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The Sybarite Chamber Players are a New York–based group of gifted young string musicians who have gained a reputation for juxtaposing the likes of Stravinsky with Radiohead, or Dvořák with Led Zeppelin. But that doesn’t even begin to describe the range of their eclecticism or the depth of their repertoire. The Sybarites, whose name refers to the finer things in life, first banded together as a quintet in 1997 at the Aspen Music Festival and its rotating 11-member lineup has since become involved in a plethora of educational, orchestral, and chamber music activities, including the New World Symphony and the Tarab Cello Ensemble. But you can catch the Sybarites in coming weeks at several intriguing programs that could serve as a primer for the eclectic nature and future direction of the new generation of string players. Those dates this season include a concert at the revamped Lincoln Center’s Bruno Walter Auditorium on November 30; and a performance of the DIDO Project, a multimedia opera based on Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas and directed by Patrick Diamond, at the Samsung Experience Time Warner Center in New York on December 4. |
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This article also appears in Strings Week,
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