TRILOG MUSIC
TRILOG
FLAMENCO | JAZZ | HINDUSTANI
TRILOG is where flamenco, jazz, and Hindustani music meet in spontaneous conversation.
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.
QUICK FACTS:
Members: 3
Based in: Spain
Genre: World-Jazz (flamenco, hindustani)
Instrumentation: Flutes, tabla and percussions, flamenco guitar, voice
About the artists
Melón Jimenez
flamenco guitar and vocals
Melón Jiménez’s flamenco roots run deep; he learned the guitar from his father, a Gitano (Spanish Roma) guitarist from Jerez de la Frontera, the birthplace of flamenco. His mother, a German classical pianist, brought another musical world into the home. These rich influences, combined with his boundless musical curiosity, led him to tour with renowned artists across genres, including Anoushka Shankar, Enrique Morente, Richard Bona, Niña Pastori, and Jorge Pardo.
Lara Wong
Flute and bansuri
Lara Wong is a Canadian flutist and bansuri player who began in the classical and jazz world at McGill University before leading her to Spain, where she dedicated herself to flamenco. She is internationally recognized for bringing the sound of the Indian bansuri into flamenco, becoming the first foreigner in history to win the prestigious Filón prize for best flamenco instrumentalist at Festival Cante de las Minas. Her album with Melón Jimenez, Confluencias, was nominated for a Juno Award.
Chaitanya Natu
Tabla and percussion
Chaitanya Natu is a young, virtuosic tabla player from India, now based in Valencia, Spain. Trained from the age of six and holding advanced degrees in both Indian classical and contemporary performance (Berklee College of Music), he blends the taal system and ragas with Western instrumentation to create a fresh, genre-defying sound. He has performed internationally across styles ranging from Indo-Flamenco jazz to Sufi-electronic and Middle Eastern music.
VIDEOS & PHOTOS
PRESS
“A journey that evoked the nomadic spirit at the heart of the project — tracing imagined routes from India to the Mediterranean, and back again.”
“A band of Master Musicians with Something to Say.”
– 24/7 Valencia
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“The magnetic sensitivity of flautist Lara Wong transports you from the most traditional flamenco rhythms to dreamlike landscapes from distant lands, captivating and seducing the audience.”
“Chaitanya Natu handles his instruments with striking speed, precision and rhythm.”
— Agustín López (Desde Soria)
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“A FASCINATING EXAMPLE OF THE ART OF CULTURAL FUSION.”
-Jazz-fun.de
“MELÓN JIMÉNEZ IS A GUITARIST TO WATCH, WITH AN ALLURING STYLE THAT BRIDGES TRADITION AND MODERNITY.”
— DEFLAMENCO
“WONG IS A VIRTUOSO FLUTIST, SCULPTING EXTRAORDINARY PHRASES AND LINES…AND WHEN SHE PLAYS THE INDIAN BANSURI, SHE UNLEASHES A BEWITCHING CHARM THAT HOLDS YOU SPELLBOUND.”
— THE WHOLENOTE