Michaela Paetsch
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Michaela Paetsch Neftel | |
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| Born | Michaela Modjeska Paetsch November 12, 1961 |
| Died | January 20, 2023 (aged 61) Bern, Switzerland |
| Occupation | Concert Violinist |
| Years active | 1971–2023 |
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| Children | Nora (daughter)[1] |
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| Relatives | Johann Sebastian Paetsch (brother) |
Michaela Paetsch Neftel (born Michaela Modjeska Paetsch; November 12, 1961 – January 20, 2023)[1] was an American violinist known for being the first American woman to have recorded all 24 Paganini Caprices for solo violin. She won the first prize in the 1984 G. B. Dealey Awards,[2][3] secured a top prize in the 1985 Queen Elisabeth Competition[4], and a special prize winner at the International Tchaikovsky Competition held in 1986.[5][6]
Early life
[edit]Neftel was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She was was the second oldest of seven children and was named after Polish actress Helena Modjeska.[7]
Her parents were Günther Johannes Paetsch and Priscilla Paetsch. Paetsch was raised with two sisters (Phebe and Brigitte) and four brothers (Johann, Christian, Englebert and Siegmund).[8] Paetsch's father was a cellist and her mother was a violinist. Both parents played in the Colorado Springs Symphony Orchestra and they also taught all of the 7 children to play stringed instruments.[4]
Paetsch's ancestry allegedly 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. Her family had been in North America for many generations. In fact, Michaela Paetsch is a direct descendant of Mayflower passenger Governor William Bradford, who is her 9th great grandfather. Five generations of this family have been connected with Colorado Springs.[9][10]
Neftel was given her first violin lesson at the age of three, by her mother. [11][12]
Paetsch reportedly showed great interest in the violin as a small child. She is said to have taken an interest in a violin her father took apart, and was known to carry it around.[11]
Career
[edit]1960s
[edit]The children and both their parents, who were professional musicians, formed the Paetsch Family Chamber Music Ensemble. Together, they gave concerts throughout the state of Colorado. Michaela Paetsch gave her first public recital at the age of seven.[13] She performed with the Baroque Players in Colorado Springs, as well as the Jefferson Symphony in Golden, Colorado.
1970s
[edit]Michaela went to Skyway Elementary School.[14]
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.”[11] 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.
In 1972, at the age of ten, Michaela Paetsch was concertmaster of the Cosmic Heights Chamber Orchestra and played as a first violinist and soloist with the Baroque Players[15].
In 1972, for the Centennial Celebration of Colorado Springs’ 100 years as an incorporated city, the Paetsch family of Colorado Springs gave a concert in conjunction with Heritage Day on the lawn of the El Paso County Court House.[9]
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. Michaela Paetsch, who was 11, was featured playing the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in D Minor, the Vitali “Chaconne”, Vivaldi “Season’ and the first violin solo part of the Sixth Brandenburg Concerto by Johann Sebastian Bach.[12] Gunther Paetsch was quoted in saying: “Although the children are still very young, they are very dedicated to their art. They arise at 6 a.m. daily to practice their violins and violas for two hours before breakfast.”[12]
Gunther Paetsch was quoted saying: “I believe that in this time, when most children spend a lot of time passively in front of television, it is especially important that children can enjoy and be actively engaged in some artistic and creative field. This will benefit all other fields.”[14] The Paetsch String Sextet consisted in 1972 of Michaela Modjeska Paetsch as concertmaster and solo violist, Priscilla Paetsch as violinist and violist, Gunther Paetsch as principal cellist and the tutti voices and solo inner violin and viola parts were played by Brigitte and Phebe Paetsch. Johann Sebastian Paetsch was Continuo cellist. One of the programs included Vivaldi's double violin concerto, Corelli's double violin concerto, Mozart's divertimento and Johann Sebastian Bach's 6th Brandenburg Concerto which was at that time rarely heard and seldom performed because of its unusual orchestration in the score. It was written only for violas and cellos and was dedicated to the Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg, in Germany. The two solo viola parts were a trial of virtuosity and were played by Michaela and her mother Priscilla.[14]
