[9] The children and both their parents, who are professional musicians, formed the Paetsch Family Chamber Music Ensemble which gave many concerts throughout state of Colorado.

[13] In 1970, by the time Michaela was nine she was the first-chair violinist for the Fort Carson Little Theatre production of the “Fiddler on the Roof.”[9] The Paetsch Chamber Music Ensemble was formed in 1971.

Her playing began to receive attention and she attended the Cheyenne Mountain Junior High School only half a day to devote more of herself to music.

[15] On Sunday, March 18, 1973, the Paetsch Family Orchestra began a series of concerts throughout the state of Colorado starting at the Sangre de Cristo Arts and Conference Center in Pueblo.

[21] During the summer of 1976, Michaela attended the Marlboro Music Festival from a personal invitation of James Buswell, after she met him when he was soloist with the Colorado Springs Symphony.

The family gave their services for fund-raising projects, to the Penrose Public Library, in the Fine Arts Center, for the Symphony Guild, as well and on television for numerous churches and civic organizations as well as for the celebration of Heritage Day at the old Court House in the City of Colorado Springs.

[30] Critics praised the level of maturity in the Paetsch family performances, with one reviewer of The Gazette-Telegraph, John Fetler writing, "In this school educators could find a lesson, as the Brahms-Tchaikovsky program showed.

[36] In 1979 Michaela performed Dvorak's Violin Concerto with Myung-Whun Chung conducting the Debut Orchestra of Young Musicians Foundation in the Willshire Ebell Theater in Los Angeles, California.

The true tale of the unforgettable night in March 1980 when their Dodge Maxi Van broke down on the journey home from their exhilarating family concert in Bozeman, Montana, still is talked about.

Gunther, having accepted a majestic, young pure-bred Arabian colt as payment for their previous performance, was left destitute, devoid of any cash to carry on.

In the midst of this turmoil, Michaela and Priscilla took to the roads, bravely hitch-hiking their way on the highway in the middle of the night to catch an airplane out of Denver to the east for another concert, their intrepid spirit driving them forward.

J. Julius Baird wrote a critic in the Colorado Springs Sun newspaper that said, "The closing Rondo possessed a transparency and remarkable precision only heard in the finest ensembles.

The Allegretto brought to a close an afternoon of superb chamber music"[41] Michaela Paetsch went to study at Yale University with the famous Polish-born violinist Szymon Goldberg.

She is in that netherworld between leaving school and winning the big competition.” Both Daron and Coble learned a great deal about the violin's possibilities from hearing Michaela Paetsch play and seeing her at work on the instrument.

[44] Michaela Modjeska Paetsch performed the Boccherini String Quintet in A Major and the Brahms Sextet in B-flat in the Marlboro Festival in Vermont in 1981.

[51][42][52][53] Violinist Michaela Paetsch received a special prize for the best performance of a compulsory work by Russian composer Yuri Falik at the closing ceremony on July 4, 1986, in the prestigious International Tchaikovsky Competition held every four years in Moscow, Russia.

In 1987 Michaela Paetsch made a Digital Disk CD playing all of the 24 Paganini Caprices for violin solo which received highest critical acclaim.

[54] On March 19, 1987, Michaela Paetsch played both the violin and viola in a concert in the Ambassador Auditorium in Pasadena, California, with Jean-Pierre Rampal on the flute, Alexandre Lagoya on the Guitar and Marielle Nordmann on the harp.

[55] And on March 19, 1987, Michaela played a concert with Jean-Pierre Rampal on the flute, John Steele Ritter on the harpsichord, Leslie Parnas on the Cello, Pierre Pierlot on the oboe, and Donald McInnes on the Viola.

It's been ages since the area has heard such direct, patrician violin playing.”[60] In an interview with Michaela by John Aloysius Farrell with the Denver Post in 1986, she was quoted saying: When I'm on stage I try to find people in the audience who need something special.

Michaela Paetsch was told by cellist Aldo Parisot teaching at Yale University, who her brother Johann was studying with at the time, to “Start in Europe, then bring it back here.

[63] Michaela then returned to Denver to perform the Brahms Violin Concerto in D Major with maestra JoAnn Falletta and the Denver Chamber Orchestra in April 1988, after being quoted as being an “Award-winning violinist and recording artist who recently recorded the Paganini Caprices on a compact disc.”[64] In the summer of 1988, the Colorado Springs Symphony Orchestra with the conductor, Charles Ansbacher invited Michaela to play not only in Colorado Springs but also in the Ford Amphitheatre in Vail.

[66][67] Tuesday, July 9, 1996, was the broadcast on Radio 3 (FM Frequencies: 90.2-92.4 MHz) in London, England of Michaela Paetsch Neftel as violin soloist with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Dmitri Kitayenko playing the Offertorium written by Sofia Gubaidulina.

[71] On September 22, 2002, Michaela Paetsch Neftel on the violin and the American pianist Eric Le Van on the piano performed a concert at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

This concert was a Highlight tip of the day and was broadcast live the Radio on KMZT-FM 105.1[72][73] Michaela Paetsch, looking back, got started in her hometown on Colorado Springs and the community prepared her for her career.

[4][75] Her recorded works comprise a diverse range of pieces, including Niccolo Paganini's "24 Caprices" (1987), Joachim Raff's concertos with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, and "Sonatillen, Op.

The melodious tunes of the piano harmonized with the playful barks of the three German Shepherd dogs and the purring of their feline companions, while piles of sheet music and equestrian gear adorned the spaces between.

[40] After fighting a long and difficult battle with cancer Michaela Paetsch passed peacefully in her sleep in a Palliative clinic in Bern, Switzerland, on January 20, 2023, at the age of 61.

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live bit Schnitt 7168 Francoise Groben (cello) The pioneer background of Michaela Paetsch and the family on Priscilla's side extends back to the Mayflower as five ancestors including Governor William Bradford, John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley came over to the New World on the English ship by that name in 1620 and the Paetsch children are direct descendants of several Mayflower Pilgrims.