Creating a genre entirely her own,
combining her love of chess with her talent as a musician and songwriter, Juga
Di Prima presents her unique show Chess Divas in the elegant setting of the Aria
Hotel on Friday, 11 March. Accompanied by her Hungarian pianist, László Lakatos, Budapest resident Juga will be
performing a selection of her own original songs related to chess legends, such
as Oh
Capablanca about the Cuban chess master José Raúl Capablanca, and The Immortal
Game, inspired by Adolf Anderssen, who made the first move with black chess pieces in 1851.
At the same
time, Juga, a keen player and passionate believer in the universal and
egalitarian nature of chess, moves pieces on a giant chessboard to show winning moves by leading women champions. Among the evergreen
standards sprinkled throughout the two sets of 50 minutes each, Juga sings the
Hungarian favourite, Ha én rózsa volnék, in Hungarian, as a tribute to the Polgár
sisters, pioneers of women’s chess.
See Juga's video of Ha én rózsa volnék below.
See our full interview with
Juga Di Prima here.
