Archive – Past Seasons
Season 2024/2025
January 16–23, 2025
Zhuhai Strings Masterclass
January 20, 2025
Recital with Michael Dussek, piano (UK)
Zhuhai Huafa & CPAA Grand Theater
Works by J. S. Bach, Olga Lockenkopf, Britten, Terzakis, Tchaikovsky
February 2, 2025
ViolaPlus Concert – First Edition in LA
Colburn School of Music, Thayer Hall, Los Angeles
Works by J. Brahms, Olga Lockenkopf, Kodály, Nejat Başegmezler, Vaughan Williams
With Fabio Bidini, Martin Beaver, Peter Lloyd, Muyang Yang, Charlotte Stickel, Eugene Lin, Alexandra Hotz, Shengyu Meng, Samuel Glicklich, Tony Bai
March 12–16, 2025
Masterclasses
Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music, Riga, Latvia
June 1–4, 2025
Viola Masterclass
Tegelen, The Netherlands
(with Yuri Bondarev)
June 22, 2025
Recital with Özgür Aydin, piano
Mendelssohn House Leipzig – Bachfest Leipzig
Works by J. S. Bach, Terzakis, Mendelssohn
Dushanbe Concert Series – Tatjana Masurenko
Viola & Viola d’amore
June 26, 2025 – 5:00 pm
Concert & Introduction to Viola & Viola d’amore
with subsequent Masterclass
Children’s Art School Odina Khoshim (Small Hall), Dushanbe
June 27, 2025 – 11:00 am
Concert as part of the celebrations of Tajik National Unity
Children’s Art School Odina Khoshim (Main Hall), Dushanbe
June 28, 2025 – 6:00 pm
Final Concert
National Conservatory, Dushanbe
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Season 2023/2024
December 17, 2023
Carte blanche Concert with Stephanie Gurga
Foundation Moret, Martigny, Switzerland
February 4, 2024
Colburn Chamber Music Series
Solo and chamber music for viola
Los Angeles, USA
March 26, 2024
Recital with Stephanie Gurga
Château Mercier, Sierre, Switzerland
April 4, 2024
Colburn Faculty Series
Viola d’amore recital with Ian Pritchard
Los Angeles, USA
May 8 & 12, 2024
Concerts with Swiss Chamber Choir & Soloists
Geneva & Lugano, Switzerland
May 16, 2024
Recital – Foundation de Wolf, Sion, Switzerland
May 19, 2024
Recital – Foundation Moret, Martigny, Switzerland
With Stephanie Gurga, piano
Works by Rubinstein, Beethoven, Roslavets, Terzakis, Prokofiev
May 20, 2024
Recital – Zipper Hall, Los Angeles
Festival of the American Viola Society / Primrose Competition 2024
With Yanfeng “Toni” Bai, piano
June 23 – July 1, 2024
Masterclass
Ravinia Festival, USA
July 15–18, 2024
Tibor Varga Music Academy
International Viola Masterclasses
Sion, Switzerland
August 1–4, 2024
Chamber Music at Lundsgaard
Denmark
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Season 2022 / 2023
3 November 2022
Thayer Hall, Colburn School of Music, USA
Recital with Fabio Bidini (piano)
Works by Telemann, Glinka, Krenek and Shostakovich
12–18 March 2023
Chamber music and masterclass, North Carolina, USA
26 March 2023
The American Viola Society – AVS Greenroom
23 April 2023
Århus Chamber Music Society, Århus, Denmark
Concert with Trio con Brio
Programme: Piano quartets by Brahms and Mozart
25 April 2023
Diamanten, Copenhagen, Denmark
Concert with Trio con Brio
Programme: Piano quartets by Brahms and Mozart
Colburn Chamber Tour
5 May 2023 – Royal College of Music, London, England
7–8 May 2023 – Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, Ireland
10 May 2023 – Boulez Saal, Berlin, Germany
13–14 May 2023 – Paris, France
4–6 June 2023
Masterclass, University of Music Saarbrücken, Germany
10–14 July 2023
Sion, Switzerland
Tibor Varga Music Academy – International Masterclasses
Viola masterclass
Cancelled:
15–22 July 2023
Iznik International Viola Camp, Iznik, Turkey
Masterclass and concerts
23–30 July 2023
Keshet Eilon Music Festival, Israel
Concerts and international masterclasses
