Nathalie Joachim

Nathalie Joachim is a Grammy-nominated Haitian-American performer and composer, hailed as “a fresh and invigorating cross-cultural voice.” (The Nation). Her creative practice centers an authentic commitment to storytelling and human connectivity while advocating for social change and cultural awareness, earning her the reputation of being both “powerful and unpretentious” (The New York Times). Joachim is Assistant Professor of Composition at Princeton University and is regularly commissioned to write for orchestra, instrumental and vocal ensembles, dance, and interdisciplinary theater. This season’s highlights include new works for Carnegie Hall, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the Grant Park Music Festival, and Spoleto Festival USA. Her landmark Fanm d’Ayiti, an evening-length work for flute, voice, string quartet, and electronics, celebrates and explores her personal Haitian heritage and received a Grammy nomination for Best World Music Album; the work was filmed exclusively for Cal Performances at Black Ensemble Theater, Chicago, and was streamed to an international audience in Fall 2020 as part of the Cal Performances at Home concert series. Joachim’s highly anticipated sophomore album, Ki moun ou ye—an intimate examination of ancestral connection and self—was co-released last month by Nonesuch Records and New Amsterdam Records.

Joachim is a United States Artist Fellow and co-founder of the critically acclaimed duo Flutronix. She is an alumnus of the Juilliard School and The New School.