Romana Goumare is a freelance flutist, based in The Netherlands.

Born in Amsterdam, she began her flute studies with Derek Moore and Koos Kamphuis. She graduated from The Royal Conservatory of the Netherlands as a student of Eline van Esch in 2001. Scholarships from the VSB Council and the Fund for Performing Arts enabled her to pursue further studies with Michael Cox, Kate Hill and Keith Bragg at The Royal Academy of Music in London. She obtained her postgraduate performance diploma with distinction and was awarded the Irene Burcher Memorial Prize for the best woodwind examination in 2002. Romana attended in masterclasses with Sebastian Bell, William Bennett, Emily Beynon, Robert Dick, Wilbert Hazelzet, Jaime Martin, Patricia Morris and Jacques Zoon.

At the age of 12 she made her first appearance on national television as a soloist for the National Youth Orchestra of The Netherlands and was a finalist in the Yamaha Woodwind Competition 2000. During her studies Romana was a member of the National Youth Orchestra of The Netherlands, UBS Verbier Festival Youth Orchestra and the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester. Where she worked with renowned conductors like Claudio Abbado, Zubin Mehta, Franz Welser-Möst, Yan-Pascal Tortelier, Reinbert de Leeuw and Frans Brüggen. Currently she is a freelancer in orchestras like the Radio Chamber Orchestra, Holland Symfonia, The Hague Philharmonic Orchestra, The Hague Bach Orchestra, Limburg Symphony Orchestra and Brabants Orchestra.

In the chamber music field she is a member of the Darius Ensemble which consists out of mezzo-soprano, flute, cello and piano. The ensemble has been selected for the concertserie 'Het Debuut 2005-2006' with eleven concerts in major concerthalls. Romana has partnerships with harpist Sabine Meijers and pianists Ani Avramova and Femke de Graaf.

She performed in festivals like The BBC Proms, Edinburgh Festival, Luzern Festival, Verbier Festival, Kurtag Festival, Salzbürger Festspiele, Holland Festival, Grachtenfestival, during the European Platform for Young Musicians in Brussels and in concert halls like The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Berliner Philharmonie, Royal Albert Hall in London and Musikverein in Vienna.