Vanessa Mae
Vanessa Mae
Vanessa-Mae 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 Vanakornfor 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...
NationalityChinese
ProfessionViolinist
Date of Birth27 October 1978
CountryChina
Kids can be born with potential but unless it's encouraged - pushed, even - I don't think it will ever come to fruition.
I started skiing around the same time as I began playing the piano, at around four, before moving to the violin at five.
Music will always be my greatest passion.
Violin playing is a physical art with great traditions behind it.
I could have taken the easy life and just done classical, but I felt very strongly about the album, my first pop album, the first time that I'd fused so many influences. I was very proud when it was in the charts in 25 countries at once.
In an ideal world, I'd spend every weekend at my home in Zermatt in Switzerland.
But I still think it's mind over matter in the sense that if you're strong, you can combat anything.
But I don't think I've grown up to be a damaged adult.