Born Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson, Vanessa-Mae can, intriguingly, claim numerous nationalities. Her original father was a Thai (her mother was Chinese), but her parents divorced soon after she was born and she was adopted by an Englishman, Graham Nicholson. This prompted Vanessa's move to London, at the age of 4. Discover releases, reviews, credits, songs, and more about Vanessa-Mae - The Classical Album 1 at Discogs. Complete your Vanessa-Mae collection.

Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Early life and education [ ] Vanessa-Mae was born on 27 October 1978 in, to a Singaporean mother Pamela Soei Luang Tan and Thai father Vorapong Vanakorn. After adoption by a British father, she moved to London at the age of 4 where she began playing the violin, having already started the piano in Singapore. At the age of eight Mae embarked upon an intensive period of study with Professor Lin Yao Ji at the National Conservatoire of Music in Beijing. Vanessa-Mae returned to London and entered London's Royal College of Music. Musical career [ ] At age thirteen, Vanessa-Mae became the youngest soloist to record both the and violin concertos, according to. Her first pop-style album,, was released in 1995.

She appeared on the 1997 album playing a violin solo on the song 'Velvet Rope'. She was managed by her mother until Vanessa-Mae fired her in 1999. On 7 March 2002 Vanessa-Mae performed a variation of: – 'Summer: III. Presto' during the opening ceremonies of the. Ripples in mathematics the discrete wavelet transform pdf word. In April 2006, Vanessa-Mae was ranked as the wealthiest young entertainer under 30 in the UK in the 2006, having an estimated fortune of about £32 million.

Vanessa-Mae in 2004 Human rights controversy [ ] In October 2011, Vanessa-Mae attended celebrations in on the birthday of Chechen leader along with several other celebrities, 'played a bit of utterly mechanically' according to reporter Anna Malpas, and reportedly received $US500,000 for her performance. When asked where the money comes from to pay for performances, Kadyrov replied that 'Allah gives it to us'. Human rights groups, who had urged the celebrities to cancel their appearances because of carried out under Kadyrov, criticised her and other celebrities for attending the event. Composition [ ] Mae has occasionally recorded her own compositions. Her 1997 album included two pieces in which she shared a writing credit: Violin Fantasy on Puccini's 'Turandot' and Reunification Overture, marking the reunification of China and Hong Kong. In 2017, ClassicFM compiled a list of the 300 best selling classical albums in the 25 years it has been running. Vanessa-Mae entered three times.

The Classical Album 1 reached 244, Storm reached 135 and her debut mainstream album The Violin Player is the 76th best selling. The site claims that her total album sales make 'her the biggest-selling solo violinist in the chart'. Skiing career [ ] Vanessa-Mae stated that she 'started skiing around the same time as I began playing the piano, at around four, before moving to the violin at five', and that it had been her 'dream to be a ski bum since I was 14.' In 2009 Vanessa-Mae took up residence in the Swiss of. In August 2010, she told, 'I am British, but realistically there is no way I could represent my own country, but because my natural father is Thai, they have accepted me.' She registered as a Thai.