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- ↑ "Concert Artists Guild Winners Archive". concertartists.org. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
- ↑ "Avery Fisher Career Grant Winners". Lincoln Center website.
- ↑ "Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Artist Biography". CMS Lincoln Center.
- ↑ "IRIS Orchestra Musicians – Peter Kolkay". IRIS Orchestra.
- ↑ "Vanderbilt Faculty Profile – Peter Kolkay". Blair School of Music website.
- ↑ "PETER KOLKAY, BASSOONMUSIC". CAG Records website.
- ↑ "BMI Foundation Announces Carlos Surinach Award Winners". BMI Foundation website.
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