J'M'EN SAX!

(
2015
)
Composer: Michel Smith
For saxophone quartet

By collaborating with composer Michel Smith, who has worked for twenty-five years in the theater and multidisciplinary fields, Quasar wanted to bring the public on a new ground at the intersection of music, happening and theater. After Carrefour sax I and II, which related in a form of ambulatory, 20 years of the quartet's history, J'm'en SAX ! is looking to the future, or even to another place ...

Upon entry of the spectators in the hall of the Gésu, they will be immersed in the dream world of the musicians, a dream envisioned by the composer. Set, costume and a video that will play the composer's presence on stage with the musicians are an integral part of the work. Twenty paintings will follow with changes of scenery and lighting, taking the viewer spellbound.