Friday, June 14, 2024

A MESSAGE FROM MOONJUNE

MoonJune Festival Guadamur is happening this year, on 19, 20, 21 and 22 of September.

Following two musically and visually resplendent celebrations in Jajce, Bosnia, in 2022 and Toledo, Spain, in 2023, the Johnny Appleseed of adventurous music, Mr. MoonJune aka Leonardo Pavkovic, will present the Third International MoonJune Music Festival in the beautiful village of Guadamur, Spain, in September 2024. Located just 12km outside Toledo in historic Castilla-La Mancha region, the event will once again feature a globe-spanning cast of extraordinary MoonJune musicians, special guests and attendees, including DAVID CROSS BAND, NIK BÄRTSCH, GARY HUSBAND & NGUYEN LE, LUCA CALABRESE (with MARKUS REUETR and ALEXANDER DOWERK), THE WRONG OBJECT, BELEDO & HIS FRIENDS BAND (featuring XAVI REIJA), QUARTET DIMINISHED, BORIS SAVOLDELLI, ANTHONY GARONE, ANTON ROOLART, and two very special guests: the legendary drumming and progressive music icon who needs no extra introduction, Dr. BILL BRUFORD, and the extraordinary writer and music critic SID SMITH. And more surprise special guests may also be announced later this summer.

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19

7:30pm - Opening Welcome Party (with Gastronomic Tasting)
Venue: Guadamur Castle.
V.I.P. access, by invitation only, reserved for special guests, musicians, local authorities, local sponsors.
Performance by BORIS SAVOLDELLI (Italy

10:00pm - After-party at La Posada We Live Garden, Guadamur. Free access.
Performance by ANTON ROOLAART (Netherlands).

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
Venue: Auditorio Teatro de Guadamur
Calle del Rio, 45160 Guadamur, Toledo

Introduction by Leonardo Pavkovic (artistic director)

5:30 pm - Theater doors open.

6:00 pm - Roundtable on the musical art of King Crimson 1972-1974 (Larks Tongues In Aspic, Starless & Bible Black, Red)
With video presentations. With guests: BILL BRUFORD, DAVID CROSS, MARKUS REUTER, LEONARDO PAVKOVIC.
Moderated by internationally renowned English journalist SID SMITH. (In English with Spanish translation.)

"When you want to hear where music is going in the future, you put on a King Crimson album.” - Bill Bruford, 1995

8:30 pm - BELEDO & HIS FRIENDS BAND
BELEDO - guitar, piano (USA/Uruguay); BORIS SAVOLDELLI - vocals, electronics (Italy); PATO MUÑOZ - bass guitar (Spain/Uruguay); XAVI REIJA - drums (Spain).

9:45 pm - NIK BÄRTSCH
NIK BÄRTSCH - piano (Switzerland)

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
Venue: Auditorio Teatro de Guadamur
Calle del Rio, 45160 Guadamur, Toledo

5:30 pm - Theater doors open.

6:00 pm - QUARTET DIMINISHED (Iran)
EHSAN SADIGH - guitar; SOHEIL PEYGHAMBARI - sax, clarinet; MAZYAR YOUNESSI - piano, chants; ROUZBEH FADAVI - drums, percussion.
With a very special guest to be announced soon.

7:30 pm - THE WRONG OBJECT (Belgium)
MICHEL DELVILLE - guitar; ANTOINE GUENET - keyboards; DAMIEN POLARD - bass guitar; LAURENT DELCHAMBRE - drums.
With a very special guest to be announced soon.

9:00 pm - ANTHONY GARONE (USA)
ANTHONY GARONE - guitar

9:30 pm - DAVID CROSS BAND PLAYS KING CRIMSON 1972-1974 (England)
DAVID CROSS - electric violin; JOHN MITCHELL - guitar, lead vocals; SHEILA MALONEY - keyboards; MICK PAUL - bass guitar, vocals; JACK SUMMERFIELD - drums.
Performing the entire ‘Lark’s Tongues In Aspic’ album and most of tunes from ’Starless & Bibble Black’ and ‘Red’.

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
Venue: Auditorio Teatro de Guadamur
Calle del Rio, 45160 Guadamur, Toledo

5:30 pm - Theater doors open.

6:00 pm - CALABRESE REUTER DOWERK (Italy, Germany)
LUCA CALABRESE - trumpet; MARKUS REUTER - touch guitar; ALEXANDER DOWERK - touch guitar.
Introduction by José Funes.

7:30 pm - BILL BRUFORD - IN THE COURT OF THE PERCUSSION KING: THE MAN, THE MYTH, THE LEGEND
Moderated by SID SMITH.
• 20-minute video collage of BILL BRUFORD's most important musical moments in his celebrated career curated by Anthony Garone.
• Open chat with BILL BRUFORD about his life as a musician, educator and academic. Then questions and answers with the audience
• Presenting BILL BRUFORD with the MOONJUNE AWARD for Lifetime Achievement (presented by Leonardo Pavkovic and Anthony Garone) and a special recognition by the Guadamur City Council (by Mayor Sagrario Gutiérrez).

10:00 pm - GARY HUSBAND & NGUYEN LE (England, France/Vietnam)
GARY HUSBAND - piano, drums; NGUYEN LE - guitar.

All concerts will be introduced by José Funes.

https://moonjune.com/moonjune-festival/

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