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Valeri "Willi" Borisovich Brainin (, ; born 27 January 1948 in Nizhni Tagil), also known as Brainin-Passek ( rus, Брайнин-Пассек, , ˈbrajnʲɪn ˈpasʲɪk, Braynin-Passyek.ru.vorb.oga), is a Russian and German

musicologist Musicology is the academic, research-based study of music, as opposed to musical composition or performance. Musicology research combines and intersects with many fields, including psychology, sociology, acoustics, neurology, natural sciences, f ...

music manager A talent manager (also known as an artist manager, band manager, or music manager) is an individual who guides the professional career of Entertainer, artists within the entertainment industry. The responsibility of a talent manager is to ove ...

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and def ...

, and

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator (thought, thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral t ...

. Born in the family of Austrian poet, translator and political émigré Boris Brainin ( Sepp Österreicher), who belonged to the well-known Viennese

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family (his relatives are Hebrew publicist, biographer and public figure

Reuben Brainin Reuben ben Mordecai Brainin (; March 16, 1862 – November 30, 1939) was a Russian Jewish publicist, biographer and literary critic. Biography Reuben Brainin was born in Lyady, Belarus in 1862 to Mordechai Brainin, the son of Azriel Brainin ...

, Austrian/British violinist

Norbert Brainin Norbert Brainin, OBE (12 March 1923 in Vienna – 10 April 2005 in London) was the first violinist of the Amadeus Quartet, one of the world's most highly regarded string quartets. Because of Brainin's Jewish origin, he was driven out of Vienna ...

and others). He lives at the moment in

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, Germany.

Positions

President (from 2004) of the Russian Federation Society for Music Education (RussSME) – National Affiliate of the

International Society for Music Education The International Society for Music Education (ISME) is a professional organization of persons involved with music education. It was founded in Brussels in 1953 during the UNESCO-sponsored conference on "The Role and Place of Music in the Educat ...

(ISME), a member of

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. Head of the Laboratory of New Technologies in Music Education, Moscow State Pedagogical University. Art Director of Classica Nova International Music Competition. Art Director of the net of Brainin Music Schools (Brainin-Musikschulen), Germany. He has directed seminars/master courses at conservatoires and universities in Austria, Colombia, Germany, Italy, Russia, USA, etc. In addition he offered weekly music talks on

Radio Liberty Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is a media organization broadcasting news and analyses in 27 languages to 23 countries across Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the Middle East. Headquartered in Prague since 1995, RFE/RL ...

from Munich and Prague, and has literary, critical and scientific musical publications in Russian, German, English, and Italian.

Music activities

Brainin is a full Member of the International Teacher's Training Academy of Science (Moscow), and of other scientific/pedagogical societies. He studied mathematics, linguistics, musical pedagogics, music theory and composition. He has had works performed in the

Bolshoi Theatre The Bolshoi Theatre ( rus, Большо́й теа́тр, r=Bol'shoy teatr, p=bɐlʲˈʂoj tʲɪˈat(ə)r, t=Grand Theater) is a historic opera house in Moscow, Russia, originally designed by architect Joseph Bové. Before the October Revolutio ...

, Moscow, and taught at Moscow's

Gnessin Music School The Gnessin State College of Music () and Gnessin Russian Academy of Music () comprise a music school in Moscow.Moisenko, Rena. (1949) ''Realist Music: 25 Soviet Composers,'' London: Meridian Book, Ltd. History Originally known as the Gnessi ...

for specially gifted children. The Brainin Teaching Method for ‘development of musical intelligence in children’ became a standard part of the curriculum. He is also a noted piano teacher for children. Among his former students there are some prize-winners of national and international competitions. Brainin is a researcher in

microtonal music Microtonality is the use in music of microtones — intervals smaller than a semitone, also called "microintervals". It may also be extended to include any music using intervals not found in the customary Western tuning of twelve equal interv ...

Literary activities

Russian poet (also known as Valeri (Willi) Brainin-Passek), a pupil of

Arseny Tarkovsky Arseny Aleksandrovich Tarkovsky (; 27 May 1989) was a Soviet and Russian poet and translator. He was predeceased by his son, film director and screenwriter Andrei Tarkovsky. Biography Family Tarkovsky was born on 25 June N.S. 1907 in Yelisav ...

