Julius Conus

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Julius Conus (Russian: Юлий Эдуардович Конюс, Yulij Eduardovič Konyus; better known by the above French name, sometimes rendered Jules or Julien) was a Russian violinist and composer. Conus was born in Moscow on 1 February [O.S. 20 January] 1869 to a distinguished musical family of French extraction who had migrated to Russia at the time of the Napoleonic Wars. His father was the piano teacher Eduard Conus, and his brothers were the composer and music teacher Georgi Conus and pianist Lev Conus. All three studied at Moscow Conservatory under Sergei Taneyev and Anton Arensky, and all three stayed on to teach there. In 1888 he won the Gold Medal at the Moscow Conservatory. He then studied in Paris, where he played the violin in the Opera orchestra and was 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 also gave concerts, both as a soloist and as a chamber musician, appearing sometimes in a Trio or other ensemble with Rachmaninoff to play the latter's works. (Rachmaninoff dedicated his Two Pieces for Violin and Piano, op. 6, to Julius, and the two men remained close friends throughout their lives.) Conus had two sons, Serge and Boris. (Boris married Rachmaninoff's daughter Tatiana in 1932, and together they had a son the following year.) After the October Revolution, Conus moved to Paris in 1919 with his

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Rachmaninoff: Trio élégiaques & Vocalise (Arr. J. Conus for Piano Trio)

Wieniawski: Violin Concertos

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Korngold & Conus: Violin Concertos

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Itzhak Perlman - The Complete Warner Recordings 1980 - 2002 (Boxed SD Set)

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Together

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Violin Concerto in E minor

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The Heifetz Collection Vol.20 - Concertos

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Rachmaninoff

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Trio élégiaques & Vocalise (Arr. J. Conus for Piano Trio)

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The Heifetz Collection, Volume 20

Korngold / Conus: Violin Concertos

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