Liberation, Casablanca
...Le public qui etait venu au Complexe culturel Sidi Belyout aura apprecie la puissance de voix de l'artiste, son intelligence et sa grande presence sur scene...

Eindhovens Dagblad, Netherlands
...Her fine mezzo voice, radiated and overwhelmed. Her identification with the songs ( Liszt) was heartwarming.....

The Sunday Times, United Kingdom
...a voice rich and tender.... the Bath Evening Chronicle, Bath ...The warmth of ms. van den Akker's tone, combined with a glorious freedom of melodic line, revealed fresh beauties .....

Trouw, Netherlands ...
the colorite of van den Akker's voice fits the music ( Brahms Alto Rhapsody) as a glove...A great achievement, bringing into mind Aafje Heynis' famous interpretation...

Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Rotterdam
...Marion van den Akker in her part as Feodor in " Boris Godunov" by Moussorgski has shown great musicality and an excellent command of the Russian language in the concerto's directed by me on February 5th and 6th, 2000 in the Hague and Amsterdam.

De Telegraaf, Nederland
...verbluffend Russisch klonk de mezzo van Marion van den Akker. Ze boorde diepe Slavische tinten aan en bracht met haar idiomatische voordracht het hart in vervoering....

Oxford Times, Oxford
...Brahms' two songs op.91 sung by a mezzo of this quality, what a blissful experience they provided! " Die ihr schwebet " brought tears to the eyes.....