The Music and Legacy of Bela Rozsa

Stephen Truelove will present a talk with piano performances about the music and chess career of Bela Rozsa (1905-1977). Truelove is a pianist, composer, and chess player who graduated from Rozsa’s music program in 1970 at UTulsa. He will play one of Rozsa’s piano pieces, two fugues he wrote for Rozsa’s counterpoint classes, and premiere to recent compositions he wrote especially for this occasion in honor of Rozsa.