Stari Most (literally, "Old Bridge") is a 16th-century Ottoman bridge in the city of Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina that crosses the river Neretva and connects the two parts of the city. The Old Bridge stood for 427 years, until it was destroyed on 9 November 1993 by Croat military forces during the Croat–Bosniak War. Subsequently, a project was set in motion to reconstruct it, and the rebuilt bridge opened on 23 July 2004.

THE STARI MOST PIECE is an extraordinary musical celebration by the com­poser Richard Chew.

The narrative is about Dino, a catholic championship diver remembering his youth when he was in love with Alma a muslim woman. During his remembrance of the times they spent together he recalls moments when he was the great hero diver and how Alma would watch him, with admiration and love, dive from the Mostar Bridge.

They both remember the war and how it separated them because of the division it brought between their religions. During the piece all these memories are illustrated in the music and libtretto and culminate in a dramatic finale.