(Another) 12 LGBTQI+ composers you should listen today

Equality should be celebrated every day and Donne's main goal is to AMPLIFY all the voices.

We would like to invite you to listen to these amazing LGTBQI+ composers during June, the PRIDE MONTH! And don't forget to share.

Do you have any other names to suggest? We would love to make a part four of this list! Let us know!

And happy listening!

ANA CAROLINA - BRAZIL

Ana Carolina is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, and musician.

Ana grew up listening to Brazilian famous musical names such as Chico Buarque and Maria Bethania. She is also a fan of Nina Simone and Alanis Morissette. She started her career singing in local bars.

In 2005, she came out as a bisexual.

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AMY COOK - USA

Amy Cook is an American songwriter and singer that lives in Austin, Texas. Her songs have appeared in several television shows like Good Wife, Veronica Mars, Dawson's Creek, Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County, Felicity, and Party of Five, amongst others.

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ANGELA RO RO - BRAZIL

Angela Ro Ro is a Brazilian musician, songwriter, and singer, influenced by names like Ella Fitzgerald, Maysa Matarazzo, and Jacques Brel.

Her first album is considered one of the greatest Brazilian albums of all time by the Rolling Stone.

She is one of the first out lesbian musicians in Brazil.

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CALENNA GARBÄ - ARGENTINA

Calenna Garbä is a trans composer and pianist. In the beginning, she was a gender composer, specialized in Movie Soundtracks.

She won several prizes during her career, including the Argentinian prize "Estrella de Mar 2017". In 2017, she premiere a work played by the Queer Symphonic Orchestra de Nueva York.

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DANIELA MERCURY - BRAZIL

Daniela Mercury is one of the most known Brazilian singers, composers, and producers. She sold more than 20 million albums, won a Grammy Latino, and several other national prizes during her career.

Daniela Mercury is bissexual and is married to the journalist Malu Verçosa since 2013.

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JANELLE MONÁE - USA

Janelle Monáe is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, actress, and producer. She has received eight Grammy nominations and won several other prizes. Monáe was also honored with the Billboard Women in Music Rising Star Award in 2015

She identifies herself as bisexual and pansexual.

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JULIETTE NOUREDDINE - FRANCE

Juliette Noureddine, also known only as Juliette, is a Franch composer, singer, and songwriter.

She is one of the most original and important voices of France today. She has released seven albums so far and received the medal Chevalier des Arts et Lettres. She also hosts a radio show in France, where she presents a selection of eclectic and diverse music, from pop to classical, according to her mood.

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LAURA KAMINSKY - USA

Laura Kaminsky is an American composer, producer of musical and multi-disciplinary cultural events, and educator.

Her music was performed around the world and she won numerous prestigious awards and fellowships. She has already worked in Ghana, Poland, and the US.

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RONA MAC - UK

Rona Mac is an English composer with (only!) 25 years old from Wales. She published her first music release this year, and she home-recorded, produced, mixed, and mastered it.

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SANDRA DE SÁ - BRAZIL

Sandra de Sá is a Brazilian singer, musician, and songwriter. Her main songs are popular Brazilian music and black music.

She is involved with music since she was young, especially in the Carnaval context. She won several prizes in her career. In 2015 she assumed her bisexuality.

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UÉLE LAMORE - FRANCE

Uèle Lamore is an American conductor and composer. In 2007, she created the l'Orchestre Orage, for independent artists.

She is specialized in the mixing of orchestral and acoustic textures with modular, electronic, and synthetic elements.

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ZÉLIA DUNCAN - BRAZIL

Zélia Duncan is an actress, singer, and composer.

She started her career in the '80s after winning a contest by the Fundação Nacional de Artes. She was also part of the Brazilian band Os Mutantes from 2006 to 2008. Since then, she continued her solo career.

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JUNE 30

CECILIA ARIZTI - CUBA

Born 30 June

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LINDA LISTER - USA
Born 30 June

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Composers of the day: June 29

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JUNE 29

ANNE MCGINTY - USA

Born 29 June

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CARLA LUCCERO - ITALY

Born 29 June

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Composers of the day: June 28

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JUNE 28

SVETLANA MAKSIMOVIC - SERBIA

Born 28 June

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ELEANORA ORSINI - ITALY

Born 28 June

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Composers of the day: June 27

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JANICE GITECK - USA

Born 27 June

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KATHARINA NOHL - GERMANY

Born 27 June

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(More) 15 LGBTQI+ composers you should listen today

Equality should be celebrated every day and Donne's main goal is to AMPLIFY all the voices.

We would like to invite you to listen to these amazing LGTBQI+ composers during June, the PRIDE MONTH! And don't forget to share.

Do you have any other names to suggest? We would love to make a part three of this list! Let us know!

And happy listening!

BILLIE HOLIDAY - USA

Billie Holiday was an American jazz singer and composer well known in the history of music. Her voice, influenced by jazz, was a pioneer in manipulating time. She also was known for her vocal delivery and improvisation skills.

