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- ↑ Winners of the 23rd Annual Lotte Lenya Competition Archived April 1, 2023, at the Wayback Machine , August 2021.
- ↑ "Winners' Gallery". The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music. Archived from the original on April 1, 2023. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
- ↑ Global Music Awards Silver Medalist for The Hoard Archived April 1, 2023, at the Wayback Machine 2019
- ↑ "Previous Competitions". The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music. Archived from the original on April 1, 2023. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
- ↑ 3. Internationaler Gesangswettbewerb der Güzin Gürel Arts & Science Foundation 2015