Valeri "Willi" Borisovich Brainin (, ; born 27 January 1948 in Nizhni Tagil), also known as Brainin-Passek (), 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).
Positions President (from 2004) of the Russian Federation Society for Music Education (RussSME) – National Affiliate of the International Society for Music Education (ISME), a member of UNESCO.English, Russian: http://russ.isme.org Head of the Laboratory of New Technologies in Music Education, Moscow State Pedagogical University. Art Director of Classica Nova International Music Competition. German: Guinness Book Certificate Art Director of the net of Brainin Music Schools (Brainin-Musikschulen), Germany. English, German, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Russian: Brainin Music School 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 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, Moscow, and taught at Moscow's Gnessin Music School for specially gifted children. The Brainin Teaching Method for ‘development of musical intelligence in children’Valeri Brainin. Predictive Listening in Music Comprehension and Music Training // In: Proceedings of the International Society for Music Education, 33rd World Conference on Music Education, Baku, Azerbaijan 15-20 July 2018, edited by David Forrest, pp. 20-26. - Published in Australia, 2018 (ISBN 978-0-6481219-3-0).Valeri Brainin. Musical training: A different WayV.Brainin. Development of "predictive perception" of music in children. // In: A.R.Addessi & S.Young (Eds). MERYC2009. Proceedings of the European Network of Music Educators and Researches of Young Children, Bologna (Italy), 22nd-25th July 2009, pp.135-142. Bologna: Bolonia University Press, 2009, (available in Internet) 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. [Classica Nova] [Prize-winners]Welcome to the website of Yulia Musayelyan [Classica Nova] [Prize-winners][Classica Nova] [Prize-winners] Brainin is a researcher in microtonal music.Valeri Brainin. Employment of Multicultural and Interdisciplinary Ideas in Ear Training ("Microchromatic" Pitch. "Coloured" Pitch). // Proceedings: International Society for Music Education 28th World Conference, Bologna, 2008, (available in Internet)
Literary activities Russian poet (also known as Valeri (Willi) Brainin-Passek),Russian: Sergey Chuprinin. German writers Чупринин С. Русская литература сегодня. Зарубежье. – М., Время, 2008, В.В.Огрызко. Русские писатели. Современная эпоха. – М., Литературная Россия, 2004E.Tichomirova. Russische zeitgenössische Schriftsteller in Deutschland. Ein Nachschlagewerk. – München: Verlag Otto Sagner, 1998 a pupil of Arseny Tarkovsky, a member (1985–1990) of Moscow Club „Poezia“ (:ru: Клуб «Поэзия») together with Yuri Arabov, Jewgenij Bunimovitch, Mikhail Epstein, Alexandr Eremenko, Sergey Gandlevsky, Nina Iskrenko, Timur Kibirov, Alexei Parshchikov, Dmitri Prigov, Lev Rubinstein, a. o. Most essential poetry publications: Russian: Literary magazines "Znamya" (Moscow), "Novy Mir" (Moscow), "Arion" (Moscow), "Ogoniok" (Moscow), "Grani" (Frankfurt-am-Main), "Dvadtsat dva" (Jerusalem), "Kreshchatik" (Kiev), anthologies "Verses of the Century" (Moscow, compiled by Yevgeny Yevtushenko) and "Verses of the Century-2" (Moscow, compiled by Eugen V. Witkowsky). 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" (1994, No. 2, Boston).The American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies 1994 by Maria Gorecki Nowak. – Publisher: M. E. Sharpe, 1997. "EastWest" Literary Forum (2023).Valeri Brainin-Passek. Poetry
Well-known relatives Norbert Brainin (1923–2005), Austrian/British violinist, the founder of Amadeus Quartet Reuben Brainin (1862–1939), Hebrew publicist, biographer and public figure
References Sofia Gubaidulina. Preface to "A Musical Language Course" by Valeri Brainin
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