Mr. Kozma's directorial credits include the American premier of Handel's Faramondo, L'elisir d'amore, La Calisto, The Magic Flute and Le nozze di Figaro for the OSU Opera Theater, as well as Le nozze di Figaro and Eugene Onegin for Opera San Jose. He also directed Rossini's Il Signor Bruschino and the American premier of Mercadante's Orazi e Curiazi for Minnesota Opera and L'Orfeo for Budapest Chamber Opera.

As Resident Stage Director at Minnesota Opera, he assisted in productions including Tosca, Don Giovanni and Joseph Merrick, The Elephant Man. Mr. Kozma also worked with Wolf Trap Opera and Chicago Opera Theater as assistant director, and served as a staff member at Des Moines Metro Opera as assistant director and stage director for the James Collier Apprentice Artist Program. While completing his degree in vocal performance at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, he founded the Ars Classica Chamber Opera, where he produced and directed numerous productions as well as several outreach performances. Mr. Kozma also worked at the Hungarian State Opera as resident director, assisting in productions including La Cenerentola, Bank ban, Das Rheingold, Madama Butterfly, Carmen, La traviata and Tosca.

Mr. Kozma received his Master of Music degree in opera stage directing from the University of Texas at Austin, as a recipient of the Butler Fellowship and the Hungarian State Eotvos Fellowship. While at UT, he directed The Telephone, L'incoronazione di Poppea and La tragedie de Carmen for the Butler Opera Center.