Joachim started playing clarinet at age 7.
He studied at the Royal Conservatory of the Hague with John Ruocco (1999-2003).
He did his master degree in the same school (2003-2005) where he studied with Ruocco and Michael Moore.
May/June 2005 he attended the 'jazz and creative music workshop' in Banff, Canada where he studied with a.o. Dave Douglas, Don Byron, Greg Osby and Misha Mengelberg.
Joachim is co/leader of:
Rawfishboys: a duo with French bassplayer Brice Soniano
Red Rocket: a trio with Irish guitar player Simon Jermyn and Irish drummer Sean
Carpio.
He is also a member of the groups:
Feles, Quadrille, Brick Quartet, Chroma, Marc Demuth Quartet, Lunfardo, Yves Peeters quartet, Braboshinke.
Joachim performed at the Northseajazzfestival '03 in a bigband conducted by Kenny Werner.
Performed at the Northseajazzfestival '04 in the Michael Brecker quindectet (feat. Adam Rogers, Clarence Penn, Alex Sipiagin, Gil Goldstein).
Performed at the Northseajazzfestival '05 with 'Phil Woods plays Bird with strings'.
April 2006, duo with Japanese Koto player Terumi Hirabayashi in Kyoto,
Japan.
Toured and performed in Ireland, Portugal, New York, Spain, Canada, Italy, Slovenia, France, Austria.
Participant:
Summer 2007, in singer's Sacha Ley's album "Travelling Light"
« Simon Jermyn´s Trot A Mouse » Fresh Sound Records (Spain), recorded
New York January 2007.
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