Vanessa Mae (real name Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson (born October 27, 1978, Singapore) is a world famous violinist and composer. Known mainly for her techno adaptations of classical compositions. Performance style : “violin techno-acoustic fusion” (techno-acoustic fusion). Brief biography Chinese on her mother and Thai on her father. When Vanessa was 4 years old, her parents divorced and her mother took her to live in the UK. After moving, her mother married an English man. lawyer Graham Nicholson. She began studying music at the age of three years, but then her main instrument was the piano. Later, her stepfather forced her to pick up the violin and accompany him. Vanessa's first performance was at the age of nine. Played with Philharmonic Orchestra when she was ten. Vanessa was the youngest student...
Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson(English) Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson ; whale. 陳美, Chen Měi, born. 27 October) - British violinist, composer, skier, singer. She is known mainly for her techno adaptations of classical compositions. Performance style: “violin techno-acoustic fusion” (eng. violin techno-acoustic fusion), or "pop violin".
Biography
In January 2014, Vanessa qualified for Olympic Games 2014 in Sochi and represented the Thai team in giant slalom and competed under her father's last name - Vanakorn. Of the 89 athletes who took part, she was able to finish both runs, taking the last, 67th, place and losing 50.10 seconds to the winner.
It subsequently turned out that Vanessa’s results during the selection for the Games were falsified at the Slovenian stage of the World Cup, commissioned by an unnamed Thai company. The four officials involved in the conspiracy were suspended from work for 4 years by decision of the Slovenian Ski Federation. In November, by decision of the FIS disciplinary commission, May was disqualified for 4 years, and five tournament organizers were suspended from work for a period of one to two years. May appealed this decision.
CAS concluded that FIS did not have sufficient evidence to support May's fraud and overturned the disqualification. At the same time, the court rejected the second appeal of the 36-year-old athlete (to cancel her results in qualifying competitions due to a violation of FIS rules), and therefore she did not have the right to compete at the Olympics in Sochi.
Violins
In most of her performances, Vanessa Mae uses the Guadagnini "Gizmo" violin, made in 1761 and bought at auction by her parents for £250,000. In January 1995, the violin was stolen, but in March of that year the police returned it to its owner. Once the artist fell with her violin on the eve of one of her performances and broke it. After several weeks of painstaking work, the instrument was restored.
The artist also uses Zeta Jazz Model electric violins, made in the USA - white, with the colors of the American flag and, since 2001, silver-white, and three Ted Brewer Violins electric violins.
From time to time, Vanessa Mae buys other violins and then sells them at charity auctions.
Facts
Discography
- Violin (1990)
- My Favorite Things: Kids" Classics (1991)
- Tchaikovsky & Beethoven Violin Concertos (1991/1992)
- The Violin Player (1994)
- The Violin Player: Japanese Releases (1995)
- The Alternative Record from Vanessa-Mae (1996)
- The Classical Album 1(November 1996)
- China Girl: The Classical Album 2(January 1997)
- Storm(January 1997)
- The Original Four Seasons and the Devil's Trill Sonata: The Classical Album 3(February 1999)
- The Classical Collection: Part 1 (2000)
- Subject to Change -Vanessa-Mae(July 2001)
- The Best of Vanessa-Mae(November 2002)
- Xpectation (Jazz collaboration with Prince) (2003)
- The Ultimate(January 2003)
- Choreography (2004)
- Platinum Collection (2007)
Special Albums
- The Violin Player: Japanese Release (1995)
- The Classical Album 1: Silver Limited Edition(January 1, 1997)
- Storm: Asian Special Edition(January 1, 1997)
- The Original Four Seasons and the Devil's Trill Sonata: Asian Special Edition(February 1, 1999)
- Subject to Change: Asian Special Edition(July 1, 2001)
- The Ultimate: Dutch Limited Edition(January, 2004)
Singles
- "Toccata & Fugue - The Mixes" (1995)
- "Happy Valley" (1997)
- "Destiny" (2001)
- "White Bird" (2001)
Filmography
- The Violin Fantasy (1998)
- Arabian Nights (2000)
- The Making of Me (TV series) (2008)
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Notes
Links
- Vanessa-Mae (English) on the Internet Movie Database
- - statistics on the FIS website (English)
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Excerpt characterizing Vanessa Mae
– Is he still here? – she asked quickly.- Yes, I saw him just now.
She was obviously unable to speak and made signs with her hands to leave her.
Pierre did not stay for dinner, but immediately left the room and left. He went around the city to look for Anatoly Kuragin, at the thought of whom all the blood now rushed to his heart and he had difficulty catching his breath. In the mountains, among the gypsies, among the Comoneno, it was not there. Pierre went to the club.
