II International Éva Marton Singing Competition preliminary A Zeneakadémia saját szervezésű programja

Although the Liszt Academy has hosted countless music competitions, the Éva Marton International Singing Competition was the first it had organized itself. This year more than a hundred singers from 25 countries applied to compete in the competition founded by the professor emerita and former head of department of the Liszt Academy, with total prize money of €42,000. The following Hungarian and international luminaries from the world of opera have received invitations to sit on the jury headed by Éva Marton: Miguel Lerín, one of the most influential managers in European opera; Vittorio Terranova, artistic director of the F. Tagliavini opera competition; Christina Scheppelmann, director of the Barcelona Teatro Liceu; Sung Bin Kim, dean of the arts faculty of Daeshin University; Anatoli Goussev, professor of La Scuola Musicale in Foro Buonaparte di Milano; Honghai Ma, professor of the Shanghai Central Music Academy; Andrea Meláth, head of the Department of Vocal and Opera Studies, Liszt Academy; and Szilveszter Ókovács, director of the Hungarian State Opera.