THE JONES MARURI VIOLONCELLO -GUITAR DUO

THE CELLO-GUITAR DUO WAS FORMED IN 1990 IN MADRID AND HAS SINCE PLAYED CONCERTS IN EUROPE ,NORTH ,CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA AS WELL AS THE CARIBBEAN.THEIR FIRST USA TOUR WAS IN 1991 AND INCLUDED CONCERTS IN NEW YORK AND ST AUGUSTINE(FLORIDA). SINCE THEN THE JONES MARURI CELLO -GUITAR DUO HAS PERFORMED EVERY YEAR IN THE USA INCLUDING RECITALS IN NEW YORK,CHICAGO,HOUSTON,WASHINGTON D.C.AND LOS ANGELES AT VENUES SUCH AS THE LINCOLN CENTER,THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART AND FESTIVALS SUCH AS 'FIESTA DE SAN AGUSTIN''LA HUELLA DE ESPANYA(LA HABANA)'FESTIVAL DE LAS ARTES',(VENEZUELA).

THE JONES-MARURI DUO HAS INVESTIGATED THE ORIGINAL HISTORIC REPERTOIRE FOR THEIR DUO,AND AS A RESULT OF THIS THEIR DISCOGRAPHY INCLUDES A FIRST WORLD RECORDING OF ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS FOR THIS INSTRUMENTAL COMBINATION FROM THE XIX CENTURY ,INCLUDING MUSIC BY LEONHARD VON CALL.THOMAS MATIEKA,AND FRIEDRICH DOTZAUER.
THEY HAVE ALSO RECORDED MOST OF THE ORIGINAL REPERTOIRE OF THE XX CENTURY FOR THIS COMBINATION AND HAVE INSPIRED LIVING COMPOSERS TO WRITE SPECIFICALLY FOR THEM ,SUCH AS PEDRO SAENZ,FRANCESCO TELLO,ERIK MARCHELIE,NICHOLAS MARSHALL ,AND JOSE MARIA SANCHEZ VERDU.

THEIR RECORDING 'ORIGINAL MUSIC FOR CELLO AND GUITAR 'WAS A TOP TEN IN THE CLASSICAL MARKET IN HONG KONG FOR ONE YEAR .DUE TO THIS SPECIAL SUCCESS IN THE ASIAN WORLD THEY WERE INVITED TO RECORD A CD OF CHINESE TRADITIONAL MELODIES FOR THE TAIWANESE RECORD LABEL MAYSUN.

IN 1999 THEY RECORDED FOR THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART IN NEW YORK ,'LA SAL DE ESPANYA',A COLLECTION OF SPANISH ROMANTIC MELODIES FROM THE XIX CENTURY PERFORMING ON INSTRUMENTS FROM THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTION