Artist History "She is, like Mozart & Mendelssohn before her time, a true prodigy" - Michael Gough Matthews, Director of the Royal College of Music Now 22, she is a "World Legend, alongside Beethoven, Mahler, Tchaikovsky and Puccini" - Shanghai International Radio Festival. At the age of eight, Vanessa-Mae's astonishing talent was already apparent, and early success as a virtuoso violinist within the rarified world of classical musical was predicted by all who heard her play. Comparisons to some of the greatest prodigies of all time were made frequently, but her status now in 2001, at the age of 22, as a multi-million selling, iconic world superstar, has surpassed the expectations of even the most ardent of her early admirers. She is now a household name in hundreds of countries around the world, and has a ten-year career behind her that has achieved artistic and commercial success that few contemporary artistes can come close to. Determined always to push back new boundaries, Vanessa is now on the brink of the latest exciting new turn in her career, as she prepares for the worldwide release on 14 May of her new pop album SUBJECT TO CHANGE on EMI Liberty. Co-written by Vanessa-Mae herself with legendary producer Youth, the album brings a host of new contemporary sounds to her music, and presents her for the first time as a fully-fledged pop vocalist. Collaborations with a number of cutting edge dance producers, including JS16 and Airscape, will introduce the extraordinary talents of Vanessa-Mae to an entirely new audience. THE FIRST 21 YEARS Sharing her birthday with probably the greatest violinist of all time, Nicolo Paganini, Vanessa-Mae was born on 27 October 1978 in Singapore. After moving to London at the age of four, she first picked up a violin at the age of five, and her precocious ability rapidly became apparent, as she proceeded to astonish a series of demanding teachers. It was clear that specialist training was warranted, and at the age of eight she 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 a fully-fledged virtuoso, and continued to hone and perfect her style at London’s Royal College of Music. Vanessa-Mae made her world debut to a sensational reception at the Schleswig Holstein Festival in 1988, and made her UK concerto debut with the Philharmonia Orchestra the same year. The success of this event soon led to regular concerto appearances with orchestras the world over, her impossible precocity astonishing audiences and critics alike. She became the first artist to play with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra on their debut European tour, attracting strings of superlatives from critics with her performance of the Tchaikovsky violin concerto. In 1992 she was invited by the London Mozart Players to headline their high-profile Mozart Bicentenary tour of the Far East, as the youngest artist ever to play as soloist with this orchestra. Between the ages of 11 and 13 she recorded three widely-praised classical albums, containing a wide range of repertoire from masterpiece concerti by Tchaikovsky, Beethoven (the youngest artist ever to record these works), through virtuoso showpieces by Paganini, Wieniawski and Sarasate, to her own teenage arrangements of her favourite classical and pop melodies. With the release of her debut pop album in 1995, she created a completely new type of fusion music and discovered an enthusiastic audience of millions worldwide. Initially it caused outrage among some die-hard traditionalist critics, but its enormous popularity around the world among music lovers of all kinds established her as a world star. She has now sold some 6 million albums and holds 32 international Platinum and 17 Gold awards from both pop and classical recordings. Her TV concert specials have been broadcast in over 100 countries. PERFORMANCES touring Vanessa-Mae is an explosive live performer with a gruelling touring programme that has taken her around the world several times over. Her last tour - the Storm On World Tour , based on her pop album Storm, visited over 35 countries, including the Middle East, South Africa, China, South East Asia, Russia, the UK, all over Europe, the Baltic States and Mexico, with performances in many spectacular venues such as the Kremlin Palace in Moscow, an outdoor pyrotechnic extravaganza in Dubai, and stadiums in Beijing and Shanghai. Whilst in Buenos Aires she joined with The Backstreet Boys for an impromptu performance on the final concert of their summer tour of the Americas. She recently became the first international artiste to perform at the new arena in Astana, the newly created capital of Kazakstan in Central Asia. out of the ordinary Not content with performing in some of the world’s most illustrious concert venues, Vanessa-Mae is constantly bringing music to new places and new people:  She made her US debut in Times Square, when she hopped spontaneously onto a passing yellow taxi, in the climax to an explosive performance seen all over the world.  