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- 1 2 3 Short biography, Deutschlandfunk, 6 November 2009 (in German)
- ↑ Service, Tom (2012). Music as Alchemy: Journeys with Great Conductors and their Orchestra. Faber and Faber. p. 243. ISBN 9780571268719.
- ↑ "Members of the orchestra" Archived 2020-12-19 at the Wayback Machine , Lucerne Festival
- 1 2 "Markus Stenz Makes His Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Debut Leading Beethoven's Symphony No. 3, Eroica – Kolja Blacher makes BSO debut with Schumann's Violin Concerto", Baltimore Symphony Orchestra press release, 20 September 2012
- ↑ "German masters mix virtuosity and wit, with a touch of melancholy" by Eamonn Kelly, The Australian , 19 March 2012
