Michelle Makarski

Michelle Makarski is an American violinist with an international reputation for the newest in American and international music, although her repertoire is broad and includes music of all periods, starting from the Baroque period. She is an strong and imaginative improviser, whether the style is Baroque ornamentation or jazz. Makarski described her birthplace as "the far western Upper Peninsula of Michigan on Lake Superior," although she spent most of her childhood days growing up in Detroit, at the opposite corner of the state. Her father was a musician and began teaching her...