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Season 2021 / 2022
17 November 2021
Utopia 1 Concert Hall, HEMU Lausanne, Switzerland
Recital with Gilad Katznelson (piano)
Works by Schumann, Tchaikovsky and Brahms
30 November – 5 December 2021
Mariestad Chamber Music Festival, Sweden
Chamber music and solo performances
18 December 2021
University of Music and Theatre Leipzig, Great Hall, Germany
Concert “ViolaPlus”: solo and chamber music with and for viola
16 January 2022
Fondation Louis Moret, Martigny, Switzerland
Concert – Sion Viola Ensemble
17 January 2022
Conservatoire de Musique de Genève, Switzerland
Concert with J. M. Phillips-Varjabédian, Xavier Phillips and Claire Désert
Works by Lili Boulanger, Gabriel Fauré and Robert Schumann
22–25 February 2022
HEMU Sion, Switzerland
Viola Days with Martin Outram, Garth Knox and violists of HEMU Sion
HEMU class of Prof. Tatjana Masurenko
1–4 March 2022
Sion, Switzerland
Tibor Varga Music Academy – International Masterclasses
Viola masterclass
5 March 2022
Sion, Switzerland
Tibor Varga Music Academy
Chamber music concert with P. Vernikov, S. Makarova and A. Chaushian
6–10 March 2022
Leipzig, Germany
13th International Viola Masterclass
19 March 2022
BCV Concert Hall, Flon, Switzerland
Concert for Peace with the Yaruss Quartet
20 March 2022
Aubade, Protestant Temple
Concert – Sion Viola Ensemble
26 March 2022
Schumann House, Leipzig, Germany
Recital with Gilad Katznelson (piano)
“Russian Connections of Clara and Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms”
13 April 2022
University of Music and Theatre Leipzig, Great Hall, Germany
Concert “ViolaPlus”: solo and chamber music with and for viola
9 June 2022
Fondation de Wolff, Sion, Switzerland
Recital with Gilad Katznelson (piano)
10–16 July 2022
Clermont-l’Hérault, France
Viola masterclass
19–23 July 2022
Sion, Switzerland
Tibor Varga Music Academy – International Masterclasses
Viola masterclass
16–27 August 2022
Montecastelli, Tuscany, Italy
ChamberLab
29 August – 3 September 2022
Iznik International Viola Camp, Iznik, Turkey
Masterclass and concerts
https://www.facebook.com/groups/viola.camp.iznik/
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Season 2020 / 2021
9 November 2020
Dresden, Frauenkirche, Germany
Chamber music concert with Daniel Hope, Ib Hausmann and others
4 December 2020
University of Music and Theatre Leipzig, Great Hall, Germany
Concert “ViolaPlus”: “Bow Strokes of Our Hearts”
Works for viola and piano, chamber music
15 January 2021
Presidential Symphony Orchestra Concert Hall, Ankara, Turkey
Concert with the Presidential Symphony Orchestra
William Walton: Viola Concerto
26–31 January 2021
Grassau, Germany
Wolfgang Sawallisch Foundation
Viola masterclass
17–20 February 2021
Sion, Switzerland
Tibor Varga Music Academy – International Masterclasses
Viola masterclass
20 February 2021
Sion, Switzerland
Concert – chamber music with P. Vernikov, S. Makarova and A. Chaushian
5 April 2021
Schafstall, Bad Essen, Germany
Recital with Boris Kusnezow (piano)
10 April 2021
Schumann House, Leipzig, Germany
Recital with Gilad Katznelson (piano)
13 April 2021
University of Music and Theatre Leipzig, Great Hall, Germany
Concert “ViolaPlus”: works for viola and piano, chamber music
15 April 2021
Sion, Switzerland
Concert – Sion Viola Ensemble
17 April 2021
Martigny, Switzerland
Concert – Sion Viola Ensemble
23–27 June 2021
Beethoven Conservatory Tegelen, Netherlands
Viola masterclass – with Yuri Bondarev
19–24 July 2021
Sion, Switzerland
Tibor Varga Music Academy – International Masterclasses
Viola masterclass
