 Valeri Brainin

Valeri Brainin (aka "Willi Brainin" and "Brainin-Passek", "(Valeri Borissovich Brainin)" ), Russian/German musicologist, music manager, composer, and poet.Born January 27, 1948 in Nizhni Tagil, Russia, in the family of Austrian poet and translator, political émigré Boris Brainin (Sepp Österreicher), who belonged to the well-known Viennese Brainin family (his relatives are Hebrew publicist, biographer and public figure Reuben Brainin, Austrian/British violinist Norbert Brainin and others).