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)

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 the Museum 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 Sound Kitchen 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.

Ms. 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.