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- ↑ http://www.slideshare.net/AntonioCarlos11/greater-europe-meetings-paris-2015-yage/ collaborations with GEPO orchestra in Paris.
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmKN7OLvllg/ Tbilisi Contemporary Ensemble.
- ↑ http://www.omnibus-ensemble.asia/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=484&Itemid=252/ Omnibus contemporary Ensemble.
- ↑ http://www.tiwall.com/tehrancmf/stockholmquartet/tags/comment/ Stockholm Saxophone Quartet in Tehran.
- ↑ http://aepexcontemporary.org/calls-for-works/ Archived 2016-11-10 at the Wayback Machine Aepex Contemporary Performance.
- ↑ http://www.musinfo.fr/index.php/en/creation/art-science-days/art-science-days-2016/installations/ Railroading in the East/Metro Project.
