{"id":20500,"date":"2023-07-10T07:01:28","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T07:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=20500"},"modified":"2023-07-10T07:01:30","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T07:01:30","slug":"moonjune-music-festival-toledo-2023-featuring-soft-machine-diego-amador-dwiki-dharmawan-dewa-budjana-markus-reuter-anchor-burden-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2023\/07\/10\/moonjune-music-festival-toledo-2023-featuring-soft-machine-diego-amador-dwiki-dharmawan-dewa-budjana-markus-reuter-anchor-burden-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"MoonJune Music Festival Toledo 2023 Featuring Soft Machine, Diego Amador, Dwiki Dharmawan, Dewa Budjana, Markus Reuter Anchor & Burden and More\u202f\u2008"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

MoonJune Music Festival Toledo 2023 Featuring Soft Machine, Diego Amador, Dwiki Dharmawan, Dewa Budjana, Markus Reuter Anchor & Burden and More\u202f\u2008<\/strong>September 28, 29, 30 and October 1, 2023at the Circulo De Arte Toledo, Plaza San Vincente, Toledo, Spain.<\/em>
MUSIC THAT FITS TOLEDO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MoonJune Music and M Films Producciones present a multi-sensory festival of eclectic, international progressive music expanding the boundaries of jazz, rock, global music, and the unknown. Join visionary presenters Leonardo Pavkovic and Mauricio Aguinaco in historic Toledo, Spain, for four days of extraordinary concerts, roundtable discussions with seasoned music industry professionals, regional gastronomical delights, and the warm camaraderie of a global cast of musicians and enthusiasts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Featured artists include Soft Machine (UK), Paqueando with Diego Amador & Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Bandera (Spain), Anchor & Burden (Germany, Israel), Dwiki Dharmawan World Peace Band (Indonesia, Israel, Mexico) with special guest Dewa Budjana (Indonesia), Israel Varela Musica Pintada (Mexico), Heledo & His Friends (Uruguay, Israel, Belgium) featuring Xavi Reija (Spain), Am\u00f3s Lora Band (Spain, Cuba), Jaco Abel Flamenco El\u00e9ctrico Trio (Spain), Ana Alcaide (Spain) with special guest Bill Cooley (United States), Fernando Gir\u00f3n Band (Spain, United States), Anthony Garone (United States), Dennis Rea (United States)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Befitting an artist management and record company that epitomizes musical multiculturalism, MoonJune’s second annual global gathering takes place in the historic cultural crossroads of Toledo, Spain. With its rich history as the former capital of Castile, the first capital of Spain, and the current capital of the La Mancha region, Toledo is a UNESCO World Heritage Site that traces its roots back to Roman times, a place where Christians , Jews and Muslims lived together in tolerance for centuries, hence its nickname, the City of Three Cultures. Fittingly, the 2023 edition of the annual MoonJune festival will take place at Toledo’s historic El Circulo del Arte in the former church of San Vicente, founded by King Alfonso VI shortly after the Muslim conquest of Spain. Once known as the headquarters of the Spanish Inquisition, the building has been reborn as a chapel for worship and art creation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MoonJune Festival Toledo 2023 is a celebration of the creative spirit and international friendship, a gathering of musicians, journalists, music activists and, of course, like-minded music lovers. After a very successful first edition of the festival in Leonardo’s hometown of Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina, itself a historically important cultural melting pot, in June 2022, the Second International Music Festival – MoonJune Festival Toledo 2023, could not to take place nowhere else than Leonardo’s new hometown thus connecting two beautiful historical cities: Toledo (the first capital of Spain) and Jajce (the former capital of medieval Bosnia).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the musicians come from different parts of the world, also the festival-goers and the so-called ‘moonjunistas’ come from various parts of the world, and their presence was confirmed by the fans who come from the United States, Canada, Japan, Indonesia, United Kingdom Kingdom, Belgium, France, Sweden, Switzerland, Poland, Israel, Bosnia & Herzegovina. Confirmed moonjunistas festival goers are eager not only to enjoy the music festival but also to enjoy all the beautiful things that Toledo has to offer, and for many of them this will be their first time not only in Toledo, but in many cases, as well. his first time visiting Spain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GUIDING PRINCIPLES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MoonJune\u2019s guiding principles \u2013 or as Leonardo Pavkovic prefers, \u201cmodus moonjundi\u201d \u2013 are in tune with what legendary British bass player Roy Babbington (Soft Machine and much more) memorably described as \u201cpoetic entanglement\u201d – that is, the art of being alert to, and confidently acting on, the affinities and happenstances of the moment, in a spirit of openness, curiosity, and goodwill. MoonJune\u2019s mission is to spread unity, joy, and hope through music, toward the elusive goal of peace and understanding on this troubled earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dynamic personality of the festival\u2019s founder, Leonardo Pavkovic \u2013 a resident of Toledo since December 2021 \u2013 lies at the epicenter of the Festival\u2019s initiative and its spiritus movens. A unique figure in the worldwide musical milieu, \u201cMr. MoonJune\u201d has long been one of the most creative forces supporting, producing, developing, and organizing ambitious musical projects the world over. The MoonJune Festival is