgical precision

The Los Angeles Doctors Symphony Orchestra, shrouded in pink for a 2011 concert.

Child prodigies of the Westside are teaming up with local doctors, but no need to worry—they’ll be performing Mozart, not open-heart surgery.

The Los Angeles Doctors Symphony Orchestra will play two all-Mozart concerts this weekend featuring the six winners of the Westside Music Foundation’s Robert Turner Piano Concerto Competition, an annual contest for kids ages 8 to 18.

The first three winners—Grace Kim, 16, Camille Ida Camacho De Beus, 15 and Eric Lin, 16—will play the Grand Lounge of the Ebell of Los Angeles at 743 South Lucerne Boulevard. The concert takes place Friday, February 24, at 8 p.m. Each student winner will perform one movement of Piano Concerto No. 8 in C Major, K. 246.

The other winners—Tristan Pardee, 11, Averi Suk, 11 and Serena Wang, 12—will perform movements of Piano Concerto No. 8 in C Major, K. 246 at Plummer Park’s Fiesta Hall in West Hollywood on Sunday, February 26. Concert time is 2 p.m. to give everyone a chance to get home for the Oscars.

Both concerts are $15 for adults, $10 for seniors and free for kids under 12.

The Doctors Symphony Orchestra is a health industry-based community orchestra that dates back to 1953. These days, not all members are actual doctors (though many are.) The organization raises money for medical charities by performing affordable concerts across Los Angeles County.

Posted 2/23/12