Jesús de Monasterio

He began studying the violin with his father, an amateur violinist, and he continued learning in Valladolid with José Ortega Zapata.

According to the review of that concert in the magazine La Iberia Musical y Literaria, "He caused an inexplicable admiration with the prodigies that he made playing the violin: this little angel, smaller than the instrument he had in hand, was crowned and named partner of merit among a thousand demonstrations of general approval.

He then moved to Madrid to pursue his studies, and received a pension and a violin after playing a concert for the Infanta Isabel de Borbón.

During his early formative years numerous press references about him were written in several musical magazines[2] and he was named emeritus partner of several lyceums.

Then he continued his career as a virtuoso being invited to festivals in England and Scotland and playing with the most influential musicians at that time, like Marie Pleyel or Heinrich Ernst.