When she was 12 years old she won both the Colorado Springs Young Artists contest and the Pueblo Young Artists contest. As a result, she appeared at that age as soloist with the Colorado Springs Symphony, the Pueblo Symphony under the direction of Gerhard Track and the Jefferson Symphony in Denver, Colorado.[16]
In the summer of 1975 Michaela was given a scholarship by the Colorado Springs Symphony Guild and Mr. and by Mrs. George Vradenburg of Colorado Springs to go and study in the Meadowmount School of Music in Upstate New York with Ivan Galamian and Joseph Gingold.[16][17][4]
At the age of 14, Michaela was the youngest full time member (sitting next to her mother Priscilla, in the first violin section) of the Colorado Springs Symphony in its history.[16]
The Rocky Mountain News wrote about the ensemble: “One had to be amazed, that everything was performed so well. The audience responded with a standing ovation before intermission. The group had won the hearts of the audience.” The Pueblo Chieftain wrote: “The Paetsch Family is truly gifted in terms of discipline, talent and the desire to give of themselves. It is amazing to see six members of a family who have learned to play together with total accuracy and sensitivity.”
Critics praised the level a maturity in the family performance, with one reviewer of the Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph writing “When children who look like angels also perform like angels, who possess all the skill necessary to tackle the heroic, Herculean and at times unfathomable Brahms Sextet - when cascading technical passages are performed with effortless execution and are marked by a lush tone and a perfect intonation that make the Brahms masterpiece a glorious sound of syncopation, excitement, breadth and brilliance, then we have true greatness in our midst. The Paetsch family, including mother, father and their angelic-looking children display musical discipline and artistry of the highest form and are truly worthy of all the support our community can possibly give them.”[11] The Paetsch family was often called “The Trapp Family of Colorado.”[18] In recognition of their services to the community the family was recently nominated for the “American Musical Family Award” given by the American Music Conference.[18]
Michaela Paetsch, who was in Cheyenne Mountain Junior High School at the time, together with her family, played concerts three times a day and three times a week for schools, for nursing homes, and for hospitals. One year they played more than 300 concerts. Mark Arnest of The Gazette in Colorado Springs wrote:
”Once upon a time, the name “Paetsch” was the biggest name in classical music in Colorado Springs--and the most numerous.”[19]
Michaela practiced a minimum of four hours a day, and increased that amount when she was preparing for competitions.[20] At 16, she won first prize in the National String Competition sponsored by the American String Teachers Association which was held in Chicago, Illinois.[21]
Michaela said once in an interview: “I knew when I was 3 years old that I would be a violinist. One of the words I learned was patience, I learned that in a good way.”
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.[22][23][24]
She graduated from Cheyenne Mountain High School in Colorado Springs in June 1979.
1980s
[edit]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 a bid to satiate their hunger, they valiantly played for their supper at a senior citizen's dinner in Chugwater, Wyoming. With nowhere to go, they sought refuge in a nearby church for the next few days until the part would arrive to fix the van. 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. The pure-bred Arabian colt that they had acquired was named "Nakiro," a name that would go on to hold great significance for Michaela, who trained and rode the young stallion in the rugged mountains behind their house, forging an unbreakable bond.[25]
Michaela Paetsch went to study at Yale University with the famous Polish-born violinist Szymon Goldberg. It just happened that Szymon Goldberg had also been the teacher of Priscilla (Michaela’s mother) when Priscilla was younger. Yale had a mandatory retirement age so Goldberg had to retire and but he continued teaching at the Curtis Institute of Music. She followed him and studied with him also at Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.[26][4] In one her many recitals at the Curtis Institute she programed the solo works by Bach, Paganini and Bartok and premiered Daron Aric Hagen's “Occasional Notes” and William Coble's “Intrada.”[27] Daron Hagen was quoted as saying: “I want Michaela to keep appearing before the public. 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.[27]
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.[5] Her brother Johann Paetsch took part in the cello competition at the same time in Moscow.
