, ▁or chestra ▁conduct or , ▁N icas io ▁Jim enez ▁( S r .), ▁beginning ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁four teen . ▁In ▁ 1 8 4 9 , ▁he ▁moved ▁to ▁Hav ana , ▁where ▁he ▁studied ▁with ▁Italian ▁viol in ist ▁and ▁composer ▁Luigi ▁Ar d iti . ▁In ▁the ▁same ▁year ▁Jim é nez ▁founded ▁a ▁dance ▁band ▁in ▁Hav ana ▁and ▁composed ▁many ▁d anz as ▁and ▁gu ar ach as ▁for ▁the ▁ensemble . ▁Later ▁on , ▁he ▁tra ve led ▁to ▁Leipzig , ▁Germany , ▁where ▁he ▁studied ▁piano , ▁viol in , ▁and ▁harm ony . ▁While ▁res iding ▁there , ▁he ▁entered ▁the ▁Leipzig ▁Conserv ator ium , ▁where ▁he ▁studied ▁viol in ▁with ▁Ferdinand ▁David , ▁piano ▁with ▁Ign az ▁Mos ch eles , ▁and ▁harm ony ▁with ▁Alexander ▁Ritter . ▁In ▁Leipzig ▁he ▁performed ▁as ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Gew and haus ▁Orchestra . ▁Upon ▁his ▁gradu ation ▁from ▁the ▁conserv atory , ▁Jim é nez ▁returned ▁to ▁Cuba , ▁where ▁his ▁two ▁sons ▁were ▁born . ▁In ▁ 1 8 6 9 , ▁he ▁returned ▁to ▁Leipzig ▁with ▁his ▁sons , ▁N icas io ▁and ▁José ▁Manuel ▁( L ico ) ▁Jim é nez - Ber ro a , ▁where ▁he ▁continued ▁to ▁perform ▁with ▁the ▁Gew and haus ▁Orchestra , ▁as ▁a ▁rec ital ist , ▁and ▁from ▁ 1 8 7 1 – 5 , ▁in ▁the ▁“ N eg ert rio ▁Jim é nez ” ▁with ▁his ▁sons