Eleonora Strino Trio, Lumithia at Casa del Jazz, November 13, 2026

The Eleonora Strino Trio brings the guitarist's new album Lumithia to Casa del Jazz in Rome on Friday, November 13, 2026 at 19:30, with Giulio Corini on double bass and Zeno De Rossi on drums, in the "Armando Trovajoli" concert hall. The concert is part of Roma Jazz Festival 2026. Casa del Jazz is at Viale di Porta Ardeatina 55, 00154 Rome, in the former Villa Osio, inside a public park between the Aurelian Walls and Via Cristoforo Colombo. Official price: single ticket 20 euros. Tickets are on sale online through the link on the event page of the Casa del Jazz website and at the box office, which on concert days opens at 19:00 and closes 40 minutes after the start. The official website lists metro line B (Piramide stop) and bus 714 (Colombo/Marco Polo stop) as public transportation, and mentions a parking lot at the corner of Via Cristoforo Colombo and Viale di Porta Ardeatina. To plan your route from your starting point there's the ATAC journey planner. Venue contacts: 06 80241281, info@musicaperroma.it.

Lumithia live

Lumithia is the record Eleonora Strino releases in 2026. The Casa del Jazz presentation describes it as a work recorded for solo guitar, very intimate, built like a diary of emotions. The thread running through it is an exploration of the female world, populated by real and imaginary figures: writers, literary characters, revolutionaries, loved ones.

The result, according to the same presentation, is a universe of fragility, rebellion, memory and identity, in which music directly translates inner experiences. It's a project that shifts the focus from technique to personal storytelling.

The title

The official sources don't explain the origin of the word Lumithia, which isn't part of current Italian vocabulary. Without an explanation from the author, it's more correct to leave the title open to the audience's interpretation, as happens with many instrumental records.

From solo to trio

There's one element that makes the Rome concert particularly interesting. The record is for solo guitar, while on the Casa del Jazz stage Eleonora Strino appears in a trio, with double bass and drums. That means the Lumithia pieces, conceived for a single instrument, will be reinterpreted by a larger lineup: a transformation that is normal in jazz, but that in this case deeply changes the character of music born as a confession.

A diary of portraits

The official presentation doesn't list the track titles or the figures they're dedicated to, so it's not possible to say in advance which writers or revolutionaries appear in the musical diary. The concert setlist hasn't been published either.

Who Eleonora Strino is

Casa del Jazz presents her as one of the most gifted guitarists on the international jazz scene. The path described in the official page starts from Roberto De Simone's orchestra, where she took her first steps. Then a meeting in Berlin with the double bass player Greg Cohen opened the way to an international career.

The Great Guitarists and International Guitars Night

In 2022 Eleonora Strino took part in the International Guitars Night tour, which the Casa del Jazz page calls the most important and longest-running touring festival devoted to acoustic guitar, and became the first woman in the trio The Great Guitarists. According to the Sligo Jazz Project website, in that group she played with Ulf Wakenius and Martin Taylor.

Her first album as leader

Her first record under her own name is I Got Strings, released in May 2023 on Cam Jazz. The Sligo Jazz Project website says it was recorded live in Berlin in November 2021 with Greg Cohen on double bass and Joey Baron on drums. Lumithia, three years later, marks a sharp change: from the trio to the solitude of solo guitar.

Collaborations and recognition

The same source mentions collaborations with Dado Moroni's quartet, with Emanuele Cisi's quartet in a project with the actor Filippo Timi and with Greg Cohen's trio. Jazz Guitar Today magazine gave her the cover of its February 2020 issue, naming her among the most promising young talents on the international scene.

Musician, composer, teacher

The Casa del Jazz page stresses three roles: musician, composer and teacher. Eleonora Strino's teaching work is very wide. According to the Sligo Jazz Project, she has given seminars and masterclasses at the Conservatory of San Salvador in Brazil, at HEMU in Lausanne, at the Conservatoire Pierre Cochereau in Nice, at the Conservatory of Tirana and at Taller de Músics in Barcelona, and she teaches jazz guitar at the Cosenza Conservatory.

