Birth Name: Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson
Date of Birth: October 27, 1987
Place of Birth: Singapore
Nationality: Singaporean, British
Origin: Thai/Chinese
Occupation: Violinist, Alpine skier
Height: 5 feet 2 in; 1.58m
Mae in one sentence: Vanessa is a stunningly beautiful Asian woman and a greatly talented violinist.
Quotes:
You don’t need a ring to say I love you.
Everything I do designates a time in my life.
I find variety very liberating.
It is great to have a talent, but in the end it all comes to dedication and practicing.
I would like to see myself as a role model.
I can get inspiration from any moment in my life.
It is important to take a break.
Without a listener, there is no music.
I enjoy being different.
I speak to people through my violin; my violin is my partner in my musical life, without it I don’t really fit to other people.
Maybe I will be remembered as someone who bastardized classical music, but I injected fun into a violin.
I know how to make money, but I don’t know how to make it grow.
Interesting Facts:
In 2006, she was the richest young entertainer in Great Britain.
She competed in alpine skiing for her native country Singapore at the Winter Olympic in 2014.
She began playing violin at the age of 5; she also plays piano.
According to Guinness World Records, Vanessa became the youngest soloist to record both the Tchaikovsky and Beethoven violin concertos.
She worked on The Velvet Rope project with Janet Jackson playing a violin for the song “Velvet Rope”.
Vanessa played for the opening ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Paralympics.
In 2011 she received 500.000,00 pounds for playing excerpts from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons on the birthday party of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov.
Go to Vanessa Mae Gallery
Always remember that true beauty comes from within.