The pre-jury has reached a decision: 59 women and 35 men representing 31 countries make it through to the live rounds in September 2018.

More valid applications than ever before have been received by the Liszt Academy for the competition being arranged in September 2018. The field promises to be more diverse than ever, partly due to the fact that the video promoting the competition set Latin American and Russian social media sites on fire.

We kindly ask all aspirants to complete the online application in time by uploading the requested videos and all other material, as in the last hours the system may be overloaded due to the extraordinary interest.

Competitors applying before 15 February 23:59 are entitled to a 50% discount if passing to the Preliminary round.

Watch the 24 September 2016 Final and Award Ceremony in three parts online!

Channel M5 of MTVA, the umbrella organisation for the Hungarian public service media, will be airing both the final and the documentary on the II Éva Marton International Singing Competition on 26 October.