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- ↑ Kranichsteiner Musikpreis at Internationalen Musikinstitutes Darmstadt. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ↑ Christoph Delz Foundation Competition for Composers. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
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- ↑ John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation: Hans Thomalla. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
