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- ↑ Concours de Genève, music competition (accessed 9 October 2009)
- ↑ Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Teaching Staff Archived 2010-02-13 at the Wayback Machine (accessed 9 October 2009)
- ↑ Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover, Lehrende (accessed 9 October 2009)
