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Vanessa-Mae
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Vanessa-Mae (; born 27 October 1978), also called Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson, is a Singaporean-born British violinist and skier with Thai heritage from her father. Her album sales reached several million by 2006, making her the wealthiest entertainer aged under 30 in the United Kingdom at that time. She is known for fusing classical and popular genres, which she calls "violin techno-acoustic fusion". This crossover style combines her classical violin training with electronic music influences like techno and synth-pop, as seen for example in the title track from her album Storm from 1997.
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Vanessa-Mae, born Vanessa Chen in Singapore on October 27, 1978, is a violinist, composer, and alpine skier. She holds citizenship in Thailand, the United Kingdom, and Singapore. Her musical work spans classical, pop, and techno genres, and she has been associated with record labels including Virgin Records, EMI, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Inc., and Sony Classical.
Chen began her professional work period in 1988. She was educated at the Royal College of Music and the Central Conservatory of Music. In addition to her musical career, she participated in the 2014 Winter Olympics as an alpine skier. She resides in Zermatt and speaks English. Her published works include "Winning Whiners" and "Vanessa Mae Autobiography."
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Winning Whiners
- Vanessa Mae Autobiography
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Singapore
Vanessa Mae is a British violinist and was an olympic athlet in skiing in 2014, participating for her father's country, Thailand.
Known for
- Chick: All Hardcore 192011
- Popstar to Operastar — Herself - Musical Guest2010
- Popstar to Operastar — Self - Critic2010
- Best of Supercharged High Speed Sex2009
- The Making of Me — Herself2008
- Britain's Got More Talent — Self2007
- Arabian Nights — Princess Zobeide2000
- Show Palast — Self1999
- Vanessa-Mae - Storm on World Tour1998
- Die Lotto-Show — Self1998
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1978
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 306,723
- Total plays
- 4,074,544
Tags
Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson (born October 27, 1978 in Singapore, currently lives in United Kingdom), known on stage as Vanessa-Mae (in Chinese: 陳美, Chén Měi) is an internationally known British pop and classical musician, especially noted for her violin skills. Her music style is self-described as "violin techno-acoustic fusion" as several of her albums prominently feature the techno style. Vanessa-Mae was born in Singapore to a Thai father (Varaprong Vanakorn) and a Chinese mother (Pamela T
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A Guideline of Selecting and Reporting Intraclass Correlation Coefficients for Reliability Research
· 2016 · cited 25,072x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 10,248x
- The MR-Base platform supports systematic causal inference across the human phenome
· 2018 · cited 7,397x
- Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2021 · cited 6,874x
- Prevention of HIV-1 Infection with Early Antiretroviral Therapy
· 2011 · cited 5,740x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
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- Vanessa-Mae in 2014
- Person.birth_name
- Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson
- Person.birth_place
- Singapore
- Person.years_active
- 1990–present
- Person.partner
- Lionel Catalan (1999-present)
- Person.website
- https://www.vanessamaemusic.com/
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- yes
- Musical artist.background
- non_vocal_instrumentalist
- Musical artist.instrument
- Violin
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Musical career
- Composition
- Skiing career
- Qualifying event
- Olympics
- Olympic results
- Investigation and appeal
- Post-appeal
- Personal life
- Awards and nominations
- Discography
- Filmography
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Vanessa-Mae (; born 27 October 1978), also called Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson, is a Singaporean-born British violinist and skier with Thai heritage from her father. Her album sales reached several million by 2006, making her the wealthiest entertainer aged under 30 in the United Kingdom at that time. She is known for fusing classical and popular genres, which she calls "violin techno-acoustic fusion". This crossover style combines her classical violin training with electronic music influences like techno and synth-pop, as seen for example in the title track from her album Storm from 1997.
As a skier, she competed under the name Vanessa Vanakorn (; her father's surname) for Thailand in alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics. She was initially banned from skiing by the International Ski Federation (FIS) after participating in a qualifying race allegedly organised to enable her to qualify for the Winter Olympics. An appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport led to the ban being nullified, citing lack of evidence for her own wrongdoing or any manipulation. The FIS later issued an apology to her.
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