Walter Barshai (born 1955) is an author, scientist and humanitarian, and the founder of the

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Research and Production facility within the

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. Barshai was born in

, a son of a famed musician,

Rudolf Barshai Rudolf Borisovich Barshai (, September 28, 1924November 2, 2010) was a Soviet and Russian conductor and violist. Life Barshai was born on September 28, 1924, in Labinsk, Krasnodar Krai, Russian SFSR. He studied at the Moscow Conservatory unde ...

(1924-2010) and painter, Anna Martinson (1928-2012), daughter of a famed Russian Comic

Sergey Martinson Sergey Aleksandrovich Martinson (; – 2 September 1984) was a Soviet and Russian stage, film and voice actor. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1964). Biography He was born in Saint Petersburg in the family of Swedish and Russian descent. His p ...

, but emigrated to the West in 1972. He is a theoretical physicist and the author of a work on the implications of the

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on the spontaneous growth of

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crystals He was the recipient of an honorary award from the

for his contribution to Russian science in 2005. He is also a classical music producer, recordings including

Mahler Gustav Mahler (; 7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911) was an Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation. As a composer he acted as a bridge between the 19th-century Austro-German tradition and the modernism ...

5th Symphony with JDP," Richter: last Orchestra performance",

Brahms Johannes Brahms (; ; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor of the mid- Romantic period. His music is noted for its rhythmic vitality and freer treatment of dissonance, often set within studied ye ...

, "Zeltser plays

Rachmaninoff Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff; in Russian pre-revolutionary script. (28 March 1943) was a Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one of ...

", Lokshin and a publisher ("Selected Art Works of Anna Martinson", poetry, etc.).

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