MUSIC inFUSION together with our partner, Tosin Salako, director of Abuja International Afrojazz Festival – AIAF – are honored to develop the first edition of an international meeting in the frame of the Festival.
Supported by institutions from the UE, Spain, France, Nigeria and UNESCO, the AIAF builds more than a bridge. A gathering to examine our relationships with African culture. The culture of origin. The culture of movement.
Pianist, composer, music producer, and international networker. Pioneer of etnojazz (a fusion of Mapuche scales and rhythms with contemporary jazz harmonies), winner of the 2017 Pulsar Award for Best Fusion Artist.
He has performed at venues such as Lincoln Center (New York), Montreal Jazz Festival, Jazztoniq (South Korea), and Sunfest (Canada). As a producer and music supervisor, he has worked for TVN, Canal 13, Megavisión, and brands like Minera Escondida, Cencosud, and Walmart. He is an expert in publishing, synchronization, intellectual property, and music releases, and cofounder of the international collective Music InFusion, connecting artists, labels, and festivals globally.
Founder of MoonJune Records (USA), the independent label devoted to unconventional music: progressive rock, jazz fusion, avantgarde and experimental. Born in Jajce (Bosnia and Herzegovina) in 1962, he lived in Italy and then in New York City for 31 years, before settling in Toledo (Spain) in 2021.
Since 2001 he has produced 150 albums and, through his boutique agency MoonJune Music, handled close to 3,000 events in more than 60 countries across five continents. He has worked with Soft Machine, Tony Levin, Bill Bruford, Allan Holdsworth, PFM, Phil Manzanera, Terry Bozzio, Andy Summers and Frank Gambale, among many others. Bill Bruford called him ‘a magical facilitator’.
