Vartan Matiossian
It was a cold night in Manhattan, but the audience filling Zankel Hall was
warmed enough to cheerfully welcome Sybarite5 in their Carnegie Hall debut.
And for the next two hours, people went from warm to hot while this
chamber quintet of young, talented, and passionate musicians was unfolding a
cascade of unchained melodies. We have watched and listened to a good share of
chamber groups over the years, but nothing was close to the originality and
versatility of this one. This writer is neither a musician nor a musical
critic, thus these lines are not intended to be a specialist's appreciation of
what really transpired on the night of November 13, 2012.
