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- ↑ "Yuval Sharon". MacArthur Foundation.
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- ↑ Rosenberg, Jeremy (17 May 2012). "Yuval Sharon: L.A.'s Culture Brought and Kept Him Here". KCET . Retrieved 12 September 2017.
- ↑ "The Industry presents Hopscotch: a mobile opera for 24 cars". Hopscotch Opera. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
- ↑ Farber, Jim (22 September 2016). "Harmonic Convergence: Yuval Sharon, The Industry, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Join Forces". San Francisco Classical Voice. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
- ↑ "Crescent City". The Industry. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
- ↑ "Yuval Sharon". Los Angeles Philharmonic. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
- ↑ "Grants to Artists, Performance Art/Theater 2017". Foundation for Contemporary Arts. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