Everything in the club went on as usual: the guests who had come to dine sat in groups and greeted Pierre and talked about city news. The footman, having greeted him, reported to him, knowing his acquaintance and habits, that a place had been left for him in the small dining room, that Prince Mikhail Zakharych was in the library, and Pavel Timofeich had not arrived yet. One of Pierre's acquaintances, between talking about the weather, asked him if he had heard about Kuragin's kidnapping of Rostova, which they talk about in the city, is it true? Pierre laughed and said that this was nonsense, because he was now only from the Rostovs. He asked everyone about Anatole; one told him that he had not come yet, the other that he would dine today. It was strange for Pierre to look at this calm, indifferent crowd of people who did not know what was going on in his soul. He walked around the hall, waited until everyone had arrived, and without waiting for Anatole, he did not have lunch and went home.
Anatole, whom he was looking for, dined with Dolokhov that day and consulted with him on how to correct the spoiled matter. It seemed to him necessary to see Rostova. In the evening he went to his sister to talk with her about the means to arrange this meeting. When Pierre, having traveled all over Moscow in vain, returned home, the valet reported to him that Prince Anatol Vasilich was with the countess. The Countess's living room was full of guests.
Pierre, without greeting his wife, whom he had not seen since his arrival (she hated him more than ever at that moment), entered the living room and, seeing Anatole, approached him.
“Ah, Pierre,” said the countess, approaching her husband. “You don’t know what situation our Anatole is in...” She stopped, seeing in her husband’s low-hanging head, in his sparkling eyes, in his decisive gait that terrible expression of rage and strength that she knew and experienced in herself after the duel with Dolokhov.
“Where you are, there is debauchery and evil,” Pierre said to his wife. “Anatole, let’s go, I need to talk to you,” he said in French.
Anatole looked back at his sister and stood up obediently, ready to follow Pierre.
Pierre took him by the hand, pulled him towards him and walked out of the room.
“Si vous vous permettez dans mon salon, [If you allow yourself in my living room,” Helen said in a whisper; but Pierre left the room without answering her.
Anatole followed him with his usual, dashing gait. But there was noticeable concern on his face.
Entering his office, Pierre closed the door and turned to Anatole without looking at him.
– You promised Countess Rostova to marry her and wanted to take her away?
“My dear,” Anatole answered in French (as the whole conversation went), I do not consider myself obligated to answer interrogations made in such a tone.
Pierre's face, previously pale, became distorted with rage. He grabbed his big hand Anatole by the collar of his uniform and began to shake from side to side until Anatole’s face took on a sufficient expression of fear.
“When I say that I need to talk to you...” Pierre repeated.
- Well, this is stupid. A? - said Anatole, feeling the collar button that had been torn off with the cloth.
“You are a scoundrel and a scoundrel, and I don’t know what holds me back from the pleasure of crushing your head with this,” said Pierre, “expressing himself so artificially because he spoke French.” He took the heavy paperweight in his hand and raised it threateningly and immediately hastily put it back in its place.
– Did you promise to marry her?
- I, I, I didn’t think; however, I never promised, because...
Pierre interrupted him. - Do you have her letters? Do you have any letters? - Pierre repeated, moving towards Anatole.
Anatole looked at him and immediately, putting his hand in his pocket, took out his wallet.
Pierre took the letter handed to him and, pushing away the table that was standing on the road, fell onto the sofa.
“Je ne serai pas violent, ne craignez rien, [Don’t be afraid, I won’t use violence,” said Pierre, responding to Anatole’s frightened gesture. “Letters – one,” said Pierre, as if repeating a lesson to himself. “Second,” he continued after a moment of silence, getting up again and starting to walk, “you must leave Moscow tomorrow.”
- But how can I...
“Third,” Pierre continued without listening to him, “you must never say a word about what happened between you and the countess.” This, I know, I cannot forbid you, but if you have a spark of conscience... - Pierre silently walked around the room several times. Anatole sat at the table and bit his lips with a frown.
“You can’t help but finally understand that besides your pleasure there is happiness, the peace of other people, that you are ruining your whole life because you want to have fun.” Have fun with women like my wife - with these you are in your right, they know what you want from them. They are armed against you with the same experience of depravity; but to promise a girl to marry her... to deceive, to steal... Don’t you understand that this is as vile as killing an old man or a child!...
Pierre fell silent and looked at Anatole with a gaze that was no longer angry, but questioning.
- I don’t know that. A? - said Anatole, cheering up as Pierre overcame his anger. “I don’t know this and I don’t want to know,” he said, without looking at Pierre and with a slight trembling of his lower jaw, “but you told me these words: vile and the like, which I comme un homme d’honneur [as honest man] I won’t let anyone.
Pierre looked at him in surprise, unable to understand what he needed.
“Although it was face to face,” Anatole continued, “I can’t...
- Well, do you need satisfaction? - Pierre said mockingly.
“At least you can take back your words.” A? If you want me to fulfill your wishes. A?
