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Iulii Eduardovich Konius

Юлий Эдуардович Конюс

Russian violinist, composer and teacher, also known in the West as Jules or Julius Conus. Born on 19 January/1 February 1869 in Moscow, the second son of Eduard Konstantinovich KONIUS (1827-1902), a piano teacher and music critic.

Konius studied composition under Sergei Taneev at the Moscow Conservatory, graduating in 1888. He then study in Paris, where he played the violin in Edouard Colonne's orchestra. From 1893 until 1901 he taught violin classes at the Moscow Conservatory, and he also advised Tchaikovsky on matters of violin techinique in his Symphony No. 6 (1893), while his brother Lev assisted Tchaikovsky with the piano arrangement of the symphony.

Following the revolution, Konius left Russia for Paris in 1919, where he taught at the city's Russian Conservatory, but returned to his homeland in 1939.

Iulii Konius died at Melenkii (Vladimir region), Russia, on 3 January 1942, aged 72.