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Éva Marton receives prestigious Kennedy gold medal

Soprano Éva Marton will be among the recipients of this year’s Gold Medal in the Arts of the renowned Kennedy Center.

Opera star Éva Marton will be among the recipients of this year’s Gold Medal in the Arts of the renowned Kennedy Center.

The Kennedy Center has been awarding US artists since 1978 – honoring lifetime achievements – while the international award was established in 2005.

Rmx.news highlights that Éva Marton made her debut at the Hungarian State Opera in 1968, as Queen of Shemaka in Rimsky-Korsakov's The Golden Cockerel. She is best known for her roles in Puccini’s Turandot and Tosca as well as Wagner’s operas.

Professor emeritus of the Liszt Ferenc Academy in Budapest and a full member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts, Marton is still active as a university teacher and regularly holds master classes in Hungary, Germany, Russia and Spain and is a jury member in several opera competitions and festivals.

Photo credit: László Emmer