Vanessa-Mae
- January 5, 2024
- Violinist
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Vanessa-Mae Biography
| Name | Vanessa-Mae |
| Birthday | Oct 27 |
| Birth Year | 1978 |
| Birth Country | Singapore |
| Birth Sign | Libra |
Vanessa-Mae is one of the most popular and richest Violinist who was born on October 27, 1978 in Singapore. Crossover violinist who was the Britain’s richest young entertainer in 2006.
She was a violinist in She played violin on Janet Jackson’s song “Velvet Rope.” track “Velvet Rope.”
Vanessa-Mae (陈美 Chén Měi) (born 27 October 1978) also called Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson, is a British violinist with album sales reaching several million, having made her the wealthiest entertainer under 30 in the United Kingdom in 2006. She competed under the name Vanessa Vanakorn (Thai: วาเนสซ่า วรรณกร ; her father’s surname) for Thailand in alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics. She was initially banned from skiing because a qualifying race for her benefit was alleged to be corrupt, but the Court of Arbitration for Sport later nullified the ban, citing lack of evidence for her own wrongdoing or any manipulation. The International Ski Federation later had to issue an apology to her.
Her first pop-style album, The Violin Player, was released in 1995. She appeared on the 1997 Janet Jackson album The Velvet Rope playing a violin solo on the song “Velvet Rope”.
She has been vocal about her insular opinions on marriage, however she has been in a relationship with Lionel Catalan.
Vanessa-Mae Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Violinist |
| House | Living in own house. |
Vanessa-Mae is one of the richest Violinist from Singapore. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Vanessa-Mae 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
The family relocated to England at the age of four years old due to her mother’s divorce and she began playing violin a year after at the age of thirteen she recorded Beethoven as well as Tchaikovsky’s violin concertos. This made she one of the earliest musicians to take on the task.
She expressed an the desire to represent Thailand in this year’s Winter Olympics as a downhill skier.
Vanessa-Mae was born on 27 October 1978 in Singapore, 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 Vanessa-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.
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Who is Vanessa-Mae Dating?
According to our records, Vanessa-Mae is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of December 1, 2023, Vanessa-Mae’s is not dating anyone.
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In April 2006, Vanessa-Mae was ranked as the wealthiest young entertainer under 30 in the UK in the Sunday Times Rich List 2006, having an estimated fortune of about £32 million.
Facts & Trivia
Vanessa-Mae Ranked on the list of most popular Violinist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Singapore. Vanessa-Mae celebrates birthday on October 27 of every year.
As of 2014, Vanessa-Mae’s long-term boyfriend was French wine expert Lionel Catelan. Vanessa-Mae has expressed a lack of interest in marriage, saying “you don’t need a ring to say I love you”.
Top Facts about Vanessa-Mae
Key Facts
1. Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson is a Singaporean-born British violinist.
2. She competed as Vanessa Vanakorn for Thailand in alpine skiing at the 2014
Winter Olympics.
3. Aged 8, Vanessa-Mae embarked upon a period of study with Professor Lin Yao
Ji at the National Conservatoire of Music in Beijing and later entered
London’s Royal College of Music.
4. At age 13, Vanessa-Mae became the youngest soloist to record both the
Beethoven and Tchaikovsky violin concertos, according to Guinness World
Records.
5. In June 1999 she played at the Michael Jackson & Friends concerts in Seoul
and Munich.
6. On 7 March 2002 Vanessa-Mae performed a variation of Antonio Vivaldi: The
Four Seasons – “Summer: III. Presto” during the opening ceremonies of the 2002
Winter Paralympics.
7. In 2006, Vanessa-Mae was ranked as the wealthiest young entertainer under
30 in the UK in the Sunday Times Rich List 2006, with an estimated fortune of
about £32 million.
8. In October 2011, Vanessa-Mae performed for Chechnya’s leader Ramzan
Kadyrov during his birthday celebration in Grozny reportedly receiving
US$500,000 for her appearance.
9. Vanessa-Mae has occasionally recorded her own compositions.
10. In 2014, Vanessa-Mae had a total time of 3:26.97, 50.10 seconds behind
the gold medal winner, Tina Maze of Slovenia in the giant slalom.
11. On 10 July 2014 four Slovenian ski competition organisers were given
four-year bans on working with Slovenian Ski Union and FIS competitions.
12. On 11 November 2014, the FIS Hearing Panel issued worldwide bans against
Vanessa Mae, two-year ban against the Chief of Race Borut Hrobat, and one-year
bans against the FIS Technical Delegate, Chief of Timing, Referee, and
Starter.
13. On 19 June 2015, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) voided Vanessa-
Mae’s four-year ban, saying there was a lack of evidence that she herself
manipulated the races.
14. In 2016, Vanessa-Mae settled her defamation lawsuit against the FIS.
15. Vanessa-Mae returned to skiing in 2017, to attempt to qualify for the
2018 Winter Olympics.