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- ↑ Marie-Pierre Langlamet, Mariinsky Theatre
- ↑ Marie-Pierre Langlamet. Berlin Philharmonic
- ↑ "Celebrating Ginastera at 100". gramophone.co.uk. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
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