25 July – 2 August 2021
Keshet Eilon Music Festival, Israel
Concerts and international masterclasses
5–8 August 2021
Chamber Music at Lundsgaard, Denmark
22–28 August 2021
Viola masterclass
as part of the ISA – International Summer Academy
University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Austria
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Season 2019 / 2020
6 December 2019
Berlin, International Neukölln Cultural and Debate Salon
Speech-and-sound fantasy “Con Passione”
for speaker and solo viola, with Wolfgang Korb
21 January 2020
Erimtan Museum, Ankara, Turkey
Recital
Works by J. S. Bach, G. P. Telemann, D. Terzakis and A. Glazunov
24 January 2020
Presidential Symphony Orchestra Concert Hall, Ankara, Turkey
William Walton: Viola Concerto
Presidential Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Howard Griffiths
7 February 2020
Turkey
William Walton: Viola Concerto
İzmir State Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Daniel Smith
26 February – 1 March 2020
12th International Viola Masterclass, Leipzig, Germany
1 March 2020, 11:00
University of Music and Theatre Leipzig, Music Salon
Final concert of the 12th International Viola Masterclass
11–15 March 2020
Rubinstein Academy, Düsseldorf, Germany
International viola masterclass
31 March 2020
University of Music and Theatre Leipzig, Great Hall, Germany
ViolaPlus concert “Romantic Echoes”
Works by Schumann, Brahms, Dvořák and Rachmaninoff
18–19 April 2020
Berlin, Germany
International Anton Rubinstein Competition – Viola
14 May 2020
Fondation de Wolff, Sion, Switzerland
Recital
Works by Johannes Brahms and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
With Gilad Katznelson (piano)
29 June – 6 July 2020
Krosno, Poland
Young Arts Masterclass and Festival
20 July 2020
Frederiksværk Music Festival, Denmark
Robert Schumann: Piano Quartet
with Trio con Brio Copenhagen
21–26 July 2020
Sion, Switzerland
Tibor Varga Music Academy – International Masterclasses
26 July – 2 August 2020
Keshet Eilon Music Festival, Israel
Concerts and international masterclasses
24 August – 1 September 2020
20th Edition – Accademia Internazionale di Musica di Cagliari, Italy
Masterclasses
2–10 September 2020
Iznik International Viola Camp, Iznik, Turkey
Masterclass and concerts
https://www.facebook.com/groups/viola.camp.iznik/
9 November 2020
Frauenkirche Dresden, Germany
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Quintet
with Daniel Hope and friends
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Season 2018 / 2019
2–10 September 2018
Iznik International Viola Camp, Iznik, Turkey
Masterclass and concerts
http://www.violacourse.com/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/viola.camp.iznik/
20–27 September 2018
Brescia Festival and masterclass, Italy
30 September 2018, 5:00 pm
Barnstedter Kapellenkonzerte
White Nights – Music for Viola from St. Petersburg
Works by Anton Rubinstein, Mikhail Glinka, Alexander Glazunov and Igor Stravinsky
with Roglit Ishay (piano)
13 October 2018, 2:00 pm
Ernst Krenek Forum / Audimax, Danube University Krems, Austria
CD presentation “Chamber Music by Ernst Krenek with the Krenek Ensemble”
String trio; songs for viola and piano
14 November 2018
Bern, Switzerland
Concert for the 80th birthday of composer Dimitri Terzakis
“Lieder ohne Worte” for solo viola
20–24 November 2018
45th International Viola Congress, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Concert: N. Bašegmezler, “Meine kleine Bachmusik” for viola and strings
Concert: Leipzig Viola Ensemble
6–10 December 2018
Porto and Matosinhos, Portugal
