Lev Conus
Composer
1871 – 1944
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Who was Lev Conus?
Lev Eduardovich Conus was a Russian pianist, music educator, and composer. A brother of the composers Georgi Conus and Julius Conus, he studied together with Sergei Rachmaninoff in Anton Arensky's advanced composition class and served as chief professor of piano at the Moscow Conservatory until 1918. Leaving the Soviet Union for Paris in 1921, he subsequently taught at the city's Russian Conservatory, before finally moving to the United States in 1935. He taught in Cincinnati until his death at the age of 73.
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- Born
- 1871
- Also known as
- Конюс, Лев Эдуардович
- Siblings
- Nationality
- Russia
- Profession
- Employment
- Moscow Conservatory
- Conservatoire Rachmaninoff
- Lived in
- Moscow
- Paris
(1921 - )
- Died
- 1944
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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