Vanessa-Mae

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Vanessa-Mae Alpine skiing
Vanessa-Mae (2014)
nation ThailandThailand Thailand
birthday October 27, 1978
place of birth SingaporeSingapore Singapore
Career
discipline Giant slalom , slalom
status active
last change: March 12, 2016

Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson (born October 27, 1978 in Singapore ) is a Thai - British violinist and athlete .

Life and career

Childhood and youth

Vanessa-Mae is the child of a Thai father and a Chinese mother. She was adopted by her stepfather, British Graham Nicholson, after her parents separated . In 1982 she moved to London and received in addition to their Thai nor the British citizenship .

Music career

Vanessa-Mae began playing the piano at the age of three and the violin at the age of five . At the age of eight she took violin lessons in China for six months. In 1988, when she was ten, she played with the London Philharmonic Orchestra . A year later she was accepted into the Royal College of Music in London. In Germany she first gained fame through her 1995 album The Violin Player , which includes the piece Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 565 . On June 30, 1997, she was the only foreign artist allowed to perform at the Unification Ceremony of Hong Kong and the People's Republic of China . She plays both classical (among others, by Giovanni Battista Guadagnini ) and on electric violins , such as on the Download - Instrumental album Xpectation (2003) by Prince ; at that time she worked as a guest musician with the US singer.

Sports career

Vanessa-Mae at the Olympic Torch Relay in London (2008)

Vanessa-Mae started skiing when she was four. In 2006 she was in Zermatt for the first time . In the following years she regularly visited the Swiss mountain village in summer. She has had her first residence there since September 2009. In Zermatt, she pursued her goal of qualifying for the 2014 Winter Olympics in slalom and giant slalom for Thailand , her father's home country. Countries that do not have a driver in the top 500 of the ranking are allowed to send one representative per gender according to the regulations, provided the runner achieves the required 140 FIS points in the relevant discipline .

In January 2014 it was announced that Vanessa-Mae was successful with her project. In alpine skiing she was the first Thai woman to take part in the Winter Olympics. She qualified for the slalom and the giant slalom. She competed under the name of her father Vanakorn , but only started in the giant slalom . She finished in 67th place, around 50 seconds behind Olympic champion Tina Maze . She was the last of the placed starters.

In November 2014 Vanessa-Mae was banned from the International Ski Federation (FIS) for four years. The FIS saw it as proven that the races in which they won the FIS points necessary for Olympic qualification were manipulated in their favor. The International Sports Court did not follow up on these allegations and lifted the ban in June 2015. The FIS paid a large amount for the damage to its reputation, which it donated.

Others

In October 2011, Vanessa-Mae's appearance at the birthday party of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov - who is accused of serious human rights violations - led to criticism from the human rights organization Human Rights Watch, among others .

Awards

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1995 The Violin Player DE20th
gold
gold

(40 weeks)DE 		AT1
platinum
platinum

(32 weeks)AT 		CH14th
gold
gold

(18 weeks)CH 		UK11
gold
gold

(27 weeks)UK 		-
First published: February 1995
1996 The Classical Album 1 DE69 (6 weeks)
DE 		AT20 (16 weeks)
AT 		CH32 (9 weeks)
CH 		UK47 (5 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: October 1996
1997 Storm DE55 (14 weeks)
DE 		AT4th
gold
gold

(15 weeks)AT 		CH26 (13 weeks)
CH 		UK27
silver
silver

(10 weeks)UK 		-
First published: October 1997
1998 China Girl: The Classical Album 2 DE29 (13 weeks)
DE 		AT31 (2 weeks)
AT 		CH35 (2 weeks)
CH 		UK56 (3 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: February 1998
2001 Subject to Change DE52 (5 weeks)
DE 		AT39 (6 weeks)
AT 		CH58 (10 weeks)
CH 		UK58 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: May 2001
2004 Choreography - - - UK66 (1 week)
UK 		-
First published: October 2004

More albums

  • 1990: violin
  • 1991: Kids' Classics
  • 1991: Tchaikovsky & Beethoven Violin Concertos
  • 1998: The Original Four Seasons and the Devil's Trill Sonata
  • 2000: The Classical Collection: Part 1
  • 2002: The Best of
  • 2003: The Ultimate
  • 2007: Platinum Collection

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1994 Toccata & Fuge
The Violin Player 		DE40 (8 weeks)
DE 		- - UK16 (12 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: December 1994
1995 Red Hot
The Violin Player 		- - - UK37 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: May 1995
Classical Gas
The Violin Player 		- - - UK41 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: December 1995
1996 I'm a Doun for Lack O 'Johnnie
The Classical Album 1 		- - - UK28 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: October 1996
1997 Storm
Storm 		- - - UK54 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: October 1997
I feel love
storm 		- - - UK41 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: December 1997
1998 The Devil's Trill / Reflection
The Original Four Seasons and the Devil's Trill Sonata 		- - - UK53 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: December 1998
2001 White Bird
Subject to Change 		- - - UK66 (1 week)
UK 		-
First published: July 2001

Web links

Commons : Vanessa-Mae  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Neudecker: Vanessa-Mae in Sochi - From the third division to the Olympics. In: Süddeutsche.de. January 9, 2014, accessed February 9, 2014 .
  2. ↑ Sochi splinter. Star violinist. General-Anzeiger (Bonn) , February 18, 2014, p. 12.
  3. ↑ Zermatt Magazin, interview . Edition 6/2011, p. 27-29 .
  4. ↑ Vanessa-Mae starts for Thailand in Sochi. Retrieved January 20, 2014 .
  5. ↑ Thailand debuts at Winter Games . At: sport.orf.at
  6. ↑ a b Vanessa-Mae starts at the Olympics . Süddeutsche.de, January 20, 2014.
  7. ^ Sochi 2014: Vanessa-Mae makes Winter Olympics debut . theguardian.com, February 18, 2014.
  8. ↑ Alpine Skiing: Women's Giant Slalom . CBC. January 20, 2014. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  9. ↑ The star violinist cheated , faz.net
  10. ↑ Vanessa Mae pardoned , faz.net, June 19, 2015
  11. ↑ Star violinist disgraces the World Ski Association , n-tv.de from February 24, 2016, accessed on January 26, 2019.
  12. ↑ Hillary Swank sings for Chechnya President. In: Handelsblatt , October 6, 2011
  13. ↑ Happy Birthday, Mister Rulers. At: Spiegel Online , October 6, 2011
  14. ↑ Criticism of stars for appearing in Chechnya. At: Focus Online , October 12, 2011
  15. ↑ (10313) Vanessa-Mae in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena , California (English)
  16. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH UK
  17. ↑ Awards: DE AT CH UK
personal data
SURNAME Vanessa-Mae
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vanakorn Nicholson, Vanessa-Mae (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Thai-British violinist and sportswoman
DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Singapore