Official Song of Budapest Chess Olympiad
The Chess Olympiad, the largest global chess event, will be hosted by Budapest between 10 and 23 September. Zeneszöveg.hu and Artisjus organised an international songwriting camp where participants wrote songs to honor this prestigious event. One of these songs, written by Rose May and Raul, has been selected as the official song of the Chess Olympiad.
Chess is coming home to Hungary in September—this sport has been highly popular here since its beginnings. It’s not only pro players that are involved in the most noble game of intellect—many Hungarian historical figures loved this game, including Ferenc Deák, Lajos Kossuth and Frigyes Karinthy. Some composers were also avid chess players—Ferenc Erkel composer, for example, was really passionate about chess and played whenever he could.
This year Zeneszöveg.hu cooperated with Artisjus to organize a camp where music and chess met. Composers, lyricists and producers from nine countries came to spend three days in the camp to work with their Hungarian colleagues and create songs inspired by the 45th Chess Olympiad. From these songs, Trojan War by Rose May and Raul has been selected as the official song of the 45th Chess Olympiad by the Hungarian Chess Federation and the National Event Management Agency, the Hungarian organizers of this grand event.
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