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- ↑ Siebenbürgische Zeitung: Ernst Theis – Porträt vom 20. August 2003, Accessed May 23, 2010 (in German)
- ↑ "Austrian conductor Ernst Theis performs in Kazan with the State Symphony Orchestra of Tatarstan". Music of Russia. Independent Internet Newspaper of Music. Archived from the original on January 2, 2014. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
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