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- ↑ "New Year's Concert 2025 with Riccardo Muti". Wienerphilharmoniker. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
- ↑ "Addio a Nora Orlandi, aveva 91 anni". Spettakolo!. 1 January 2025. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ↑ "Ältester Geigenbaumeister Deutschlands gestorben". MDR.DE (in German). 3 January 2025. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
