Les Âmes Perdues at the Notelaer in Bornem-Hingene

Les Âmes Perdues is an Antwerp music theater trio of Naomi Beeldens, Isaak Duerinck, and Ewout Lehoucq. The performers move freely between concert and theater and create playful, idiosyncratic programs in which genres, styles, and eras consciously overlap. For this creation, they do not start from a classic concert, but from a musical guided tour through the Notelaer and its location on the Scheldt. The trio approaches the site as a transition zone: between land and water, history and imagination, fixed architecture and flowing time. De Schelde acts not merely as a background, but as dramaturgical inspiration. As a trade route, border, witness, and mythical carrier, the river has moved stories, bodies, and sounds for centuries. That layering resonates in a form that is possibly walking, with concert moments at different places on the site around the Notelaer. The repertoire is inspired by oral traditions, folk legends, village fairs, and noble histories. Musically, the trio connects French chansons, Flemish folk songs, Renaissance dances, and classical music, from Tylman Susato to Jacques Brel.