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- 1 2 Brian McCollum (22 January 2020). "A new Detroit maestro: DSO names young Italian conductor Jader Bignamini as music director". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
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- ↑ James M. Keller (5 July 2015). "Opera review: A dark and stormy night at SFO's Rigoletto". The Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
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- ↑ "Jader Bignamini named Music Director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra" (Press release). Detroit Symphony Orchestra. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
- ↑ "Detroit Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Jader Bignamini renew partnership through the 2030–31 season and announce plans to release first recording together, Wynton Marsalis's Blues Symphony" (Press release). Detroit Symphony Orchestra. 7 December 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
- ↑ Brian McCollum (26 April 2020). "New DSO maestro on the power of music in this moment: 'Listen so it goes into the heart'". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 12 May 2020.