“I’ll take it back,” said Pierre, and I ask you to excuse me. Pierre glanced involuntarily at the torn button. - And money, if you need it for the trip. – Anatole smiled.
This expression of a timid and mean smile, familiar to him from his wife, exploded Pierre.
- Oh, vile, heartless breed! – he said and left the room.
The next day Anatole left for St. Petersburg.
Pierre went to Marya Dmitrievna to report the fulfillment of her wish - the expulsion of Kuragin from Moscow. The whole house was in fear and excitement. Natasha was very ill, and, as Marya Dmitrievna told him in secret, on the same night it was announced to her that Anatole was married, she poisoned herself with arsenic, which she quietly obtained. Having swallowed a little of it, she was so frightened that she woke up Sonya and told her what she had done. At the time they were accepted necessary measures against poison, and now she was out of danger; but still she was so weak that it was impossible to think of taking her to the village and they sent for the countess. Pierre saw the confused count and the tear-stained Sonya, but could not see Natasha.
Pierre had lunch at the club that day and heard talk from all sides about an attempt to kidnap Rostova and stubbornly refuted this talk, assuring everyone that nothing more happened than that his brother-in-law proposed to Rostova and was refused. It seemed to Pierre that it was his responsibility to hide the whole matter and restore Rostova’s reputation.
He fearfully awaited the return of Prince Andrei and every day he came to see the old prince about him.
Prince Nikolai Andreich knew through M lle Bourienne all the rumors circulating around the city, and read that note to Princess Marya, which Natasha refused to her fiancé. He seemed more cheerful than usual and was looking forward to his son with great impatience.
A few days after Anatole's departure, Pierre received a note from Prince Andrei, notifying him of his arrival and asking Pierre to come see him.
Prince Andrei, having arrived in Moscow, at the very first minute of his arrival received from his father a note from Natasha to Princess Marya, in which she refused the groom (she stole this note from Princess Marya and gave it to Prince m lle Bourienne) and heard from his father, with additions, stories about the abduction Natasha.
Prince Andrei arrived the evening before. Pierre came to him the next morning. Pierre expected to find Prince Andrei in almost the same position in which Natasha was, and therefore he was surprised when, entering the living room, he heard from the office the loud voice of Prince Andrei, animatedly saying something about some kind of St. Petersburg intrigue. The old prince and another voice occasionally interrupted him. Princess Marya came out to meet Pierre. She sighed, pointing her eyes at the door where Prince Andrei was, apparently wanting to express her sympathy for his grief; but Pierre saw from Princess Marya’s face that she was glad both about what happened and about how her brother accepted the news of his bride’s betrayal.
Chinese on mother's side, Thai on father's side. When Vanessa was 4 years old, her parents divorced and her mother took her to live in the UK. After the move, her mother married an English lawyer, Graham Nicholson.
She began studying music at the age of three, but then her main instrument was the piano. Later, her stepfather forced her to pick up the violin and accompany him.
Vanessa's first performance was at the age of nine. She played with the Philharmonic Orchestra when she was ten. Vanessa was the youngest student at Royal music college. In October 1991, Vanessa Mae recorded her debut disc, Violin.
In 1992, she picked up her Zeta electric violin for the first time. In 1994 she recorded her first pop album. Rating album The Violin Player shot up the worldwide charts in more than 20 countries immediately after its release.
In 1996, she was nominated for the BRIT Awards as Best Female Artist. She is the first musician and classical musician to be nominated for this competition and was awarded the award by an overwhelming number of votes due to her popularity.
In 1997, Hong Kong honored Vanessa with an invitation to perform in Hong Kong at the Chinese Reunification Ceremony, she was the only non-local performer. As a finale to this performance, she releases the album China Girl, in honor of her Chinese roots.
In the next album Storm, she sings the same way.
In most of her performances she uses a Guadagnini violin, made in 1761 and bought at auction by her parents for £150,000.
In January 1995, Guadagnini was stolen, but in March of that year the police returned it to its owner.
Once the artist fell with her violin on the eve of one of her performances and broke it. After several weeks of painstaking work, the instrument was restored. Now the instrument is valued at 458 thousand dollars.
No less famous is her white Zeta Jazz Model electric violin, made in the USA. This instrument has almost a twin brother, with decorative elements depicting the stripes and stars of the American flag.
She periodically buys the remaining violins and later sells them at charity auctions.
