Musician | Brooklyn, NY | Chicago, IL
Creating music in this moment has been a new frontier for many artists. Nathalie talks about her experience with this in a new featured article for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Read on to find out more about Nathalie’s commissioned work, Glitch Oasis, which was part of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago’s 100th Anniversary season celebration in […] Read more…
The first little glimpse of musical joy to come amidst COVID-19 was being able to join my friends Nadia Sirota, Timo Andres and Gabriel Cabezas in an online concert for Nadia’s podcast, Living Music. We streamed it on Facebook Live, had some awesome conversation, and each performed some beautiful music. This version of the show […] Read more…
I had the incredible honor of performing at Haiti Cultural Exchange’s tribute to Haitian icon Toto Bissainthe. The show featured an amazing audiovisual installation chronicling her life, and interpretations of her work performed by myself, Riva Nyri and Talie. Toto was huge inspiration in the making of my album, Fanm d’Ayiti, so it was wonderful to […] 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…
This fall, Kaufman Music Center will launch a new Artist-in-Residence program that embeds acclaimed, multi-faceted artists who are transforming the music world within a broad range of KMC programs spanning the concert stage and the classroom. The 2019-20 artists are: JACK Quartet, a 2019 Avery Fisher Career Grant winner hailed as the “nation’s most important quartet” (New York […] Read more…
People! Bryce and Aaron Dessner and Justin Vernon started an awesome new collective, and I’m super excited to be part of it. Head on over to check out the beta version of PEOPLE – a steadily growing group of artists, freely creating and sharing work with each other and everyone. The concept is rad, and […] Read more…
Last month, I had the opportunity to sit down with Kai Talim for his podcast Skip the Repeat. I was working my way through the flu, so excuse my froggy voice, but I absolutely loved our conversation. Head on over to the link below to have a listen to our chat about Brooklyn, Haiti, and my latest […] Read more…
Well…it’s official. March 14, 2018 was the greatest day of my life to date. I am still pinching myself at the thought that my latest project, Fanm d’Ayiti (Women of Haiti), came to life on the stage of The Amsterdam in St. Paul, MN to a completely sold out crowd of over 300 people. This project has […] Read more…
Let me just say that if you don’t feel like reading my heartfelt musings, I invite you to skip right on to this link that goes directly to my episode of On Being with Krista Tippett ( http://onbeing.org/…/nathalie-joachim-song-of-haitis-women…/ ), but today is special to me for so many reasons: It’s International Women’s Day. It is now officially less […] Read more…
Issa podcast, friends! I cannot wait to be featured on Chicago’s first ever Resonant Bodies Festival, April 6-8. You should go the whole festival, but my set is on April 8th at 7:30pm, sharing the stage with Pamela Z and Jessie Marino aka…ICONIC QUEENS. I met up with Resonant Bodies Artistic Director, Lucy Dhegrae, to chat […] Read more…