In a world where not every kind of love can be openly celebrated, music offers a space where all emotions can be expressed—from longing and passion to sorrow and liberation. In Queer Notes , you’ll hear the personal stories of queer composers through music, letters, and testimonies in their own words. Composers such as Francis Poulenc, Ethel Smyth, and Pyotr Tchaikovsky struggled with their identity and visibility. Their words speak in more or less veiled terms of longing and passion, but in their music they revealed everything about themselves, in vivid colors.

Pieter van Loenen - violin
Inga Våga Gaustad - violin
Michiel Wittink - viola
Laura van der Heijden - cello
Pieter de Koe - cello
Pieter Bogaert - piano

Photo: Marijke de Schepper