6/26/2019 – The Norway Chess tournament ended not only with a Carlsen win but with music. At the prize giving ceremony Jason Kouchak and Juga di Primo showed off their grandmaster-class musical skills. Both musicians have dramatized chess motifs in their compositions and are great chess fans themselves.
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Jason Kouchak and Juga in Stavanger
Jason Kouchak is a pianist, singer and composer from Lyon. He studied at the Royal College of Music in London and at the University of Edinburgh. As a composer and pianist, he has been invited to numerous events, and performed in all major halls around the world as well as releasing five albums.
Kouchak is also a fan of chess. He helped launch large outdoor chess sets in London's Holland Park and Meadows park in Edinburgh, he was a guest at the public showing of a GBP £350,000 set made by Sir John Tenniel and inspired by Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, and a chess-themed ballet project.
Jason Kouchak greets Magnus Carlsen
Jason Kouchak at the Piano
Kouchak was one of the guests who musically refined the closing ceremony of the Norway Chess Tournament.
We’re happy to have a world-renowned pianist @JasonKouchak again this year! 🎶 At the #Altibox#NorwayChess closing ceremony Jason will play excerpts from Grieg Piano Concerto and Peer Gynt Suite, and will perform a world premiere of his own composition “Queen of the Knight” 🎼 pic.twitter.com/FncHxsDiCC
At the closing ceremony, Kouchak played Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto in A Minor as well as unveiling the world premier of 'Queen of the Knight' based on Philidor's 'Princess of Norway' and Mozart's 'Queen of the Night' coupled with a James Bond theme (the latest Bond movie was filmed in part in the Norwegian town of Nittedal a few months ago).
The overall concept was to reflect the fusion of classical chess with blitz Armageddon that characterized this year's Norway Chess tournament.
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Juga di Primo
Another musical guest was Juga di Prima (just 'Juga' for short), who also performed. The simultaneously humorous and sensual Chilean singer and composer gained prominence with her song "Oh Capablanca" in September 2018 and her second song, "Isolated Pawn" was released during last November's World Championship match in London.
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In Stavanger, she introduced her new song "Tactical", inspired by Mikhail Tal. On her website you can find many videos, including a new video of the song "Henua", which also contains allusions to the game of chess. The video is subject to an age restriction, which is why we do not embed it here. But curious chess friends can find many more examples and videos with (partly hidden) chess motifs.
Juga recommends Rudolf Spielmann | Videoframe
Studying chess on the beach in the song HENÛA | Videoframe
If you want to see Juga di Primo live, you will find it at the music festival in Szeged and in November at Judit Polgar's Global Chess Festival.
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