Cal Performances At Home: Nathalie Joachim & Spektral Quartet – Fanm d’Ayiti (broadcast on-demand until 1/12/2021)
$15-$225 ($5 UCB student)
Nathalie Joachim, flute & voice
Clara Lyon, violin
Maeve Feinberg, violin
Doyle Armbrust, viola
Russell Rolen, cello
Nathalie Joachim – Fanm d’Ayiti ("Women of Haiti")
Haitian-American composer, flutist, and vocalist Nathalie Joachim, already familiar to Cal Performances’ audiences for her appearances as part of Eighth Blackbird, collaborates with Chicago’s Spektral Quartet in Fanm d’Ayiti ("Women of Haiti"), a suite of kaleidoscopic original compositions and arrangements that explores Joachim’s Haitian heritage and celebrates the songs and stories of Haiti’s most compelling female artists. Singing in kreyòl (Haitian Creole), Joachim weaves her own luminous voice with those of her grandmother, a girls choir from her family’s hometown, and interviews with activist women performers who fought for social justice in the world’s first free Black republic. Folk songs blend seamlessly with chamber strings and electronic soundscapes in Joachim’s deft – and highly personal – musical journey, recorded for Cal Performances audiences in Chicago’s venerable Black Ensemble Theater and Performance Center. The studio release of Fanm d’Ayiti received a Grammy nomination for Best World Music Album and has been praised for bridging “vast expanses of time and place, bringing together the sounds of Haitian folk music, Western classical music, electronic, and hints of pop… in service to one of the deepest of traditions—the tradition of innovation” (The Nation).
This video will premiere on Oct 14, 7pm Pacific, and will be available on demand until Jan 12, 2021, 11:59pm Pacific.
Pre-Concert Conversation: Join us at 6:30pm Pacific, before the streaming premiere at 7pm Pacific, for a pre-concert conversation with Nathalie Joachim and Cal Performances executive and artistic director Jeremy Geffen. Free for ticket holders. Available on demand here, following the premiere, for everyone.
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