Chamber music concerts and masterclass at the Porto Academy
18 January 2019
Istanbul, Turkey
Concert with the Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Alfonso Scarano
William Walton: Viola Concerto
25 January 2019
Ulm, Germany
Recital “…just a motion on the air”
Works by Ernst Krenek, Robert Schumann, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky,
Mikhail Glinka, Alexander Glazunov and Modest Mussorgsky
with Gilad Katznelson (piano)
27 January 2019
Mozartiada, Seville, Spain
Chamber music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Kegelstatt Trio, String Quintet in C major, Clarinet Quintet, among others
8 February 2019
Great Hall of the Megaron, Athens, Greece
Concert with the Athens State Orchestra
Conductor: Christoph Poppen
William Walton: Viola Concerto
13 March 2019
Chamber Music Hall, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey
Recital with Gilad Katznelson (piano)
Works by Brahms, Terzakis, Tchaikovsky, Glazunov and Glinka
27–31 March 2019
Rubinstein Academy, Düsseldorf, Germany
International viola masterclass
9–11 April 2019
Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music, Riga, Latvia
Viola masterclass
23–27 April 2019
Hourtin, France
International masterclass and concert
31 May 2019
Great Hall of the Kolarac Foundation, Belgrade, Serbia
Concert with the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Daniel Raiskin
Alfred Schnittke: Concerto for Viola and Orchestra
18 June 2019
University of Music and Theatre Leipzig, Great Hall, Germany
ViolaPlus concert “Viola d’amore and Viola”
Works by Vivaldi, Milandre, Mozart and Brahms
21–22 June 2019
Island of Bornholm, Denmark
Concerts for viola and accordion
with Bjarke Mogensen (accordion) and ensemble
22–27 July 2019
Keshet Eilon Music Festival, Israel
Concerts and international masterclasses
28 July – 1 August 2019
VERÃO CLÁSSICO Festival
Lisbon International Music Academy, Lisbon, Portugal
Concerts and masterclasses
18–24 August 2019
University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Austria
International Summer Academy of the mdw
Masterclass for solo string players
25–31 August 2019
Iznik International Viola Camp, Iznik, Turkey
Masterclass and concerts
www.violacourse.com
https://www.facebook.com/groups/viola.camp.iznik/
31 August – 5 September 2019
19th Edition – Accademia Internazionale di Musica di Cagliari, Italy
Masterclasses
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Season 2017 / 2018
24–28 September 2017
Houston, USA
Masterclass at the Shepherd School of Music
28 September 2017
Houston, USA, Duncan Recital Hall
Recital
Works for solo viola
4–9 October 2017
Jerusalem Music Centre, Israel
Huberman Course
Masterclass
7 October 2017
Israel
Recital with Gilad Katznelson
Works by Schumann, Krenek, Tchaikovsky and Glazunov
9 October 2017
YMCA Jerusalem, Israel
Gala concert
with Gilad Katznelson, Michaela Martin and Frans Helmerson
10 November 2017
Greece
Concert with the Athens State Orchestra
William Walton: Viola Concerto
5 December 2017
University of Music and Theatre Leipzig, Great Hall, Germany
ViolaPlus concert
Solo and chamber music for viola
11–17 February 2018
Leipzig, Germany
11th International Viola Masterclass
17 February 2018, 11:00 am
University of Music and Theatre Leipzig, Wintergarten, Grassistr. 1
Final concert of the 11th International Viola Masterclass
28 March 2018
University of Music and Theatre Leipzig, Germany
ViolaPlus concert “East Wind”
On the occasion of the 80th birthday of Dimitri Terzakis
Works by Dimitri Terzakis, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky,
Mikhail Glinka, Sergei Rachmaninoff and Pauline Viardot-García
