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these lines reach you, I hope that circumstances will have changed. I also hope that your temporary auditory nerve disorder has passed. Generally, I want to advise you to be very confident in yourself, not to succumb to self-doubt, and to be as you were 6 years ago in this respect. Paris had such a beneficial effect on your playing that you began to play with much more refinement. But it's as though you have less courage and virtuoso bravura. Be conscious of your enormous talent, and that you should surpass every living violinist. Be bolder, more confident in yourself, and never doubt your great powers, not even for a moment."
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275:, an exodus of the aristocratic intelligentsia erupted, prompting Conus to relocate. Although Eduard Conus had settled in Russia in the early nineteenth century, he had not renounced his foreign citizenship. Therefore, Conus was able to gain exit visas to relocate his family to Paris, France, in 1918. Here he stayed to teach at the Russian Conservatory, which still exists as the
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English? I'm very curious to know." He ends the letter inviting Conus to visit him during the summer, noting that "If financial matters are putting you off, contact your most sincere friend (i.e. me), who has now earned a lot of capital from his operas, and will be glad to help you. I swear that nobody will ever know. And it will be a great pleasure for me."
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