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- ↑ http://www.philharmonia.spb.ru/eng/persa/maso.html Orchestra page in Philharmonia.spb.ru, accessed 18 June 2013
- ↑ "#TCH15 - Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra". tch15.medici.tv. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
