Four days, four concerts: Sample a world of music at Olin

The Spanish string quartet Cuarteto Quiroga in performance, photographed by Íñigo Ibáñez/Quincena Musical.

The Spanish string quartet Cuarteto Quiroga. (Íñigo Ibáñez/Quincena Musical)

The Olin Arts Center Concert Hall offers a musical world tour March 13-16, giving listeners the choice of traditional Irish music, traditional and classical Chinese music, the Bates College Orchestra with an international program and a renowned Spanish string quartet.

Danú, an Irish sextet hailed for “astonishing versatility and exuberance” (Geoff Wallis, Musical Traditions), performs at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 13. Tickets cost $30 for the general public and $22 for seniors (65-plus) and students, and are available at batestickets.com.

The Silk Trio, a group of innovative string players specializing in the music of China, plays at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 14. Tickets cost $10, also available at batestickets.com.

Scott Ordway leads the Bates College Orchestra in a program including a Mozart concerto for two pianos, with Frank Glazer and James Parakilas of the Bates faculty as soloists, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 15. The show is free but tickets are required, available through bit.ly/oacbates.

Finally, 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.

The Olin Arts Center Concert Hall is located at 75 Russell St. A limited number of free tickets for students and seniors (65-plus) are available for Danú (after March 10), Silk Trio and Cuarteto Quiroga at bit.ly/oacbates.

For more information, please contact 207-786-6163 or olinarts@bates.edu.