Konyus, Lev Eduardovich
(1871–1944)
Konyus (Conus), Lev (Leon) Eduardovich (1871, ?; 1–18–1944, Cincinnati). Pianist, pedagogue, and comp. Son of E. Konyus, brother of G. and Yu. Konyus, uncle of S. Konyus. Grad. 1891 from the M. Cons., where he studied pf with P. Pabst and comp. with Arensky. Taught in M. (1912–20), incl. at the Cons. Among his students were S. Konyus, Polovinkin, and Yevseyev. In 1920 settled in Paris, where he taught at the Ecole Normale de Musique and establ., with N. Cherepnin and Pol', the Russian Cons…