with Gilad Katznelson, Olena Tokar and Igor Grishin
6 April 2018
Mikkeli, Finland
Concert with Mikkelin kaupunginorkesteri / St. Michel Strings
Conductor: Daniil Raiskin
Programme:
J. S. Bach – Concerto in E-flat major
N. Bašegmezler – “Meine kleine Bachmusik”
Edison Denisov – Chamber Music for Solo Viola, Harpsichord and Strings
A. Aracil – “Preludio y Coda” for solo viola
30 April 2018
Istanbul, Turkey
Concert with the Borusan String Quartet
Programme: Johannes Brahms – String Quintet in G major
5–9 May 2018
Concert tour in Israel: Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa
Chamber music
with Roglit Ishay, Daniel Gaede and Hillel Zori
24 May 2018
Saarbrücken, Germany
Concert with Wolfgang Korb (recitation)
SPANNUNGEN – Music at the innogy Power Plant Heimbach
16 June 2018
Concert with the Cologne Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Lars Vogt
Programme: Benjamin Britten – “Lachrymae” for viola and strings
19 June 2018
Concert
Works by Shostakovich, Prokofiev and Mikhail Glinka
20 June 2018
Concert
Arnold Schoenberg – “Verklärte Nacht” (sextet)
Chamber Music Tour
4 July 2018, 8:00 pm
Kissinger Sommer, Bad Kissingen, Rossini Hall
5 July 2018, 8:00 pm
Rheingau Music Festival, Schloss Johannisberg
8 July 2018, 8:00 pm
Hindsgavl Festival, Denmark
10 July 2018, 7:30 pm
London, Wigmore Hall
12 July 2018, 11:00 am
Cheltenham, Pittville Pump Room
with Veronika Eberle (violin),
Marie-Elisabeth Hecker (cello) and
Martin Helmchen (piano)
24–29 July 2018
Keshet Eilon Festival, Israel
Concerts with works for solo viola and chamber music
Masterclass
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Season 2016 / 2017
22–26 August 2016
XVI Curso Internacional de Música, Ayllón, Spain
23 August 2016
Recital
Works for solo viola by Telemann, J. S. Bach, Tigran Mansurian and Alan Hovhaness
3–10 September 2016
Iznik International Viola Camp, Iznik, Turkey
Masterclass and concerts
http://www.violacourse.com/
27 September 2016
International Chamber Music Days, Homburg
16 November 2016
Hindemith Cabinet, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Special concert on the occasion of Hindemith’s birthday
Recital with Roglit Ishay (piano)
Works by Alexander Glazunov, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky,
Modest Mussorgsky, Nejat Başeğmezler (world premiere) and Paul Hindemith
21–23 November 2016
Masterclass at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Lyon, France
2–3 December 2016
Turkey
Concerts with the Antalya State Symphony Orchestra
Works by Franz Anton Hoffmeister and Nejat Başeğmezler (world premiere)
11–16 February 2017
Leipzig, Germany
10th International Viola Masterclass
16 February 2017, 7:30 pm
University of Music and Theatre Leipzig, Music Salon, Dittrichring 21
Final concert of the 10th International Viola Masterclass
22–26 March 2017
Rubinstein Academy, Berlin
Viola masterclass
29 March 2017
University of Music and Theatre Leipzig, Chamber Music Hall, 7:30 pm
Recital, CD release “Just a motion on the air”
Works by Ernst Krenek and Robert Schumann
with Gilad Katznelson (piano)
8–9 April 2017
Festival Musica Reservata, Coimbra, Portugal
Works for solo viola and chamber music
21 April 2017
Dresden, Germany
CD release “Just a motion on the air”
Works by Ernst Krenek and Robert Schumann
with Gilad Katznelson (piano)
25–26 April 2017
Royal Academy of Music, London
Masterclass
6 May 2017
Kaisersaal, Historic Department Store Freiburg, Germany
Chamber music
Works by Mozart and Arensky
10–11 May 2017
Masterclass at the Academy in Valencia, Spain
30 June – 9 July 2017
