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- ↑ "Mozart & Schumann-Preis". Géza Anda Competition. Archived from the original on 2018-08-12. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
- ↑ "Biographie". Christoph Berner. Archived from the original on 2017-09-13. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
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