TRILOG

Formed by flutist and bansuri player Lara Wong, guitarist Melón Jiménez, and tabla player Chaitanya Natu, the trio traces flamenco’s nomadic path from India to the Mediterranean. The group came together in Spain in 2025, when three artists from different corners of the world — Canada, Spain, and India — came together through a shared fascination with the intertwined roots of flamenco and Indian music. Lara is a pioneer for bringing the Indian bamboo flute into flamenco and was awarded Best Flamenco Instrumentalist at Spain’s prestigious Festival del Cante de las Minas for this work. Melón, one of Spain’s leading flamenco guitarists, toured with Anoushka Shankar on her project Traveller. The circle completes itself with Chaitanya, an Indian percussionist who was drawn to Spain by his curiosity for flamenco while studying at Berklee Valencia. Born out of the longstanding flamenco duo Melón Jiménez & Lara Wong, TRILOG expands this dialogue by bringing the Indian tabla into the mix. With an impressive trajectory, Melón & Lara have performed over 100 concerts across Europe, North America, Asia, and Africa, and their album Confluencias (2024) received a JUNO Award nomination. Though TRILOG is their young trio project, they have already begun to make their mark, playing at festivals like Festival Internacional JAZZMADRID, JazzOn Festival, and Festival des Andalousies Atlantiques (Morocco). Their debut album is set to be released for fall 2026.