Programme: Recovery and Resilience Plan

Jazz Plus is always searching for a new perspective, based on cultural world heritage, in the musical pursuits of the artists it works with. 
The project "Storytellers" - Antonio Forcione and Cenk Erdogan" is a continuation of the Bulgarian project which mixes the Mediterranean jazz tradition with the unique style of Balkan music. Antonio Forcione plays the acoustic guitar, having once a critic call him the „Jimi Hendrix of the acoustic guitar“. Cenk Erdogan, with his fretless guitar, brings in Eastern scales and sonority to their original, unmistakably jazzy and breathtaking fresh music. They have many stories to tell, through original compositions that tie together traditions from the Eastern and Western Mediterranean. The project blends different musical traditions and genres in one interdisciplinary cultural dialogue.
     The logical next step in the development of the project is the realization of a highly professional sound recording of the programme, so that the project can be presented for distribution through digital platforms (Spotify, Tidal and others) and through physical media (CDs and LPs ) and by performances in the European Jazz and World festivals would encounter its audience on the European scene.
     The sound recording of the project "The Storytellers" - Antonio Fortune and Cenk Erdogan" emphasizes on the world's cultural diversity and, by presenting a sound recording of an original program with the participation of world artists in Bulgaria,  the listeners would be involved  in a global cultural process and would attract a new audience to a genre with rich traditions and an active present.
     The recording of the project "The Storytellers" - Antonio Forcione and Cenk Erdogan" will contribute to the understanding of world music by drawing the attention of modern audiences to the significance of the genre and helping to understand better  this music by bringing it closer to a new musical language for contemporary listeners.