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. I can see it in their eyes. They're dying for something like the shivers you get get from music. I try to do something special for them. And if I can give them the love and happiness of music and some shivers that's great.
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. They'll appreciate you more.” She centered her career in Europe. In October 1987 she played three concerts in Holland, directed by the leader of the Zurich Chamber Orchestra. He talked about her to the manager of that orchestra to listen to her. The manager was impressed and arranged for Michaela to come to Zurich and a Swiss millionaire with a rather large collection of stringed instrument loaned her a Guarneri violin to use. Shortly after that, at a private audition, the German recording company, Teldec, signed her up to a recording contract. It was like a Fairy tale that came true.[29]
In October 1987, Michaela Paetsch recorded the 24 Capricci, Op.1 by Niccolò Paganini for Teldec.[30]
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.”[31]
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. Michaela proved to be an outstanding crowd pleaser with her virtuoso performance of the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor.[32]
Michaela has showcased her musical talents as a soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician in prominent musical hubs across the globe. Notably, she has performed at esteemed venues such as Carnegie Hall and Avery Fischer Hall in New York, as well as at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Michaela has also graced the stages of esteemed music festivals including Marlboro in Vermont, Davos in Switzerland, Brandenburg Summer Concerts in Berlin, Banff in Canada, Boulder Bach Festival, and the "Mostly Mozart" festival in New York. Additionally, she has participated in the Rhein-Sieg and Niederrhein Chamber Music Festivals, both located in Germany.
Collaborating with renowned orchestras across the globe, she has performed with ensembles such as the NHK Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo and the Philharmonics of Osaka in Japan, as well as the Philharmonic orchestras of Seoul in Korea, Liége in Belgium, and Bergen in Norway. Additionally, she has worked with the National Orchestra of Belgium, the Gewandhaus in Leipzig Germany, the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester, the Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Residentie Orchestra, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, and the BBC Symphony Orchestra in London, the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, amongst others. Her collaborations have brought her under the direction of conductors such as Kent Nagano, Dmitri Kitayenko, Horst Stein and Myung-whun Chung.[4][33]
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. 99" and "Morceaux, Op. 85" featuring Eric Le Van on piano. Additionally, she recorded Brahms' "21 Hungarian Dances" and "La Capricieuse". Michaela has also contributed to the live recording of Sofia Gubaidulina's "Offertorium" as the featured soloist with the Bern Symphony Orchestra. Her recordings have been released through esteemed record labels such as Sony Classical, Arte Nova, cpo, and ARSIS.[34]
From 1993 she had been the violinist for the quartet Ensemble Incanto, with which she toured extensively and recorded regularly.[4] She lived in Bern, Switzerland and then later on moved to the city of Ligerz, Switzerland.
On December 15, 2019, Michaela played a Christmas concert in Bellmund (near Biel/Bienne) with her brother Johann and his family. The next day Michaela started Chemotherapy treatment for the recently discovered cancer that she had acquired. The players were Michaela Paetsch, violin; Valentina Paetsch, violin; Yoko Paetsch, viola; Raphaela Paetsch, cello; Dominic Paetsch, cello and Johann S. Paetsch, cello. They played to a sold-out audience a whole evening of pieces that were arranged jointly arranged by Michaela and Johann for 2 violins, viola and 3 cellos.[35][36][37]
Personal life
[edit]On August 3, 1990, Paetsch married Klaus Neftel in Bern, Switzerland. They had a daughter two years later in 1992, whom they named Anna Nora Neftel. Michaela lived in Ligerz, Switzerland, and traveled often to her native Colorado Springs.[34] While living in Ligerz, she had 3 cats: Päddi, Ashie and Saphira, who would take walks with her in the vineyards above the village.[1]
Horses
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Michaela broke her first stallion at age 9.[25] Her parents raised Polish-bred registered Purebred Arabian horses at their house in Colorado Springs which bordered the Pike National Forest.[38] The pure-bred Arabian colt that they had acquired by playing a concert in Bozeman, Montana was named "Nakiro," a name that would go on to hold great significance for Michaela, who trained and rode the young stallion in the rugged mountains behind their house.[25]
Death
[edit]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.[34][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47]
Prizes
[edit]Paetsch won numerous awards, including first prize in the G.B. Dealey International Competition in Dallas and top prizes in the Queen Elisabeth and the Tchaikovsky International Violin Competitions.
