Julius Conus
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Yuly Eduardovich Konyus (Russian: Юлий Эдуардович Конюс; better known by his original French name Julius Conus or Jules Conus) was a Russian violinist and composer.
Conus was born in Moscow on 1 February [O.S. 20 January] 1869 to a musical family of French extraction; his father was the piano teacher Eduard Conus. He studied in Moscow and in Paris, where he played the violin in the Opera orchestra and as a virtuoso in his own right for several years. In 1891, he became a concertmaster in New York City. From 1893 to 1901, he taught violin at the Moscow Conservatory and formed a close friendship with Sergei Rachmaninoff. He lived in Paris after 1919, before returning to Moscow in 1939 and dying in Melenki on January 3, 1942.
Besides pedagogical works, Conus also wrote a violin concerto in E minor.
Other members of Conus' distinguished family were his brothers Georgi (composer and music teacher) and Lev (pianist), and his son Sergei (composer and pianist).
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