Vanessa-Mae
Sign in to saveVanessa-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 is a Singaporean-born British violinist who became famous for blending classical violin music with electronic and popular music genres in a style she calls "violin techno-acoustic fusion." Her innovative approach and album sales made her one of the wealthiest entertainers under 30 in the United Kingdom by 2006.
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- 1978-10-27
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- Winning Whiners
- Vanessa Mae Autobiography
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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
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- Musical career
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- Skiing career
- Qualifying event
- Olympics
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- Investigation and appeal
- Post-appeal
- Personal life
- Awards and nominations
- Discography
- Filmography
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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.
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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1978 births20th-century British classical violinists20th-century English women musicians21st-century British classical violinists21st-century English women musiciansAlpine skiers at the 2014 Winter OlympicsBritish Asian musiciansBritish emigrants to SwitzerlandBritish rock violinistsBritish synth-pop musiciansBritish women classical violinists