Discography
[edit]Her extensive discography includes:
- The 24 Caprices by Niccolò Paganini with Teldec.[4]
- She has also recorded with Sony Classical, Arte Nova (BMG) and Tudor.[4]
- Her recent disc of the Concertos by Joachim Raff with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra (TUDOR 7086).[4]
- The complete music for solo strings of Daron Hagen for Arsis.
- ensemble incanto - string quartet
| Release | Composer/Title of work | Performer | Label/Catalog no. | Format |
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| 1987 | Niccolò Paganini |
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Teldec
6.43922 |
CD |
| 1990 | Sofia Gubaidulina
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BMG
DDD 1002 Konzeertmitschnitt |
CD |
| 1991 | Luigi Boccherini
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Pina Carmirelli, Gary Hoffman, Ramon Bolipata, Toby Hoffman, Michaela Paetsch | Sony
47298 |
CD |
| 1992 | Davos Music Festival
F. Poulenc, W.A. Mozart, R. Strauss, S. Prokofiev, E. Toch, F. Mendelssohn |
Stefan Henneberger (conductor), Chamber Ensemble: Stefan Buri, Diana
Doherty, Dénes Várjon, Pascal Siffert, Marina Piccinini, Stephanie Gonley, Françoise Groben, Guido Schiefen, Irina Nikitina, Kyoko Takezawa, Douglas Paterson, Regula Schneider, Regine Guthauser, Andreas Haefliger, Ursula Fiedler, Stefano Wenk, Anthony Marwood, Michaela Paetsch, Ilya Konovalov, Anna Pfister |
Sony
47298 |
CD |
| 1995 | Johannes Brahms
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Tudor
7037 |
CD |
| 1995 | Johannes Brahms
|
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Oehms Classics
259 |
CD |
| 1995 | Paul Hindemith
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ensemble incanto
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cpo
999 302-2 |
CD |
| 1997 | W. A. Mozart
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Arte Nova-Nr.
74321433252 |
CD |
| 1997 | Daron Hagen
|
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Arsis
111 |
CD |
| 2000 | Joseph Joachim Raff
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Tudor
7086 |
CD |
| 2000 |
|
ensemble incanto | Arte Nova-Nr.
74321721052 |
CD |
| 2001 | Olivier Messiaen
|
ensemble incanto
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Arte Nova-Nr.
70762 |
CD |
| 2003 | Joseph Joachim Raff
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Tudor
7109 |
CD |
| 2004 | Peter Härtling liest Schumanns “Schatten” | Musik ensemble incanto | Querstand
VKJK 0403 |
CD |
| 2005 | Arthur Furer
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Musikverlag Müller & Schade AG in Bern
live bit Schnitt |
CD |
| 2011 | ’’La Capricieuse’’
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Tudor
7168 |
CD |
Felix, Mendelssohn
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Francoise Groben (cello) |
Musik Festival Davos | CD |
Ancestry
[edit]References
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External links
[edit]- Michaela Paetsch's home page is http://www.michaelapaetsch.com.
- A German web site is here: http://www.michaelapaetsch.ch
- Michaela Paetsch discography at Discogs
- Bio from the Queen Elisabeth International Competition
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| Artists | |
| Other | |
- 1961 births
- 2023 deaths
- American people of German descent
- Musicians from Colorado Springs, Colorado
- American women classical violinists
- 21st-century American women musicians
- 21st-century American classical violinists
- 20th-century American women musicians
- 20th-century American classical violinists
- American expatriates in Switzerland