Charlotte Haesen

Charlotte Haesen is a Rwandese-Dutch singer-songwriter, performer and artistic director based in Germany with deep ties to Maastricht. Her work moves fluidly between French chanson, original singer-songwriter material and curated covers, with identity, self-expression and cultural roots threading through everything she does.
She tours across the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany under her own name and as part of several projects: solo, the five-piece Charlotte Haesen Band, the chanson/chamber music ensemble Café des Chansons and the folk-jazz quartet GOLEINE.
A Eujazz Award winner supported by the GAVE Fonds (Maastrichts Talentenfonds), Charlotte is also the founder of Stichting L'Okapi, a wellbeing and multidisciplinary arts foundation for young adults based in the Netherlands.
Her new single I Get To Know You is out 12 June 2026, followed by the Renaissance EP on 17 July (Deye Records).
★★★★★ "Extraordinarily impressive, dramatic, cheerful, melancholy and moving." Erik Voermans, Het Parool
"Her voice is evocative of a sunbeam peeking playfully through a crevice in a cliff into the darkness of a cave." Joost Galema, NRC
"A passionate romance between strings and voice." Pablo Cabenda, De Volkskrant