The performance Tales of the Black Sea was created in 2019 as part of the initiative Plovdiv European Cultural Capital 2019. The project is large-scale and includes 29 artists – a 7-person choir, 10 dancers, a string orchestra of 8 musicians and 4 souls jazz band. In essence, it is an interdisciplinary product that managed to unite different arts, make a smooth overflow of dividing lines and accumulate specific audiences.
The composer, Stracimir Pavlov, wrote seven original pieces for the performance. Three more musical works are to be written. His musical thought has emphasised the peculiarities of different cultures, their intersection and the dialogue within them. The music is based on Catholic masses, Orthodox chant, ethnic motifs with a Balkan flavour, African rhythms and the classical sound of stringed instruments and choral art. The abstract language of music allows one to achieve a fusion of differences without depriving them of an image and to show the unifying function of art to achieve spiritual union.
To popularise and to have an independent life, the musical material, both on the national and international stage, has to be recorded and released.
The project Album Release Tales of the Black Sea is supported by the Culture Fund of the Municipality of Varna.
