Around this time, Konoye frequently visited the Tokyo Music School and was privately educated by Kosaku Yamada.

After graduating from Gakushuin, he matriculated at Tokyo Imperial University to study literature, but lost interest and eventually withdrew.

[4] After spending a year a half, he returned to Japan in September 1924, bringing orchestra scores and other music materials he bought in Europe carried by three ships.

In the early days of the NBC Symphony, he planned an American tour under the supervision of Stokowski, but the project was cancelled due to World War II.

[citation needed] Konoye conducted many notable Japanese premieres including:[citation needed] Konoye wrote original compositions, but was more deeply interested in arranging existing music, including, for example, Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition and Schubert's String Quintet, which he orchestrated.