In her most recent project, Grammy-nominated artist Nathalie Joachim explores her family’s heritage through music and attempts to give a voice to the female musicians of Haiti.
On Jan. 10, Joachim and Spektral Quartet will perform Joachim’s "Fanm d’Ayiti," an album that explores the cultural heritage of female Haitian musicians.
The performance will be held in the James and Susan Moeser Auditorium in Hill Hall and is hosted by Carolina Performing Arts. General admission costs $37 and student tickets cost $10.
"Fanm d’Ayiti," meaning ‘women of Haiti,’ explores both Haitian musical culture and Joachim’s own family history.
The album weaves together arrangements of Haitian folk music, Joachim’s original music and recordings of interviews with female Haitian musicians.
"Fanm d’Ayiti" was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best World Music Album category.
Joachim spent about a year and a half researching the project, traveling between Haiti and the United States to conduct the interviews featured on the album.
“I got to have some very intimate and beautiful conversations with them about their lives and their journeys as female artists,” Joachim said.
Joachim has been a musician since childhood and is the co-founder of Flutronix, a flute duo with Allison Loggins-Hull. Loggins-Hull co-produced the "Fanm d’Ayiti" album with New York-based artist Tony Maimone. Spektral Quartet, a string quartet based in Chicago, joins Joachim both on the album and the tour.