A unique artiste bringing together the worlds of music and sport, Vanessa-Mae was the first foreign performer invited to play the national anthem at Wrigley Field and Comiskey Park, and has recently done the same at the World Alpine Ski Championships in Vail, Colorado, where she performed two concerts of a unique blend of classical and techno-acoustic music. She has performed at the Ajax arena in Amsterdam to a stunned and delighted football audience of 60,000, provided the climax to the International Go-Karting championships in Helsinki, and in 1999 performed at the opening race of the Grand Prix season in Melbourne. The only foreign artiste invited to perform at the moment of Reunification of Hong Kong to China at midnight on June 30-July 01, making her the last non-Chinese artiste to perform in Hong Kong under British rule as well as the first under Chinese rule. She recently became the first international artiste to visit the Township of Soweto in South Africa by invitation, playing with and meeting children from a local music school. Her firm belief in breaking barriers with music has won her a loyal audience of all ages and races. In 1997 she gave the first ever concert on the famed frozen lake of St. Moritz, delta-gliding down from 2400m to make a spectacular entrance. In April 1998, she performed exclusively for the 26 Heads of Asia-European Government as well as HM The Queen and other members of the Royal Family at the official closing of the asem2 Conference at Buckingham Palace. As a respected classical artiste she recently appeared as special guest star at The London Bach Society’s commemoration of the 250th anniversary of JS Bach's death hosted by HRH The Prince of Wales at St James’ Palace BEYOND MUSIC Now 22 years old, Vanessa-Mae has transcended her child-prodigy roots to become an international icon. Apart from having introduced the violin to millions of people worldwide through her musical talent, her universal appeal has taken her far from the boundaries of the world of music. At 16 she set a record as the youngest person in the world to address the 172-year-old Oxford Union and she recently became the first musician ever to be featured by Sir David Frost in his long-running Sunday political magazine show on BBC TV. She has been the subject of numerous documentaries and news features all over the world. the red cross Vanessa-Mae first became involved with the Red Cross through her work with Michel Comte, the world-renowned photographer who maintains close links with the ICRC. Her first action was to participate in the international TV campaign Even Wars Have Limits, for which she also provided the music. This was followed by a field trip to Lokichokio, Kenya where she encountered for the first time the devastating effect of civil war on innocent victims. Since then, Vanessa-Mae has performed three concerts for the benefit of the ICRC at the 50th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions in August 1999, undertaken a field trip to visit the orphans of Cambodia, and headlined The Power of Humanity, the opening show of the International Conference of Red Cross Societies. film Vanessa-Mae has contributed in a own unique way to a number of unusual film projects. Having filmed her own silent movie (based on music from her album the original four seasons), she went on to collaborate with Walt Disney Pictures on the soundtrack of their animated feature Mulan. Her arrangement and recording of Reflection was used as the end credit title single. Her first fully-fledged acting role came in 1999 with the filming of a lavish new production of the classic Arabian Nights tales for ABC, in which she stars as Princess Zobeide opposite Jason Scott Lee’s Aladdin. Arabian Nights was screened in the UK and USA in May 2000 fashion Voted one of the "50 Most Beautiful People In The World" by People magazine and a "Top 100 Beauty" by Now, Vanessa-Mae receives constant attention from the world's fashion and beauty media. She has appeared in many of the world's most prestigious fashion publications including Vogue Italia, and has worked with some of the most renowned photographers in the world including Ellen von Unwerth, Michel Comte and Lord Lichfield. She created a sensation at Paris fashion week with her catwalk debut at Jean-Paul Gaultier's show, when she gave a surprise impromptu performance with her violin whilst modelling the centre-piece of the show - the wedding dress. DISCOGRAPHY Having recorded three classical albums between the ages of 11 and 13, becoming the youngest person ever to record the Tchaikovsky and Beethoven concertos in the process, Vanessa-Mae entered an exclusive contract with EMI Liberty. This uniquely enables her to record and release albums simultaneously on both the classical and pop labels, both of which have proved her talents as a musician regardless of genre. the violin player Vanessa-Mae's debut pop album in 1995 established her as a world star, racing up the pop charts in over 25 countries, as well as breaking new ground for instrumental music. the classical album 1 Proving her determination not to turn her back on her classical roots, this release couples core repertoire by German composers Bach, Brahms, Beethoven and Bruch. It instantly became the fastest-selling classical recording ever, and won Vanessa-Mae the World Music Award for ‘Best-Selling Classical Artiste’. china girl (the classical album 2) Vanessa-Mae goes back to her Chinese roots for her second classical album which features a unique and beautiful mix of eastern and western melodies, including her own arrangement of Puccini’s favourite Nessun Dorma, and Happy Valley, her own composition commissioned for the re-unification of Hong Kong to China. storm Following in the footsteps of The Violin Player, Storm takes the violin on an even greater adventure of styles, including rock, disco, acid jazz and flamenco influences. the original four seasons Vanessa-Mae's stunning new arrangement of Vivaldi’s classic features Laureate, her own hand-picked orchestra consisting entirely of international award-winning players. the classical collection—part 1 the long-awaited re-release of Vanessa-Mae's stunning early classical recordings, made between the ages of 12 to 13. Astonishing performances of virtuoso classics established her as a prodigious classical star long before expanding her horizons into the world of pop. "She is, like Mozart & Mendelssohn before her time, a true prodigy" - Michael Gough Matthews, Director of the Royal College of Music Now 22, she is a "World Legend, alongside Beethoven, Mahler, Tchaikovsky and Puccini" - Shanghai International Radio Festival. At the age of eight, Vanessa-Mae's astonishing talent was already apparent, and early success as a virtuoso violinist within the rarified world of classical musical was predicted by all who heard her play. Comparisons to some of the greatest prodigies of all time were made frequently, but her status now in 2001, at the age of 22, as a multi-million selling, iconic world superstar, has surpassed the expectations of even the most ardent of her early admirers. She is now a household name in hundreds of countries around the world, and has a ten-year career behind her that has achieved artistic and commercial success that few contemporary artistes can come close to. Determined always to push back new boundaries, Vanessa is now on the brink of the latest exciting new turn in her career, as she prepares for the worldwide release on 14 May of her new pop album SUBJECT TO CHANGE on EMI Liberty. Co-written by Vanessa-Mae herself with legendary producer Youth, the album brings a host of new contemporary sounds to her music, and presents her for the first time as a fully-fledged pop vocalist. Collaborations with a number of cutting edge dance producers, including JS16 and Airscape, will introduce the extraordinary talents of Vanessa-Mae to an entirely new audience. THE FIRST 21 YEARS Sharing her birthday with probably the greatest violinist of all time, Nicolo Paganini, Vanessa-Mae was born on 27 October 1978 in Singapore. After moving to London at the age of four, she first picked up a violin at the age of five, and her precocious ability rapidly became apparent, as she proceeded to astonish a series of demanding teachers. It was clear that specialist training was warranted, and at the age of eight she 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 a fully-fledged virtuoso, and continued to hone and perfect her style at London’s Royal College of Music. Vanessa-Mae made her world debut to a sensational reception at the Schleswig Holstein Festival in 1988, and made her UK concerto debut with the Philharmonia Orchestra the same year. The success of this event soon led to regular concerto appearances with orchestras the world over, her impossible precocity astonishing audiences and critics alike. She became the first artist to play with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra on their debut European tour, attracting strings of superlatives from critics with her performance of the Tchaikovsky violin concerto. In 1992 she was invited by the London Mozart Players to headline their high-profile Mozart Bicentenary tour of the Far East, as the youngest artist ever to play as soloist with this orchestra. Between the ages of 11 and 13 she recorded three widely-praised classical albums, containing a wide range of repertoire from masterpiece concerti by Tchaikovsky, Beethoven (the youngest artist ever to record these works), through virtuoso showpieces by Paganini, Wieniawski and Sarasate, to her own teenage arrangements of her favourite classical and pop melodies. With the release of her debut pop album in 1995, she created a completely new type of fusion music and discovered an enthusiastic audience of millions worldwide. Initially it caused outrage among some die-hard traditionalist critics, but its enormous popularity around the world among music lovers of all kinds established her as a world star. She has now sold some 6 million albums and holds 32 international Platinum and 17 Gold awards from both pop and classical recordings. Her TV concert specials have been broadcast in over 100 countries. PERFORMANCES touring Vanessa-Mae is an explosive live performer with a gruelling touring programme that has taken her around the world several times over. Her last tour - the Storm On World Tour , based on her pop album Storm, visited over 35 countries, including the Middle East, South Africa, China, South East Asia, Russia, the UK, all over Europe, the Baltic States and Mexico, with performances in many spectacular venues such as the Kremlin Palace in Moscow, an outdoor pyrotechnic extravaganza in Dubai, and stadiums in Beijing and Shanghai. Whilst in Buenos Aires she joined with The Backstreet Boys for an impromptu performance on the final concert of their summer tour of the Americas. She recently became the first international artiste to perform at the new arena in Astana, the newly created capital of Kazakstan in Central Asia. out of the ordinary Not content with performing in some of the world's most illustrious concert venues, Vanessa-Mae is constantly bringing music to new places and new people: She made her US debut in Times Square, when she hopped spontaneously onto a passing yellow taxi, in the climax to an explosive performance seen all over the world. A unique artiste bringing together the worlds of music and sport, Vanessa-Mae was the first foreign performer invited to play the national anthem at Wrigley Field and Comiskey Park, and has recently done the same at the World Alpine Ski Championships in Vail, Colorado, where she performed two concerts of a unique blend of classical and techno-acoustic music. She has performed at the Ajax arena in Amsterdam to a stunned and delighted football audience of 60,000, provided the climax to the International Go-Karting championships in Helsinki, and in 1999 performed at the opening race of the Grand Prix season in Melbourne. The only foreign artiste invited to perform at the moment of Reunification of Hong Kong to China at midnight on June 30-July 