Leonardo Pavkovic (Handled booking of over 2600+ shows). Part II. Don't forget to subscribe.

This is my second conversation with Leonardo Pavkovic. It took place on 7/9/23 from his home in Spain.
Born in Jajce in 1962 when Bosnia & Herzegovina was still a part of Yugoslavia, from an early age Leonardo yearned to discover the unknown lands on the “other side of the mountain.” Gradually forging his own path with serendipity on his side, this polyglot citizen of the world, who lived in late 1970s and in the 1980s in Italy has relocated to New York City in 1990, and went on to build an improbably successful one-man international music enterprise in defiance of standard music-biz practice - remarkably, with no concession of musical excellence and imagination. Along the way, he gathered around himself an ever-expanding constellation of adventurous musicians ranging from gifted lesser-known talents to such zeitgeist-defining figures as drum exemplar Bill Bruford, who hailed Leonardo’s abilities as an “enabler” of aspiring musicians, and guitar avatar Allan Holdsworth, who affectionately dubbed him “Nardini” and his singular approach to life “Nardinism.”
Leonardo runs MoonJune Music (booking and management) and MoonJune Records (independent record label) since 2001. In 2021, Leonardo has moved his life and his business adventures to the historic city of Toledo, in the Spanish region of Castilla La Mancha.
MOONJUNE BOOKING & MANAGEMENT has handled booking of over 2600 shows since its formation in 2001. These shows have encompassed full tours, festivals, individual dates, clinics and workshops in more than 60 countries across the globe, specializing in tours in the USA/Canada, Latin America, Japan and Asia (over 70 tours in Japan since 2002).
Formerly booking management for (R.I.P.) Allan Holdsworth (2005-2016), (R.I.P.) Elton Dean (2002-2006), (R.I.P.) Hugh Hopper (2002-2008), (R.I.P.) Ryo Kawasaki (2018-2020).
Current booking roster includes: STICK MEN (worldwide), SOFT MACHINE (worldwide), LEVIN BROTHERS (worldwide), BAND OF BROTHERS LEVIN & LA BARBERA (worldwide), PAKT featuring Percy Jones, Alex Skolnick, Kenny Grohowski, Tim Motzer (worldwide), MARKUS REUTER (worldwide), BELEDO & HIS FRIENDS (worldwide), PERCY JONES (worldwide), ANCHOR & BURDEN (worldwide), ALEX SKOLNICK (worldwide except Europe), tu:NER featuring Trey Gunn, Pat Mastelotto, Markus Reuter (worldwide), GARY HUSBAND (worldwide except Europe), CHAD WACKERMAN (worldwide except Europe), SCOTT HENDERSON (North & Central America), FRANK GAMBALE (North & Central America), PFM (worldwide except Europe), CARAVAN (worldwide except Europe), JAN AKKERMAN (worldwide except Europe), GONG with or w/o STEVE HILLAGE (Asia, Central & South America), DWIKI DHARMAWAN (worldwide except Indonesia), DEWA BUDJANA (worldwide except Indonesia), CLAUDIO SIMONETTI’S GOBLIN (Central & South America).
Festival of eclectic progressive music exploring and expanding boundaries of jazz, rock, global music, the unknown, and anything in between and beyond.
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