A bebop handbook

In March 2023 she published with Fundamental Changes the teaching book Bebop Scales for Jazz Guitar, devoted to bebop scales applied to the guitar. For guitar students going to the concert it's a detail to remember: the musician you hear in the hall is the author of a method used to study the language of modern jazz.

The American tour

2026, according to the official presentation, is also the year of her debut tour in the United States. The Rome concert therefore comes at a very busy time, between the release of the record and the concerts overseas.

The trio: Corini and De Rossi

On double bass is Giulio Corini, on drums Zeno De Rossi. The official page gives no biographical notes on the two musicians, who appear only in the lineup. The relevant fact for the listener is the very choice of a classic trio, guitar, double bass and drums, the lineup the guitarist had already recorded her first album with.

The trio as dialogue

In a guitar trio the rhythm section is particularly exposed: there's no piano to fill out the harmony, and the double bass often becomes the second lead. In an intimate hall like Trovajoli, this three-way conversation can be heard in every detail, from the double bass pizzicato to the brushes on the drums.

What to expect

Lumithia is an intimate record. The trio concert will likely be more dynamic, with room for improvisation by the three musicians. The official pages don't say if the setlist also includes pieces from the first record or standards: this hasn't been published, and the surprise is part of the pleasure.

At Roma Jazz Festival 2026

The concert is part of Roma Jazz Festival 2026, the 50th edition, called Anniversary, scheduled between November 1 and 24 under the title "Rileggere Miles, ripensare il jazz" (rereading Miles, rethinking jazz). Eleonora Strino's evening brings to the festival the voice of a musician who works on the modern jazz guitar repertoire and, with Lumithia, on a first-person story.

The weekend of November 13 and 14

The next day, Saturday, November 14, the same hall hosts the Nexus Quartet with its debut album Appunti di viaggio. On Sunday the 15th the Casa del Jazz park welcomes Elective Lines with Andrea Colella. If you want to enjoy the venue for a whole weekend, there's a continuous program.

A guitar for the anniversary

In an edition devoted to rethinking jazz, the presence of a guitarist who was the first woman in a historic trio devoted to her instrument also has symbolic value. The 50th anniversary festival thus holds together the memory of jazz and the figures renewing its present.

How to listen to a guitar trio

The guitar, double bass and drums trio is one of the most transparent lineups in jazz. Without a piano, the harmony rests almost entirely on the guitar, which has to alternate chords and melodic lines. The double bass supports and comments. The drums give breath and color. For the listener, the pleasure often lies in following how the three voices pass the lead role among themselves during a piece.

The sound of jazz guitar

If you're used to rock guitar you might be surprised by the tone. Jazz guitar tends toward a full, soft sound, with little distortion, that puts the precision of the phrasing in the foreground. It's listening that rewards attention to detail: passing notes, pauses, the way a phrase closes.

From the intimacy of the record to the hall

Lumithia was born as a solo guitar record, and some pieces may keep solo moments live. The official page doesn't say so, but at a concert presenting an album conceived for a single instrument, alternating solo passages and trio passages would be a natural choice. In any case, the intimate hall encourages focused listening.

Who the concert suits

The concert is aimed first of all at jazz guitar lovers, for whom Eleonora Strino is a reference name also as a teacher and author of a bebop handbook. Conservatory and music school students will have the chance to hear up close a musician who teaches the instrument at an Italian conservatory.

For singer-songwriter music lovers

The theme of Lumithia, an exploration of the female world among writers, literary characters and revolutionaries, also brings the record close to those who listen to singer-songwriter music and look for a story in instrumental music. You don't need technical knowledge to follow an emotional diary.

For festival followers

In the Roma Jazz Festival program at Casa del Jazz, the concert is the most classic voice, in the best sense of the word: an acoustic trio led by a bebop-trained guitarist, between two evenings devoted to more experimental projects and young groups.

Useful information in brief

When

Friday, November 13, 2026, starting at 19:30. The box office opens at 19:00, and access to the hall normally begins half an hour before.

Where

Casa del Jazz, Sala concerti Armando Trovajoli. The entrance to the complex is on Viale di Porta Ardeatina, at number 55, postal code 00154.