01, making her the last non-Chinese artiste to perform in Hong Kong under British rule as well as the first under Chinese rule. She recently became the first international artiste to visit the Township of Soweto in South Africa by invitation, playing with and meeting children from a local music school. Her firm belief in breaking barriers with music has won her a loyal audience of all ages and races. In 1997 she gave the first ever concert on the famed frozen lake of St. Moritz, delta-gliding down from 2400m to make a spectacular entrance. In April 1998, she performed exclusively for the 26 Heads of Asia-European Government as well as HM The Queen and other members of the Royal Family at the official closing of the asem2 Conference at Buckingham Palace. As a respected classical artiste she recently appeared as special guest star at The London Bach Society's commemoration of the 250th anniversary of JS Bach's death hosted by HRH The Prince of Wales at St James' Palace BEYOND MUSIC Now 22 years old, Vanessa-Mae has transcended her child-prodigy roots to become an international icon. Apart from having introduced the violin to millions of people worldwide through her musical talent, her universal appeal has taken her far from the boundaries of the world of music. At 16 she set a record as the youngest person in the world to address the 172-year-old Oxford Union and she recently became the first musician ever to be featured by Sir David Frost in his long-running Sunday political magazine show on BBC TV. She has been the subject of numerous documentaries and news features all over the world. the red cross Vanessa-Mae first became involved with the Red Cross through her work with Michel Comte, the world-renowned photographer who maintains close links with the ICRC. Her first action was to participate in the international TV campaign Even Wars Have Limits, for which she also provided the music. This was followed by a field trip to Lokichokio, Kenya where she encountered for the first time the devastating effect of civil war on innocent victims. Since then, Vanessa-Mae has performed three concerts for the benefit of the ICRC at the 50th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions in August 1999, undertaken a field trip to visit the orphans of Cambodia, and headlined The Power of Humanity, the opening show of the International Conference of Red Cross Societies. film Vanessa-Mae has contributed in a own unique way to a number of unusual film projects. Having filmed her own silent movie (based on music from her album the original four seasons), she went on to collaborate with Walt Disney Pictures on the soundtrack of their animated feature Mulan. Her arrangement and recording of Reflection was used as the end credit title single. Her first fully-fledged acting role came in 1999 with the filming of a lavish new production of the classic Arabian Nights tales for ABC, in which she stars as Princess Zobeide opposite Jason Scott Lee's Aladdin. Arabian Nights was screened in the UK and USA in May 2000 fashion Voted one of the '50 Most Beautiful People In The World' by People magazine and a 'Top 100 Beauty' by Now, Vanessa-Mae receives constant attention from the world's fashion and beauty media. She has appeared in many of the world's most prestigious fashion publications including Vogue Italia, and has worked with some of the most renowned photographers in the world including Ellen von Unwerth, Michel Comte and Lord Lichfield. She created a sensation at Paris fashion week with her catwalk debut at Jean-Paul Gaultier's show, when she gave a surprise impromptu performance with her violin whilst modelling the centre-piece of the show - the wedding dress. DISCOGRAPHY Having recorded three classical albums between the ages of 11 and 13, becoming the youngest person ever to record the Tchaikovsky and Beethoven concertos in the process, Vanessa-Mae entered an exclusive contract with EMI Liberty. This uniquely enables her to record and release albums simultaneously on both the classical and pop labels, both of which have proved her talents as a musician regardless of genre. the violin player Vanessa-Mae's debut pop album in 1995 established her as a world star, racing up the pop charts in over 25 countries, as well as breaking new ground for instrumental music. the classical album 1 Proving her determination not to turn her back on her classical roots, this release couples core repertoire by German composers Bach, Brahms, Beethoven and Bruch. It instantly became the fastest-selling classical recording ever, and won Vanessa-Mae the World Music Award for 'Best-Selling Classical Artiste'. china girl (the classical album 2) Vanessa-Mae goes back to her Chinese roots for her second classical album which features a unique and beautiful mix of eastern and western melodies, including her own arrangement of Puccini's favourite Nessun Dorma, and Happy Valley, her own composition commissioned for the re-unification of Hong Kong to China. storm Following in the footsteps of The Violin Player, Storm takes the violin on an even greater adventure of styles, including rock, disco, acid jazz and flamenco influences. the original four seasons Vanessa-Mae's stunning new arrangement of Vivaldi's classic features Laureate, her own hand-picked orchestra consisting entirely of international award-winning players. the classical collection—part 1 the long-awaited re-release of Vanessa-Mae's stunning early classical recordings, made between the ages of 12 to 13. Astonishing performances of virtuoso classics established her as a prodigious classical star long before expanding her horizons into the world of pop.

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