a celebration of the creative spirit and international friendship, a gathering of like minded musicians, journalists, music activists, and of course music lovers. After a very successful first edition of the festival in Leonardo\u2019s native city of Jajce, Bosnia & Herzegovina – itself a historically important cultural crucible – in June 2022, the Second International MoonJune Music Festival 2023 could not be staged anywhere else but in Leonardo\u2019s new hometown, thus connecting two beautiful historic cities: Toledo and Jajce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MoonJune’s Music Universe creates connections between different musicians around the world, often from different cultures and musical styles, producing unique and new music, partnering with quality, artistic integrity and innovation, ignoring conservative critics and skeptics who they reject or downplay anything outside of their own restricted gender biases, and looking to where musical innovations have historically always occurred, in free mixing of genre influences. MoonJune’s musical offering constantly shines its light across a devastated and commercially bastardized musical landscape never capitulating to “the market,” a rare model of musical virtue in times of increasingly cultural bankruptcy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A SENSORY FEAST<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Designed as an immersive, multi-sensory experience, the Second International MoonJune Festival showcases MoonJune talents from around the planet, including distinguished musicians from the United Kingdom, Germany, USA, Spain, Indonesia, Uruguay, Israel, Cuba, and Mexico. The event offers not just a series of concerts but a unique \u201cpenta-sensorial\u201d experience blending sounds, flavors, aromas, and audiovisual elements evoking the rich cultural legacy of Toledo and its surrounding La Mancha region, famed for Don Quixote, Miguel Cervantes, the Windmills of Consuegra, El Greco, olive cultivation, and much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The festival will combine:<\/strong>
\u2022 Hearing: extraordinary music performed by exemplary players representing MoonJune\u2019s global diaspora
\u2022 Sight: projected images complementing live musical performances
\u2022 Taste: the gastronomic richness of La Mancha\u2019s regional cuisine, wine, and olive oil
\u2022 Smell: fragrances of Toledo\u2019s unique natural and built environments
\u2022 Touch: tactile encounters with the walls and buildings of the ancient town, imbued with mysticism from two millennia of history<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the concerts, the festival will include expert roundtable discussions on the state of today\u2019s post-COVID music industry and more, plus the inaugural \u201cMoonJune de la Mancha Awards\u201d for Lifetime Achievement in performing and recording music (and an outstanding career in the music business).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 28 – Day One – Miradero<\/strong>
Press conference
Live performance: ANTHONY GARONE and DENNIS REA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 29 – Day Two – Circulo de Arte<\/strong>
* Roundtable discussion on the music business environment in the post-COVID world, with Derek Shulman, Bill Hein, Leonardo Pavkovic, Markus Reuter, Sid Smith, Adam Baruch.
* Live performances:
\u2022 FERNANDO GIR\u00d3N BAND (band members TBA).
\u2022 ANCHOR & BURDEN (Markus Reuter, Alexander Dowerk, Bernhard W\u00f6stheinrich, Asaf Sirkis).
\u2022 SOFT MACHINE (John Etheridge, Theo Travis, Fred Baker, Asaf Sirkis).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 30 – Day Three – Circulo de Arte<\/strong>
* Roundtable discussion: \u201cthe Flamenco world – yesterday, today and tomorrow\u201d with Jaco Abel, \u00c1mos Lora, Jos\u00e9 Maria Bandera, Diego Amador, Israel Varela, Maria Nocetti.
* Live performances:
\u2022 JACO ABEL FLAMENCO EL\u00c9CTRICO TRIO (Jaco Abel, J\u00falian Heredia, El Moreno).
\u2022 \u00c1MOS LORA BAND (\u00c1mos Lora, Gito Malet\u00e1, Rainier Elizondo ‘El Negr\u00f3n’, Bandolero).
\u2022 PAQUEANDO featuring DIEGO AMADOR and JOS\u00c9 MARIA BANDERA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 1 – Day Four – Circulo de Arte<\/strong>
* Roundtable discussion: \u201cMusic and musicians from around the world bridging the world\u201d with Ana Alcaide, Dennis Rea, Israel Varela, Dwiki Dharmawan, Asaf Sirkis, Leonardo Pavkovic, Adam Baruch.
* MoonJune Award: for Lifetime Achievement in Performing and Recording Music and for Lifetime Achievement: Outstanding Career in the Music Business. Presented by Sid Smith and Anthony Garone
* Live performances:
\u2022 BELEDO & HIS FRIENDS (Beledo, Ofer Assaf, Pato Mu\u00f1oz, Xavi Reija, special guest Dewa Budjana).
\u2022 ANA ALCAIDE (Ana Alcaide, special guest Bill Cooley).
\u2022 ISRAEL VARELA MUSICA PINTADA (Israel Varela).
\u2022 DWIKI DHARMAWAN WORLD PEACE BAND (Dwiki Dharmawan, Dewa Budjana, Ivan Nestorman, Ofer Assaf, Yaron Stavi, Israel Varela).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TICKET SALE (ONLINE ONLY via EVENTBRIDE, in USD only)

SINGLE DAYS PACKAGES from July 8, 2023
$35 and up

MOONJUNE EXPERIENCE IN TOLEDO<\/strong>
4 DAY VIP PACKAGES only until July 7, 2023 ($120 – $350)
\u2022 4 DAYS VIP PACKAGE STANDING: $120
\u2022 4 DAYS VIP RESERVED SEATS ROWS 4-13: $150-$200
\u2022 4 DAYS VIP RESERVED FIRST THREE ROWS: $200-@250
\u2022 4 DAYS VIP RESERVED VIP TABLE SEATING: $300-$350<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TEAM<\/strong>
https:\/\/moonjunetoledo.com\/team<\/a>
LEONARDO PAVKOVIC of MoonJune Music
MAURICIO AGUINACO of M Films Produccionees<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more info:<\/strong>http:\/\/www.moonjunetoledo.com<\/a>
moonjunefestival2023.eventbrite.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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