How much

20 euros, a single price for all seats, with the reductions provided by the rules for people with disabilities.

Who to contact

Fondazione Musica per Roma answers ticket questions at 06 80241281 and at info@musicaperroma.it. For booking accessible seats the same number is active every day from 11:00 to 18:00.

November at Casa del Jazz

The venue's calendar for November 2026 is particularly packed, and Eleonora Strino's concert fits into a sequence worth knowing to plan other evenings.

The festival

Roma Jazz Festival at Casa del Jazz opens on Sunday, November 1 at 18:00 with the duo of Roberto Gatto and Antonello Salis. Then come Saturday the 7th Atlantidei by Zoe Pia, Sunday the 8th Domenico Rizzuto's trio, Friday the 13th Eleonora Strino and Saturday the 14th the Nexus Quartet. The following Sunday, November 15 at 18:00, Elective Lines with Andrea Colella play in the park.

End of the month

On November 27 and 28 the CDJO conducted by Mario Corvini devotes a program to the music of Bob Brookmeyer. On Sunday the 29th the day begins at noon with Le frontiere dell'arpa with Lucia Bova, for the Junctions Beyond Jazz series, and continues at 18:00 with Beatrice Gatto's concert.

A scheduling tip

If you're particularly interested in guitar and acoustic jazz you can pair the concert on the 13th with the Nexus Quartet the next day, which presents a young group with trumpet, piano, double bass and drums: two different ways of approaching contemporary jazz, 24 hours apart in the same hall.

After the concert

The official page doesn't give the length of the concert, so the exit time can't be predicted exactly. If you're going back by public transportation, check the evening times of metro line B and bus 714 on the ATAC service before leaving, because on Friday evenings frequencies can change.

The complex's restaurant

The third building of the complex houses a restaurant. The official pages don't give its name, hours or booking method: if you want to eat on site before or after the concert, ask directly.

Friday the 13th, no superstition

A light note: in Italian popular tradition the day considered unlucky is Friday the 17th, not the 13th. Eleonora Strino's concert therefore falls on a date with no bad reputation, at least on this side of the Alps.

Casa del Jazz: what it's like

Casa del Jazz is run by Fondazione Musica per Roma, which also manages Auditorium Parco della Musica. The complex is made up of three buildings inside a park: the main villa with the concert hall, a building with rehearsal and recording rooms and guest quarters for musicians, and a third building housing a restaurant. More information is on our page about Casa del Jazz.

Sala Trovajoli

The concert hall, named after the Roman pianist and composer Armando Trovajoli, has about 150 seats according to the description of the spaces on the official website, which elsewhere gives 134 seats: the figures don't match, but they describe an intimate space either way.

Books and records

Besides the hall, the villa houses a library and a media library open to the public, along with a bookshop and a café. For anyone arriving early, these are spaces where the venue shows itself as a documentation center as well as a performance venue. Hours and access should be checked with the venue.

A hall that records

The official website explains that the main building has a recording system that makes it possible to produce records and document events. Fondazione Musica per Roma also has its own record label, mentioned on the page about the venue's history.

A curious fact about Casa del Jazz

The historic name of the place, Villa Osio, comes from a banker. Arturo Osio, a founding member of the Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, acquired the area between 1936 and 1939 and had his residence built there on the ruins of a 17th-century farmhouse. The villa that hosts concerts today was therefore designed as the family home of one of the leading figures of Italian finance of those years, long before becoming a symbol of the fight against organized crime.

The name that remains

On the official pages the park is still called "Parco di Casa del Jazz (Villa Osio)". The first owner's name thus survives alongside the new use, while that of the later owner, Enrico Nicoletti, appears only in accounts of the confiscation.

Something nobody tells you about Casa del Jazz

Casa del Jazz is not just a concert hall, but also a place of record production. The official website describes a recording system in the main building, able to produce records and document events. The system also makes it possible to save and share the scheduled events.

What this means for the audience

For concertgoers, this detail has a curious consequence: some evenings may be recorded, and those in the hall become part of the sound environment of a possible recording. The pages of individual concerts don't say which ones will be recorded: this hasn't been published. The usual rule applies anyway, that is, silence during the performance.

