The People
Team
The two music lovers behind MoonJune Festival 2026 in Teramo.
Leonardo Pavkovic
Founder · Mr. MoonJune
Emiliano Di Serafino
Host · Music By Eder
Founder
Leonardo Pavkovic
Leonardo Pavkovic is a music entrepreneur, booking agent and founder of MoonJune Music, an independent music company that includes MoonJune Records (record label), MoonJune Music (booking agency) and the MoonJune Festival. The company was founded in New York City in 2001, and since 2022 Leonardo — often referred to as Mr. MoonJune — has been operating out of Toledo, Spain.
Mr. MoonJune was born in 1962 in Nance, the former Yugoslavia — today's Bosnia & Herzegovina. He lived in his native country and Italy before moving to New York City in 1990 and then relocating to Toledo, Spain in December 2021. He studied Portuguese Language and Literature and History of Portuguese-speaking countries at the University of Bari, Italy, and Angolan and Afro-Portuguese History and Literature in Luanda, Angola, before settling in the Big Apple.
In Italy he has published one volume of avant-garde poetry and has translated poetry, short stories, essays and scientific work from/to Serbo-Croatian, Italian and Portuguese. He is a world traveler who has visited over 85 countries and speaks 5 languages — English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and his native Bosnian (Serbo-Croatian).
MoonJune Records
A niche independent record label that explores and pushes the boundaries of eclectic music blending jazz, rock, avant-garde, ethno, the unknown and anything in between. ~150 releases. Roster includes Soft Machine, Stick Men, Dewa Budjana, Dwiki Dharmawan, Markus Reuter, Gary Husband, Beledo and PAKT featuring Percy Jones and Alex Skolnick.
MoonJune Music
The main activity of Mr. MoonJune. A boutique booking agency that has directly or indirectly booked over 2,500 concerts worldwide in over 60 countries on all continents.
MoonJune Festival
Strictly curatorial in nature and exclusively features artists from the MoonJune Records label roster and MoonJune Music booking roster. The festival travels internationally to build a global community of musicians, journalists, and avid music lovers.
Host · Promoter
Emiliano "Eder" Di Serafino
Emiliano "Eder" Di Serafino from Teramo, Italy, is a prominent Italian music promoter, event planner and cultural organizer based in the Abruzzo region. He is best known as the head of the cultural association Music By Eder, through which he organizes high-profile progressive rock and jazz events.
He created and presents the acclaimed live music series "Let's Get Lost — storie di uomini e di jazz" in collaboration with the University of Teramo. Over the years he has brought world-class international artists to Teramo.
After collaborating with Mr. MoonJune organizing concerts of MoonJune's booking roster in Teramo and province in 2024 and 2025 — Soft Machine, David Cross Band, Pete Roth Trio featuring Bill Bruford, Stick Men, Paqueando featuring Diego Amador & José María Bandera — and finding many musical, cultural, social and human similarities with Leonardo, Mr. Eder offered to host the 25th anniversary of MoonJune — the 4th MoonJune Festival — in his hometown of Teramo, on July 22, 23, 24 and 25, 2026.
Artists brought to Teramo over the years