I really want to talk about Vanessa Mae, one of my favorite musicians. A truly brilliant violinist who made a breakthrough in the history of music. Mae Vanakorn Nicholson was born on October 27, 1978, the same day as the great violinist Paganini, only 196 years later. According to the Chinese calendar, she was born on the day of the horse - this is good sign for the Chinese. It symbolizes speed and loyalty, which is expressed in good development in career and business, as well as in the personal - family satisfaction. Vanesa May was born in Singapore to a Thai father and a Chinese mother. Her mother, Pamela, divorced when Vanessa was 4 years old and took her to London, where she married British lawyer Grahm Nicholson. Pamela Nicholson is professional enough to notice Vanessa's musical talent; Pamela herself is a semi-professional pianist. She played a huge role in musical career your daughter. The violin is not Vanessa's first instrument. She first studied piano at a children's school in Singapore with Ruth Nye when she was 3 years old. Her adoptive father Grahm Nicholson played the violin and forced Vanessa to take the violin and accompany him. 
Vanessa's first performance was at the age of nine. She played with the Philharmonie Orchestra when she was ten. Under Professor Felix Andrievsky, Vanessa was the youngest student at the Royal College of Music. In October 1991, Vanessa Mae recorded her debut CD "Violin" and released it for UK charities and the NSPCC in March 1991, at the time she was only 11 years old. In 1992 she picked up her Zeta electric violin for the first time. In 1994 she teamed up with EMI to record her first pop album, what Vanessa described as a "techno-acoustic fusion". Her new album "The Violin Player" soared on the worldwide charts in more than 20 countries upon its release. In 1996, she was nominated for "Best Female Artist" in the BRIT Awards competition held in the UK. She is the first musician and classical musician to be nominated for this competition, and was awarded the award by an overwhelming number of votes due to her popularity. Then she released some other albums. After her pop album "The Violin Player" she dropped a classic record, "Classical Album 1". In 1997, Hong Kong honored Vanessa with an invitation to perform in Hong Kong at the Chinese Reunification Ceremony, she was the only non-local performer. It also ended with the release of another album, "China Girl", as a further reflection on her Chinese roots. It had been fifteen years since her grandfather died. Almost immediately after this, she released her second techno-acoustic album, “Storm,” on which she also sings. Then she recorded her third classic album, “The Original Four Seasons,” after “The Violin Player.” In 2001, another of her pop albums, “Sebject To Change,” was released. In most of her performances, Vanessa May uses a Guadagnini violin, made in 1761 and bought at auction by her parents for £150,000. In January 1995, Guadagnini was stolen, but in March of that year the police returned it to its owner. Once the artist fell with her violin on the eve of one of her performances and broke it. After several weeks of painstaking work, the instrument was restored. Now the instrument is valued at 458 thousand dollars. The artist also uses Zeta Jazz Model electric violins, made in the USA - white, white with the colors of the American flag and, since 2001, silver-white, and three Ted Brewer Violins electric violins. From time to time, Vanessa Mae buys other violins and then sells them at charity auctions. On at the moment Vanessa lives in Kensington, London. Interesting facts: The asteroid "(10313) Vanessa Mae" is named in honor of Vanessa Mae. Vanessa Mae was born on the same day as Niccolo Paganini, the world famous Italian violinist and composer.
Unfortunately, not all video performances with Vanessa on YouTube can be copied. Vanessa Mae - Storm (Live)
Vanessa Mae - Fur Elise Techno Remix
The Phantom Of The Opera -- Vanessa Mae
Vanessa Mae - Tecno New Age
World famous violinist, composer. She is known mainly for her techno adaptations of classical compositions. Performance style: “techno-acoustic fusion”
Chinese on mother's side, Thai on father's side. When Vanessa was 4 years old, her parents divorced and her mother took her to live in the UK. After the move, her mother married an English lawyer, Graham Nicholson.
She began studying music at the age of three, but then her main instrument was the piano. Later, her stepfather asked her to pick up the violin and accompany him.
Vanessa's first performance was at the age of nine. She played with the Philharmonic Orchestra when she was ten. Vanessa was the youngest student at the Royal College of Music. In October 1991, Vanessa Mae recorded her debut disc, Violin.
In 1992, she picked up her Zeta electric violin for the first time. In 1994 she recorded her first pop album. The Violin Player album's ratings soared on the worldwide charts in more than 20 countries immediately after its release.
In 1996, she was nominated for the BRIT Awards as Best British Female, but did not receive the award.
In 1997, Hong Kong honored Vanessa with an invitation to perform in Hong Kong at the Chinese Reunification Ceremony, where she performed alongside Yo-Yo Ma and Tan Dun. As a finale to this performance, she releases the album China Girl, in honor of her Chinese roots.
In the next album Storm, she also sings.
Violins
In most of her performances, Vanessa Mae uses Guadagnini's Gizmo violin, made in 1761 and bought at auction by her parents for £150,000. In January 1995, the violin was stolen, but in March of that year the police returned it to its owner. Once the artist fell with her violin on the eve of one of her performances and broke it. After several weeks of painstaking work, the instrument was restored.
The artist also uses Zeta Jazz Model electric violins, made in the USA - white, white with the colors of the American flag and, since 2001, silver-white, and three Ted Brewer Violins electric violins.