British-born cellist Michael Kevin Jones started playing the cello at the age of 13. By the age of 16 he had decided on a career playing the cello. His first teachers were Pauline Ballard and Dulce Haigh Marshall . He studied at Dartington College of Arts with Michael Evans before going on to the Royal College of Music in London where he was a pupil of Joan Dickson for four years. During his time in London he won prizes for solo and chamber music playing and was chosen to perform for the British Royal Family.

In 1984 he decided to study with the great teacher Johannes Goritski in Germany, and was awarded a German Government Scholarship to do so. This was the start of the transition from student to professional. While still a student Michael became solo cellist for the German Chamber Academy, playing concerts all over the world and in major music festivals such as Salzburg, Lockenhaus and Kuhmo. At this time he also studied full time, participating in the solo masterclass courses at the Hindemith Foundation in Switzerland, studying chamber music with the Amadeus, Vermeer and La Salle Quartets. Tours included China , Rumania , and France, as well as recordings with WDR, the BBC and collaborations with well-known artists.

Michael Jones has lived in Cologne, Barcelona,and Madrid, and is currently based in New York City.

In Spain he met the Spanish classical guitarist Agustin Maruri, with whom he began a very successful collaboration, forming what was to become one of the only established cello-guitar classical duos in the world. As a performing duo they have toured the world and have recorded most of the literature for this combination.

After recording The Charm of Spain, an anthology of 19th century Spanish melodies, for The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2000 using an 1850 Vuillaume cello from the Musical Instruments Collection , Michael was invited back in 2002 to record the complete suites for cello by J. S. Bach, this time using a privately loaned Antonio Stradivarius cello.

Michael Jones enjoys diverse types of music and has played with many different types of performing groups, from the Virtuosi of Moscow, and the New York Philharmonia Virtuosi to Lindsay Kemp Contemporary Dance Company and Popular Singer Carlos Cano.