My tip for visiting Casa del Jazz

My tip, for a Friday evening concert, is to choose public transportation. The 19:30 start coincides with many Romans coming home from work, and Via Cristoforo Colombo area is one of the city's main traffic arteries. The venue's website lists metro line B to Piramide and bus 714: choosing one of the two and setting off with time to spare is the best way to arrive relaxed at the box office, which opens at 19:00.

Arrive half an hour early

Audience access to the hall, according to the FAQ, normally begins half an hour before the concert and ends five minutes before the start. Once the show has started, entry isn't guaranteed. At a guitar concert, where the first pieces are often the most delicate, coming in late would be a shame.

Seats for people with disabilities

Wheelchair users can book their seat by calling 06 8024 1281, every day from 11:00 to 18:00. Seats are limited and the website recommends booking early.

Another well-known fact, yet not often mentioned

The history of Casa del Jazz as a confiscated property is well known. Less remembered is who ran it when it opened. At the inauguration, in April 2005, the first director was Luciano Linzi, while the venue's administration went to Palaexpo, the city's special agency which at the time also ran Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Scuderie del Quirinale and Casa del Cinema. Casa del Jazz was thus born inside a network of city cultural institutions, alongside exhibition and film venues.

Today with the Auditorium

Today, as the official website specifies, the venue is run by Fondazione Musica per Roma, the same body as Auditorium Parco della Musica. That's why reductions for people with disabilities are obtained at the Auditorium's central box office.

The right photo to take at Casa del Jazz

The park designed by Pietro Porcinai, a landscape architect born in Fiesole in 1910, is the most underrated subject of the place. The paths and greenery surrounding the villa photograph well in daylight: in mid-November sunset comes early, so if you want a photo of the park, come by in the afternoon, maybe before a walk along the walls.

In the evening, the villa

In the evening the natural choice is the lit facade of the villa, seen from the park. It's the image that comes closest to the idea of a "house" of music: a residential building with its windows lit, which you enter as a guest. Filming in the hall during the concert should be avoided out of respect for the musicians and the audience.

Some important events that happened here in history

The 17th century

A 17th-century farmhouse stood in the area, on whose ruins the villa was later built.

1936-1939

Arturo Osio had his residence built to a design by the engineer Cesare Pascoletti, a student of Marcello Piacentini. The park was designed by Pietro Porcinai.

The 1980s

The villa, which had meanwhile passed to the Vicariate of Rome, was bought by Enrico Nicoletti, who transformed it with illegal alterations.

2001

After the seizure of November 14, 1996, the final confiscation came on February 20, 2001 and the assignment to the City of Rome on September 26, 2001 under law 109 of 1996.

2005

In April Casa del Jazz opened. At the entrance a stele made with Libera was placed, with 683 names of mafia victims from 1893 to 2005.

2025

In November the Prefecture of Rome began surveys in the park to search for the remains of the magistrate Paolo Adinolfi, who disappeared in 1994: they may have been hidden there when the villa belonged to Nicoletti.

Who has passed through Casa del Jazz

Among the venue's most unusual presences are the young people of the Jazz Campus Orchestra, the resident project led by Massimo Nunzi that, according to the official website, is aimed at children and teenagers from 7 to 14 to spark their interest in jazz. In a villa that for years was the residence of a figure of Roman organized crime, the youngest now study music.

The musicians' guest quarters

The second building of the complex houses guest quarters for invited musicians: those who play at Casa del Jazz can also live there for a few days. It's a detail that makes the venue different from an ordinary theater, and partly explains its name.

Orchestras and series

Alongside the Jazz Campus Orchestra, the website lists as resident orchestra the CDJO Casa del Jazz Orchestra conducted by Mario Corvini, which at the end of November devotes two concerts to Bob Brookmeyer. Over the year series also pass through the villa, like Junctions Beyond Jazz, which until December brings soloists of the PMCE ensemble to the hall.

Around Casa del Jazz

The venue is along the southern stretch of the Aurelian Walls, in an area that combines ancient monuments and big modern traffic arteries.

