Violist Rosalind Ventris and pianist Richard Uttley have joined forced for Concerts in the West's March tour, which will be visiting Bridport Arts Centre next month.

British violist Rosalind Ventris has led an international career as a soloist and chamber musician.

As a recitalist, she has performed at the Royal Festival Hall, Wigmore Hall, Dublin International Chamber Music Festival, Purcell Room, Bozar, Flagey, Slovak Philharmonic, Aldeburgh Festival and Het Concertgebouw.

Praised for her "beguiling and characterful" playing, she has recorded for Delphian, Chandos, Signum, Tŷ Cerdd and Navona record labels, and broadcast on BBC Radio 3, RTÉ Lyric FM, and NPO Radio 4.

Rosalind also enjoys contemporary music collaborations, having performed alongside composers Garth Knox and Sally Beamish.

She is the director of Musical Performance and Performance Studies at the University of Oxford, and is a Professor of viola at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. She is also one of the artistic directors of the Cowbridge Music Festival in Wales.

Noted for the integrity and breadth of his musicianship as soloist, chamber musician and recording artist, Richard Uttley has been recognised for his "musical intelligence and pristine facility", "amazing decisiveness", and "tumultuous performance".

His playing has been frequently broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and has featured on BBC Two, BBC Four, BBC World Service, Classic FM and Sky Arts.

Highlights this season include recitals in the Musikverein (Vienna), Elbphilharmonie (Hamburg), Bozar (Brussels) and Gulbenkian Foundation (Lisbon) with horn player Ben Goldscheider, Wigmore Hall with violist Jordan Bak, and chamber music with composer-clarinettist Mark Simpson and cellist Leonard Elschenbroich at Kings Place.

Richard is a piano professor at the Royal College of Music and also teaches in the RCM Junior Department, at Guildhall School of Music & Drama, City, University of London and the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.

Rosalind and Richard will be performing at Bridport Arts Centre on Friday, march 3 at 11.30am. They will also be performing at Ilminster Arts Centre that evening and at The dance House, Crewkerne, on the evening of Saturday, March 4.

Full details and tickets can be found at tickets.concertsinthewest.org