What is Valeri Brainin?
[[File:Valeri Brainin.jpg|right|thumb|Valeri Brainin]] '''Valeri Brainin''' (born 27 January 1948) is a [[Russia]]n/[[Germany|German]] [[musicologist]], [[music manager]], [[composer]], and [[poet]]. Born in [[Nizhny 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. He lives at the moment both in [[Hanover]], Germany, and in [[Moscow]]. Brainin is of [[Jew]]ish descent. ==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]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Russian Federation Music Council|url=http://russ.isme.org/english|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080604101607/http://russ.isme.org/english/|archive-date=2008-06-04|access-date=2008-03-25}}</ref> Head of the Laboratory of New Technologies in Music Education, Moscow State Pedagogical University.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Педагогика и психология музыкального образования|trans-title=Pedagogy and psychology of music education|url=http://www.manpo.ru/manpo/about/otrasl/ped_psih.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090605012938/http://www.manpo.ru/manpo/about/otrasl/ped_psih.shtml|archive-date=2009-06-05|access-date=2008-03-25}}</ref> Art Director of [[Classica Nova]] International Music Competition.<ref>[http://brainin.org/ClassicaNova/Graphics/Guinnes%20Book.jpg German: Guinness Book Certificate]</ref> Art Director of the net of Brainin Music Schools (Brainin-Musikschulen), Germany.<ref>[http://brainin.org English, German, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Russian: Brainin Music School]</ref> He has directed seminars/master courses at conservatoires and universities in Austria, Columbia, 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 publ