Shadows Of Bamian - Robert Lemay (Live) by Proteus.Quartet published on 2014-12-10T09:09:56Z Canadian premier performance of Robert Lemay's Shadows of Bamian by the Proteus Saxophone Quartet. Performed at the North American Saxophone Alliance Region 9 Conference at the University of Saskatchewan. 9th February 2013. Programme Note: In March of 2001, the Talibans have destroyed the two big Buddhas, 1500 years-old in the province of Bamian in Afghanistan, even against many of the international protest. Even though those statues have disappeared, we can still see the silhouettes and the shadows of the Buddhas in the stone of the mountain. The Talibans have destroyed the statues, but the shadows printed in the stone are perhaps more powerful than anything else now. In this sense, the Afghan religious extremists did not succeed in destroying the Buddhas. Proteus Quartet: Mark Michalak - Soprano Saxophone Michael Morimoto - Soprano Saxophone Holly DeCaigny - Tenor Saxophone Tommy Davis - Tenor Saxophone www.proteusquartet.com Genre Contemporary
