Olin quartet series resumes with Spain’s renowned Cuarteto Quiroga
The Spanish string quartet Cuarteto Quiroga. (Íñigo Ibáñez/Quincena Musical)
The Olin Arts Alive Quartet Series presents the celebrated Spanish ensemble Cuarteto Quiroga with a program of Mozart, Bartok and Schoenberg at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 16.
Tickets cost $12, available at batestickets.com. A limited number of free tickets for students and seniors (65-plus) are available at bit.ly/oacbates.
The Olin Arts Center Concert Hall is located at 75 Russell St. For more information, please contact 207-786-6163 or olinarts@bates.edu.
The New York Times described Cuarteto Quiroga as “exquisite: precise, perfectly balanced, interpretatively fresh performances, couched in consistently warm hues.”
The members of the quartet are violinists Aitor Hevia and Cibrán Sierra; violist Josep Puchades; and cellist Helena Poggio. Named for violinist Manuel Quiroga, a Spanish musical hero, the foursome is one of the most dynamic and unique quartets of its generation. It is internationally acclaimed for its distinctive personality as well as its bold and original approach to the string quartet repertoire.
The group’s 2011 CD Statements, with music of Haydn, Webern and Sollima, was named “Best Classical Music Album 2012” by the Spanish Independent Producers Union and was acclaimed by the international press.
The 2013 recording Revolutions, dedicated to the early works of the Second Viennese School, is being praised by critics and audiences, and was labeled “exceptional” by Scherzo, Spain’s leading magazine for classical music.