According to several sources, Billie was bisexual and had a few relationships with some women.

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MEREDITH MONK - USA

Meredith Monk is an American composer, performer, director, vocalist, filmmaker, and choreographer.

She is well known for her innovations using voice and has influenced several artists during her immense career. Her songs were also used in several movies, like The Big Lebowski and she was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Barack Obama.

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MARIA ELENA WALSH - ARGENTINA

Maria Elena Walsh was an Argentine poet, novelist, musician, playwright, writer, and composer. Her work was mostly written for children and her songs are remembered by several generations.

Her work is compared, in Argentina, with Lewis Carrol. She won several prizes and honors during her career. Her work was political and she was a fierce opponent of the Military Dictatorship in her country.

She was married from 1978 until her death with the photographer Sara Facio.

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LAURA KARPMAN - USA

Laura Karpman is an American composer who has won four Emmy Awards for her work. She already composed for film, television, video games, theater, and the concert hall.

In 2014, Karpman co-founded the Alliance for Women Film Composers with Lolita Ritmanis and Miriam Cutler. The organization provides visibility and advocacy for women composers.

Laura is married to the composer Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum and they have a son.

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ANNEA LOCKWOOD - NEW ZEALAND

Annea Lockwood is a New Zealand-born composer that works mostly with found sounds. Her work is modern and experimental: from the microtonal, electro-acoustic soundscapes and vocal music, she seems to have explored and expressed previously ignored spaces in modern composition.

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SALLY WHITWELL - AUSTRALIA

Sally Whitwell is an Australian classical musician, pianist, composer, arranger, conductor, and teacher. Sara has released four solo albums so far. She won several prizes in her career, including the ARIA Music Awards of 2011 and 2013.

She and her partner, Glennda Blyth (a visual artist) ran a multi-art space in Sydney, The Sal-On, for lesbian artists.

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NATALIA ZUCKERMAN - AUSTRALIA

Natalia Zukerman is an American artist and musician raised in NYC. Her music is a mix of blues, jazz, bluegrass, and folk.

She plays a variety of guitars including acoustic, electric, slide guitar, dobro, lap steel guitar, and banjo, but primarily focuses on her Goodall acoustic guitar. Along with her work as singer, songwriter, and guitarist, Zukerman is also an accomplished artist specializing in large format drawings and murals.

She is openly lesbian.

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MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO - USA

Meshell Ndegeocello (Michelle Lynn Johnson) is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, and bassist.

Her music has several influences, that include funk, soul, jazz, hip hop, reggae, and rock. She was nominated ten times to the Grammy Awards and has been credited for helping "spark the neo-soul movement".

She is bisexual and married to the actress Alison Riley and they both have a son.

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LESLEY BARBER - CANADA

Lesley Barber is a Canadian composer who has worked for several movies, films, TV shows, and projects. A multi-instrumentalist, conductor, and pianist, Lesley’s interest in modern electronic programming, loops, and effects adds dimension to her work, creating hybrid atmospheric scores with lush orchestration with an innate ability to bring the essential to light and avoid the cliché.

She is married to the director Patricia Rozema and they have two children.

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LAURA JANE GRACE - USA

Laura Jane Grace is an American musician best known as the founder, lead singer, songwriter, and guitarist of the punk rock band Against Me!

Grace is notable for being one of the first highly visible punk rock musicians to come out as transgender, after she publicly came out in May 2012.

She has a daughter with her ex-wife Heather Hannoura, a visual artist.

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YFAT ZISSO - UK

Yfat Zisso is an English composer and soprano. Her interests range from the use of different microtonal soundworlds and textures to children’s books and the exploration of various extended techniques.

She is also a soprano, specializing in contemporary repertoire, as a soloist and choral singer.

Yfat is openly lesbian.

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ANGEL HAZE - USA

Angel Haze is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. She started her career putting songs online for free from 2009 to 2012 and released her first album in 2013

Haze is pansexual and agender. She has said: "People talking about me, like, ‘I'm glad there's an actual woman of color representing queerness and pansexuality, someone who is like me in the spotlight.’".

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RUTH ANDERSON - USA

Ruth Anderson was an American composer, orchestrator, teacher, and flutist. She worked with orchestral and electronic music. She studied composition with Darius Milhaud and Nadia Boulanger in Paris.

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LISA COLEMAN - USA

Lisa Coleman is an American pianist and composer. She was a member of Prince's backing band The Revolution from 1980 to 1986. She is also one half of the musical duo Wendy & Lisa, formed with Wendy Melvoin in 1986.

In 2009, she declared herself a lesbian to the Out magazine. She is married since 2004 to Renata Kanclerz and they have one child together.

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DANI ROBISON - USA

Dani Robison is an American artist, bassist, and composer, and has recorded and released three albums. She is a queer trans woman and declares herself also a witch.

She performed her work also in the video, performance art, fashion design, tattoo, puppetry, and animation. 

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