LUNCHTIME concerts return to St Mary's Church, Weymouth, at 1pm on Wednesday February 15 with a performance from esteemed chamber musician Madalina Rusu.

Romanian pianist Madalina has been a regular visit to Dorset, studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and has established a busy career as a recitalist and concerto soloist throughout Britain and abroad, including appearances at major London venues.

Madalina has enjoyed performing from a very early age, and is quickly establishing a successful career as a soloist and chamber musician. She has performed to critical acclaim in Romania, and throughout Europe in Bulgaria, Hungary, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal.

Since her arrival in London, Madalina has appeared as a soloist at Barbican Hall, Cadogan Hall, LSO St Luke's, St Martin's in the Fields, St Margaret's Church, Chappell's of Bond Street, Fairfield Halls, and elsewhere throughout the UK.

Madalina has been awarded the prestigious Guildhall Artist Fellowship, and she currently holds a busy piano teaching post at the Orchard House School, London, and she also has her own teaching studio in her home in Biggleswade where Madalina lives with her husband and their three-year-old daughter.

See madalinarusu.com for more information.

Tickets cost £4.50 on the door or £3 for students with a free programme.