Stellenbosch Chamber Music Festival, South Africa
William Walton – Viola Concerto
Chamber music
23–30 July 2017
Keshet Eilon Festival, Israel
Concerts with works for solo viola and chamber music
Masterclass
6–12 September 2017
Iznik International Viola Camp, Iznik, Turkey
Masterclass and concerts
http://www.violacourse.com/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/viola.camp.iznik/
11 September 2017
Iznik, Turkey
Concert
Works for solo viola and works for viola ensemble
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Season 2015 / 2016
24–29 August 2015
Iznik International Viola Camp, Iznik, Turkey
Masterclasses and concerts
violacourse.com
15–20 September 2015
International Chamber Music Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark
7–10 October 2015
Masterclass, Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Lyon, France
23 October 2015
Concert with the Ernst Krenek Ensemble
Gare du Nord, Basel, Switzerland
25–30 October 2015
Aurora Chamber Music Festival, Sweden
6 November 2015
Recital “White Nights”, Freiburg-Tiengen, Germany
With Roglit Ishay (piano)
22 November 2015
Recital “White Nights”, Leipzig, Gohliser Schlösschen, Germany
With Gilad Katznelson (piano)
16 December 2015
Viola Plus – Christmas Kaleidoscope
University of Music and Theatre Leipzig, Great Hall
11–16 February 2016
9th International Viola Masterclass, Leipzig, Germany
11 February 2016
Final Concert – 9th International Viola Masterclass
University of Music and Theatre Leipzig, Wintergarten Hall
23–27 March 2016
Rubinstein Academy, Düsseldorf, Germany
Viola masterclass
10 April 2016
Concert with Trio con Brio Copenhagen
Sasel Haus, Hamburg, Germany
12 June 2016
Recital “White Nights”, Freiburg, Germany
With Roglit Ishay (piano)
21 June 2016
Viola Plus – Works for solo viola and chamber music
University of Music and Theatre Leipzig, Great Hall
17–24 July 2016
Domaine Forget Academy, Canada
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Season 2014 / 2015
6–14 September 2014
Iznik International Viola Camp, Iznik, Turkey
Masterclasses and concerts
violacourse.com
15–20 September 2014
Chamber Music Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark
21, 26, 27 & 28 September 2014
Concerts with the Elbland Philharmonic Saxony
Béla Bartók: Viola Concerto
18 October 2014
Buchholz, Rotunda of the Albert Einstein Gymnasium
19 October 2014
Stülow, Germany
With Trio con Brio Copenhagen
Works by Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms
14 November 2014
Leipzig, University of Music and Theatre, Great Hall
Viola Plus: “Gestillte Sehnsucht”
Works by Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms
With Erich Hörbarth, Frank Reinecke (violins) and Adrian Vazquez (viola)
8–13 February 2015
8th International Viola Masterclass
University of Music and Theatre Leipzig
1 March 2015
Chamber Music Concert, Istanbul, Turkey
6 & 8 March 2015
Bielefeld Philharmonic Orchestra
Rudolf-Oetker-Halle, Germany
Works by Alfred Schnittke and J. S. Bach
22 March 2015
March Music Days International Festival, Ruse, Bulgaria
Recital with Plamena Mangova (piano)
Works by Schumann, Hindemith and Prokofiev
27–31 March 2015
Rubinstein Academy, Düsseldorf, Germany
Viola masterclass
16 & 17 April 2015
Gewandhaus Leipzig
Gewandhaus Orchestra, conducted by Herbert Blomstedt
Hans-Christian Bartel: Viola Concerto
26 April 2015
Concert with the Vogler Quartet, Neubrandenburg, Germany
Works by Antonín Dvořák
1–5 May 2015
Music in Drumcliff, Sligo, Ireland
Solo and chamber music
22–28 June 2015
Chamber Music Festival, Sweden
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