Diomira Trio

A transnational musical voyage between the modal traditions of the Mediterranean and contemporary jazz.

Inspired by the first city in Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities, a dreamlike city of a hundred silver domes where memories intertwine, Diomira is an organic, shifting musical creation, conceived as a territory of encounter and intercultural dialogue.

Under the artistic direction of flautist and ney player Andrea Romani, the project brings together musicians from varied backgrounds (France, Greece, Italy, Turkey) around a shared ambition: to break down the boundaries between musical forms and let living traditions resonate in the language of the present. The repertoire is built around original compositions and bold reinterpretations that draw their strength from the intuition of the modal musics of Asia Minor, rébétiko and maqâm, while feeding on the raw energy of free jazz and the textured explorations of contemporary Western music.

Diomira's distinctiveness lies in its creative approach: here, no score is fixed. The trio, carried by Andrea Romani's textured breath, the deep lines and backbone of double bassist Leïla Soldevila, and the modern embroidery of oud player Stefanos Floras, works from open frameworks, ancient modes and absolute mutual listening.

Each concert thus becomes a unique and fragile experience, a suspended space of reinvention where silence answers rhythmic flashes. An intense, sensitive and resolutely current poetic crossing, inviting audiences to explore the shifting frontiers of our shared imaginations.

Andrea Romani (ney, flute, voice): a jazz flautist, ney player and singer, he is a disciple of the Turkish master Ömer Erdogdular. Artistic director of the Diomira collective and of the international project Jazz-Maqom, he sets the freedom of jazz in dialogue with the modal musics of Central Asia and the Mediterranean.