Musician | Brooklyn, NY | Chicago, IL
Although I didn’t come home with a statue (hats off to the queen, Angelique Kidjo), I topped some very awesome best dressed lists for this year’s Grammys! The entire experience – from being nominated for my debut album, to presenting all of the classical awards, to rocking the red carpet – was a life win […] Read more…
Meet The First-Time GRAMMY Nominee: Nathalie Joachim On The Haitian Musical Roots Of ‘Fanm d’Ayiti,’ Community Building & Standing In Her Truth. Bonus: Watch the new official music video for Lamizè pa dous from Fanm d’Ayiti, featuring Spektral Quartet. > Watch the video and read the full story Read more…
Haitian American flutist, vocalist and composer Nathalie Joachim’s first featured solo album “Fanm d’Ayiti” has earned her a Grammy nomination for Best World Music Album. Joachim joins Here & Now’s Tonya Mosley to discuss how her album celebrates her Haitian heritage and some of the country’s unrecognized female artists. > Listen here Read more…
The official word is out: I, Nathalie Joachim, will be a presenter at the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony…and I am beyond thrilled! Being nominated is such an enormous honor already, so this is just the very best icing on the cake. Set your clocks and calendars, and tune in on Sunday, January 26. […] Read more…
April Peavey interviews Nathalie about Fanm d’Ayiti on a recent episode of Public Radio International’s “The World” > Listen to the interview Read more…
Played a fun solo set at Paste Magazine’s NYC studios! Check it out, and let me know what you think. > Watch the full video Read more…
I am speechless. My album, Fanm d’Ayiti – is a labor of love that was made possible by my incredible creative team, my family and the people of Haiti. Today, it was nominated for a Grammy in the Best World Music Album category, and I am so incredibly proud. Huge thanks to Spektral Quartet (Clara Lyon, Maeve […] Read more…
This New Yorker just checked one big bucket list item off of her list: I’ve been immortalized as an illustration in The New Yorker! Not only is the artwork beautiful, the write up is equally fabulous, stating that “No more joyous chamber-music collection has arrived this year than “Fanm d’Ayiti,” the exuberant, expressive song cycle […] Read more…
Always nice to open up your copy of the Sunday issue of The New York Times and see yourself! Even nicer for it to describe Fanm d’Ayiti as a collection of “delicately entrancing songs for string quartet, flute, and electronics — led by Joachim’s powerful and unpretentious voice”. Swoon! > Read the full story Read more…
I am SO excited to finally be able to shout from the rooftops that Spektral Quartet and I will be playing Fanm d’Ayiti at this year’s Big Ears Festival, which announced its full 2020 lineup this morning! It is honestly my absolute favorite festival, and this year’s lineup is (as always) out of this world. […] Read more…