Musician | Brooklyn, NY | Chicago, IL
On April 14, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra presented the orchestral world premiere performance of Flutronix’s Black Being. The powerful work centered newly commissioned text by North Carolina’s Poet Laureate, Jaki Shelton Greene, and featured Flutronix as soloists. This orchestration, was an expansion of the original duo version that premiered in Fall 2021 at The Arts Club of […] Read more…
On December 2, 2020, the Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry at the University of Chicago held a FarBar conversation on storytelling and oral tradition with performer/composer Nathalie Joachim, storyteller Emily Hooper Lansana, and film historian, preservationist, and curator Jacqueline Stewart. They shared with the online audience insight into their personal storytelling practices, and then […] Read more…
Check out Outpost’s exclusive profile on Nathalie, where she opens up about her journey as an artist, saying “it took a long time for me to claim the title, composer and vocalist. The people I saw being given that title and owning it did not look like me, did not live like me.” > Read […] Read more…
Grab the latest issue of Elysian Magazine for a wonderful profile of Nathalie’s life and career, a journey “from Juilliard to the Grammys”. > Read the article Read more…
Sound Off with Katy Henriksen features in-depth conversations about music that challenges the status quo—hybrid sounds that fall through the cracks because they aren’t easily labeled. Check out the latest episode featuring Nathalie. > Listen to the episode Read more…
Very honored to share the world premiere performance of Have and Hold written by my Flutronix partner Allison Loggins-Hull, and commissioned by The Library of Congress as part of the “Boccaccio Project.” Inspired by Giovanni Boccaccio’s 14th-century work The Decameron, a written piece about escaping the deadly effects of the Black Plague, the Boccaccio Project is […] Read more…
Nathalie is so proud to be giving the world premiere performance of “Have and Hold”, a new Library of Congress commissioned work written by her Flutronix partner, Allison Loggins-Hull as part of the Library’s “Boccaccio Project”. Nathalie and Allison talk about the work and more on NPR Morning Edition. > Listen to the full story Read more…
So proud to have been able to share my own story and represent Haiti in this awesome Q&A featured in the latest issue of Aphrochic Magazine. About my work, the publication says, “In her Grammy-nominated solo debut, Fanm d’Ayiti, Nathalie Joachim’s crisp vocals pair beautifully with her stunning arrangements of flutes, strings, and electronics to […] 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…