Valeri Brainin

Valeri "Willi" Borisovich Brainin (Russian: Валерий "Вилли" Борисович Брайнин, romanized: Valeri "Villi" Borissovich Brainin, IPA: [vɐˈlʲerʲɪj ˈvʲilʲɪ bɐˈrʲisəvʲɪdʑ ˈbrajnʲɪn]; born 27 January 1948 in Nizhni Tagil), also known as Brainin-Passek (Russian: Брайнин-Пассек, IPA: [ˈbrajnʲɪn ˈpasʲɪk] ), is a Russian and German musicologist, music manager, composer, and poet.

Born in the family of Austrian poet, translator and political émigré Boris Brainin (Sepp Österreicher), who belonged to the Viennese Brainin family (his relatives are Hebrew publicist, biographer and public figure Reuben Brainin, Austrian/British violinist Norbert Brainin and others).

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