, a member (1985–1990) of Moscow Club „Poezia“ ( :ru: Клуб «Поэзия») together with

Yuri Arabov Yuri Nikolaevich Arabov (; 25 October 1954 – 27 December 2023) was a Russian screenwriter, writer, poet and educator. He was known for his long-lasting collaboration with Alexander Sokurov. He was an Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (1 ...

, Jewgenij Bunimovitch,

Mikhail Epstein Mikhail Naumovich Epstein (also transliterated Epshtein; ; born 21 April 1950) is a Russian-American literary scholar, essayist, and cultural theorist best known for his contributions to the study of Russian postmodernism. He is the Emeritus ...

, Alexandr Eremenko, Sergey Gandlevsky, Nina Iskrenko,

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, Alexei Parshchikov,

Dmitri Prigov Dmitri Aleksandrovich Prigov (, 5 November 1940 in Moscow – 16 July 2007 in Moscow Lev Rubinstein Lev Semyonovich Rubinstein (; 19 February 1947 – 14 January 2024) was a Russian essayist, journalist, poet, and social activist. He was a founder and member of Moscow Conceptualism.Znamya ''Znamya'' ( rus, Знамя, p=ˈznamʲə, a=Ru-знамя.ogg, lit. "The Banner") is a Russian monthly literary magazine, which was established in Moscow in 1931. In 1931–1932, the magazine was published under the name of ''Lokaf'' ("Лок ...

" (Moscow), "

Novy Mir ''Novy Mir'' (, ) is a Russian-language monthly literary magazine. History ''Novy Mir'' has been published in Moscow since January 1925. It was supposed to be modelled on the popular pre-Soviet literary magazine ''Mir Bozhy'' ("God's World"), w ...

" (Moscow), "Arion" (Moscow), "

Ogoniok ''Ogoniok'' ( rus, Огонёк, Ogonyok, t=Spark, p=ɐɡɐˈnʲɵk, a=Ru-огонёк.ogg; pre-reform orthography: Огонекъ) was one of the oldest weekly illustrated magazines in Russia. History and profile ''Ogoniok'' was first issue ...

" (Moscow), "Grani" (Frankfurt-am-Main), "Dvadtsat dva" (Jerusalem), "Kreshchatik" (Kiev), anthologies "Verses of the Century" (Moscow, compiled by

Yevgeny Yevtushenko Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko (; 18 July 1933 – 1 April 2017) was a Soviet and Russian poet, novelist, essayist, dramatist, screenwriter, publisher, actor, editor, university professor, and director of several films. Biography Early lif ...

) and "Verses of the Century-2" (Moscow, compiled by

Eugen V. Witkowsky Eugen V. Witkowsky (; June 18, 1950 – February 3, 2020) was a Russian fiction and fantasy writer, literary scholar, poet, and translator. Biography Witkowsky came from a family of Germans in Russia, Russified Germans who owned a small cardb ...

). * Брайнин-Пассек, В. ''К нежной варварской речи. Стихотворения.'' Составитель Михаил Безродный. Предисловие Юрия Арабова. — СПб.: Алетейя, 2009. — 94 c. — (Серия «Русское зарубежье. Коллекция поэзии и прозы»). English:
Literary magazine "

Partisan Review ''Partisan Review'' (''PR'') was a left-wing small-circulation quarterly "little magazine" dealing with literature, politics, and cultural commentary published in New York City. The magazine was launched in 1934 by the Communist Party USA–affi ...

" (1994, No. 2, Boston).
"EastWest" Literary Forum (2023).Valeri Brainin-Passek. Poetry
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Well-known relatives

* Elisabeth Brainin (1949), Austrian psychoanalyst and scientific writer * Fritz Brainin (1913–1992), Austrian/American poet * Harald Brainin (1923–2006), Austrian poet and writer * Max Brainin (1909–2002), Austrian/American commercial graphic artist and violinist *

(1923–2005), Austrian/British violinist, the founder of

Amadeus Quartet The Amadeus Quartet was a string quartet founded in 1947 and disbanded in 1987, having retained its founding members throughout its history. Noted for its smooth, sophisticated style, its seamless ensemble playing, and its sensitive interpretat ...

(1862–1939), Hebrew publicist, biographer and public figure

References

Sofia Gubaidulina Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina (24 October 1931 – 13 March 2025) was a Soviet and Russian composer of Modernism (music), modernist Holy minimalism, sacred music. She was highly prolific, producing numerous Chamber music, chamber, Orchestra, orch ...

Preface to "A Musical Language Course" by Valeri Brainin

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