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  • Nathalie Joachim is a GRAMMY-nominated performer and composer. The Haitian-American artist is hailed for being “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, gaining her the reputation of being “powerful and unpretentious.” (The New York Times)

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  • Joachim’s 2025/26 season includes several appearances at Opera Philadelphia as their Composer-in Residence, including her contribution to the company’s world premiere opera Complications in Sue. She presents material from her upcoming opera Le présent éternel at theMuseum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City in November 2025 and joins the New York Philharmonic for an expanded version of the work in May 2026 as the featured artist in the orchestra’s Sound On series. Joachim also appears at Carnegie Hall and The Juilliard School as an Arnhold Creative Associate, premieres her new multimedia work Solitude + S P A C E at Princeton and the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, and joins DeCoda for performances of Fanm d’Ayiti in San Francisco and at Stanford University. Further world premieres this season include works written for London Sinfonietta/Holland Festival and the Jacksonville Symphony.


    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. Her landmark project, 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. Joachim’s sophomore album, Ki moun ou ye, an intimate examination of ancestral connection and self, was co-released by Nonesuch Records and New Amsterdam Records in 2024 and deemed “one of the year’s most creatively and personally ambitious albums.” (SPIN magazine). Joachim is a recent Scholar-in-Residence at the Museum of Modern Art and a United States Artist Fellow. She is an alumnus of The Juilliard School and The New School.

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Fanm d'Ayiti

Nathalie Joachim's debut solo album, Fanm d'Ayiti (Women of Haiti), shows Joachim exploring her Haitian heritage and celebrating the songs and stories of some of Haiti’s most iconic yet under-recognized female artists. The songs on Fanm d'Ayiti were written and arranged by Joachim and feature her performing on vocals, flute, and electronics alongside the Grammy-nominated string ensemble Spektral Quartet.


Listen: Fanm d'Ayiti (Bandcamp) - Fanm d'Ayiti (Spotify) 


"A complex and multi-faceted celebration."  I Care If You Listen, 2019


 Live performances of the album include - 


"Fanm d'Ayiti" orchestral suite for Nathalie Joachim (vocals/flute) & symphony orchestra - 20 minutes


"Fanm d'Ayiti" evening presentation with Nathalie Joachim (vocals/flute), string quartet & electronics - 75 minutes long without interval

Ki moun ou ye

Ki moun ou ye is Nathalie Joachim's second album, an intimate examination of ancestral connection and self, released on Nonesuch/New Amsterdam Records in 2024 and receiving two 2025 GRAMMY nominations. 


Performed in English and Haitian Creole, the work examines the richness of the human voice - an instrument that brings with it DNA, ancestry, and identity - in a vibrant tapestry of Joachim’s voice weaved together with sampled vocal textures, flute, violin and percussion. 


Live performances of the album include - 


"Ki moun ou ye" Orchestral Suite for Nathalie Joachim (vocals/flute) & orchestra
Nathalie Joachim with Members of the Oregon Symphony, February 2025


"Ki moun ou ye" Solo set
Nathalie Joachim performs selections from her recent album "Ki moun ou ye"
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, February 2025


Nathalie Joachim also performs live interpretations of "Ki moun ou ye" with trio or ensemble.  


PRESS
"Rather than saying that she resists the constraints of genre, it might be more accurate to say that Joachim operates with total indifference to them. On vocals, flute, and electronics, she gave a live rendition of the album in its entirety (although the songs were in a different order), with the help of an all-star band [violin, viola, flute, percussion]. Joachim’s manner of vocal expression is direct, ethereal, and folk-like… a refreshing example of Joachim’s musical agility; the music glides and shimmers effervescently, seductively, mischievously avoiding any sense of definitive closure." San Francisco Classical Voice, March 2024

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Martin Wittenberg
Director, Intermusica New York
+1 (719) 200-6426
mwittenberg@intermusica.com

Rachel Feldhaus
Associate Artist Manager, Intermusica New York
+1 619-762-8336
rfeldhaus@intermusica.com

Catherine Gibbs
Associate Director (Representation in Europe and selected territories)
+44 20 7608 9946
cgibbs@intermusica.com

All media productions

Film with live performance

James Newton Howard

imagine artists & ensembles

Abel Selaocoe

Colin Currie Group

Makoto Ozone

James Newton Howard

Multimedia productions

Beyond the Score®

Michel van der Aa