Toward Porta San Sebastiano

Following the walls east you reach Porta San Sebastiano, the ancient Porta Appia, home to the Museum of the Walls. From there the Appian Way begins, described on our page about the Appia Antica Park. Porta Ardeatina, which gives its name to the avenue of Casa del Jazz, lies right between Porta San Sebastiano and Porta San Paolo.

Porta Ardeatina up close

Before going into the concert you can take a look at the ancient gateway that gives the avenue its name. Porta Ardeatina had no defensive towers, and the problem was solved with a projection of the wall, a sort of small bastion. On the inner side, near the gate, you can make out the remains of a tomb incorporated into the circuit: Aurelian, to build quickly and spend less, had existing buildings included in the walls. Already in the 8th century the gate no longer appears in the sources, a sign that it was closed very early.

San Saba

In the opposite direction, on the Piccolo Aventino, the basilica of San Saba is a quiet destination for anyone with time in the afternoon. Opening hours of churches and sites should always be checked before setting off.

FAQ about Eleonora Strino at Casa del Jazz

When does Eleonora Strino play at Casa del Jazz?

The concert is set for Friday, November 13, 2026 at 19:30, in Sala Trovajoli, at Viale di Porta Ardeatina 55. The concert is part of the 50th edition of Roma Jazz Festival, which runs from November 1 to 24. The venue's box office opens at 19:00 the same day.

How much is the ticket and where do you buy it?

There's a single ticket at 20 euros. You buy it online through the link on the event page of the Casa del Jazz website, or at the box office on show days, from 19:00 until 40 minutes after the start. In a hall of about 150 seats, during a festival, buying in advance is the safest option.

Who plays with Eleonora Strino?

Giulio Corini on double bass and Zeno De Rossi on drums, according to the official page. It's therefore a classic guitar, double bass and drums trio, the same formula with which the guitarist recorded her first album as leader, I Got Strings, in Berlin in 2021, with Greg Cohen and Joey Baron.

What kind of record is Lumithia?

It's the album Eleonora Strino released in 2026, recorded for solo guitar. Casa del Jazz describes it as an emotional diary devoted to the female world, with real and imaginary figures like writers, characters from novels, revolutionaries and personal loved ones. Live, at Casa del Jazz, the pieces are played in a trio.

What is The Great Guitarists?

It's a trio of guitarists of which Eleonora Strino was the first woman member, according to the official page. The Sligo Jazz Project website notes that in the group she played with Ulf Wakenius and Martin Taylor. In 2022 she also took part in the International Guitars Night tour, a touring festival devoted to acoustic guitar.

How do you get to the venue?

The official website lists metro line B with the Piramide stop, bus 714 with the Colombo/Marco Polo stop and a parking lot near the villa, at the junction of Via Cristoforo Colombo and Viale di Porta Ardeatina. On a Friday evening it's best to set off with plenty of time and check your route on the ATAC journey planner.

Are there reductions?

The page gives a single price. The FAQ, however, provide reductions for people with disabilities: those certified under law 104 pay 20 percent less and, when needed, bring a companion free of charge while seats last. For blind people the discount rises to half price. They're obtained at the central box office of Auditorium Parco della Musica with documentation.

Can you arrive late?

The venue's rules say the audience enters the hall from half an hour to five minutes before the start. Once the concert has started, entry is not allowed, unless the organizers decide otherwise. In that case staff may assign a seat different from the one purchased. At a guitar concert, punctuality is particularly advisable.

Final advice on Eleonora Strino Trio

The November 13 concert is a chance to hear up close a guitarist who built an international career starting from Roberto De Simone's orchestra and reaching the great guitar trios, and who with Lumithia chose the path of personal storytelling. Get your ticket in advance, choose the metro or the bus to avoid Friday evening traffic, go into the hall with a few minutes to spare and listen to how a diary written for solo guitar turns, in a trio, into a three-way conversation in the hall named after Armando Trovajoli.

And if the concert leaves you wanting more, the first record I Got Strings and the new Lumithia show two sides of the same musician: the trio guitarist, at ease with a rhythm section, and the author facing her own instrument alone. Listening to both, before or after the evening, helps you see how much bringing a solo guitar diary back into a trio is an artistic gamble, not a simple adaptation.

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