L-R: Arpi Sinanyan, Valentina Pravdina, Éva Marton, Seokjun Kim and Tata Razmadze after the awards ceremony at the 7th International Éva Marton Singing Competition
Valentina Pravdina emerged as the winner of the 7th Éva Marton International Singing Competition on Saturday evening at the Liszt Academy in Budapest. The young Russian soprano not only claimed the €30,000 first prize, but also took home the €5,000 special prize for the best performance of a Liszt song and the Audience Award.
Korean bass Seokjun Kim finished second, receiving €20,000, while Armenian soprano Arpi Sinanyan was awarded third prize and €10,000. Georgian soprano Tata Razmadze received a further highlight of the evening: Éva Marton’s personal special prize of €10,000.
The competition, organized by the Liszt Academy, brought together 80 singers for its live rounds.
After Monday’s preliminary round and Thursday’s semi-finals, four finalists took to the stage of the Academy’s Grand Hall on Saturday to compete for the top prizes. Each performed two arias, accompanied by the Orchestra of the Hungarian State Opera under the baton of Kálmán Szennai. During intermissions, members of the audience voted for their favorite contestant.
At the beginning of the final round, Dr Gábor Farkas, Rector of the Liszt Academy, delivered an opening address on behalf of the competition’s organizer and host institution. Welcoming Éva Marton, he praised her tireless commitment and admirable energy, with which she has devoted herself for many years to nurturing the next generation of singers. He also welcomed the distinguished members of the international jury, as well as Dr András Batta, former Rector of the university, who played an instrumental role in establishing the competition. Dr Farkas highlighted the great pride felt by Liszt Academy at
having received a record 265 valid applications from all over the world for this year’s competition.
At the awards ceremony, Éva Marton expressed her gratitude to Rector Dr. Gábor Farkas, the jury, and the staff of the Liszt Academy, emphasizing what a wonderful achievement it is to bring an event of such high standard to life.
In the final round, first-prize winner, Liszt Special Prize winner and Audience Award winner Valentina Pravdina performed an aria from Verdi’s La traviata and one from Johann Strauss II’s Die Fledermaus.
Second-prize winner Seokjun Kim sang arias from Verdi’s Don Carlos and Weber’s Der Freischütz, while third-prize winner Arpi Sinanyan performed arias from Tchaikovsky’s The Queen of Spades and Boito’s Mefistofele.
Tata Razmadze, recipient of the Éva Marton Special Prize with the support of the Hungarian Academy of Arts, performed an aria from Donizetti’s Anna Bolena and one from Catalani’s La Wally.
The prestigious international jury of the competition, held with the support of the Hungarian state, is chaired by Professor Emerita KS. Éva Marton and includes some of the most celebrated representatives of the Hungarian and international world of opera.
The members are Miguel Lerín, one of the most influential art managers from Spain; Peter Mario Katona, casting director of the Royal Opera House (Covent Garden) in London; Anatoli Goussev, a Ukrainian-born tenor and singer living and working in Italy; Italian tenor Vittorio Terranova; Turkish-German mezzo-soprano Deniz Uzun, recipient of Éva Marton’s Special Prize at the 4th competition in 2021; Dmitry Vdovin, director of the youth opera program at the Bolshoi Theater; as well as mezzo-soprano Andrea Meláth, head of the Singing Department of the Liszt Academy and Szilveszter Ókovács, General Director of the Hungarian State Opera.
Fact
The Éva Marton International Singing Competition has been organized biennially by the Liszt Academy of Music since 2014. Due to the pandemic, the fourth competition was held in 2021, instead of 2020. Since 2018, the event has been a part of the World Federation of International Music Competitions (WFIMC). The competition has been attracting an increasing number of young singers: in 2022, 132 young talents from around the world applied for the fifth edition, while in 2024, the number of applicants rose to 196. This year, the competition reached a new record, with 265 applications received from singers from all over the world.
Via press release, Featured image: László Mudra
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