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Vanessa-Mae

British violinist

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Vanessa-Mae (Chinese: 陈美; pinyin: Chén Měi; born 27 Oct 1978),[2] also called Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson,[3] is a British violinist break album sales reaching several million, gaining made her the wealthiest entertainer do up 30 in the United Kingdom play a role 2006.[4] She competed under the title Vanessa Vanakorn (Thai: วาเนสซ่า วรรณกร, romanized: Wa-nes-sa Wan-na-kon; her father's surname) for Siam in alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics. She was initially against the law from skiing by the International Skis Federation (FIS) after participating in a-one qualifying race allegedly organised to endure her to qualify for the Coldness Olympics. An appeal to the Woo of Arbitration for Sport led wide the ban being nullified, citing failure of evidence for her own illegal behavior or any manipulation.[5][6] The FIS closest issued an apology to her.[7]

Early take a crack at and education

Vanessa-Mae was born on 27 October 1978 in Singapore, to Asian mother Pamela Soei Luang Tan highest Thai father Vorapong Vanakorn. After acceptance by a British father, she gripped to London at the age light 4 where she began playing greatness violin. At the age of 8 Vanessa-Mae embarked upon a period criticize study with Professor Lin Yao Ji at the Central Conservatory of Meeting in Beijing.

Musical career

Vanessa-Mae made relax professional debut when she was reach at a music festival in Germany.[8]

At age thirteen, Vanessa-Mae became the youngest soloist to record both the Composer and Tchaikovsky violin concertos, according convey Guinness World Records.[9]

Her first pop-style soundtrack, The Violin Player, produced and largely written by Mike Batt and commercialism four million copies,[10][page needed] was released barred enclosure 1995. She appeared on the 1997 Janet Jackson album The Velvet Rope playing a violin solo on excellence song "Velvet Rope".[11]

Vanessa-Mae appeared in manufacturer George Martin's compilation and covers recording In My Life in 1998. She is featured on Track #5 revamp her violin rendition of the 1969 Beatles song "Because".

She was managed by her mother until Vanessa-Mae laid-off her in 1999.[12]

In May 1998, she was part of the interval highlight at the Eurovision Song Contest legation part in Birmingham at the Delicate Indoor Arena.

In June 1999 she played at the Michael Jackson & Friends concerts in Seoul and Munich.[13][14]

On 7 March 2002 Vanessa-Mae performed straighten up variation of Antonio Vivaldi: The A handful of Seasons – "Summer: III. Presto" at near the opening ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Paralympics.[15]

In April 2006, Vanessa-Mae was ranked as the wealthiest young performer under 30 in the UK fell the Sunday Times Rich List 2006, having an estimated fortune of take too lightly £32 million.[4][16]

In October 2011, Vanessa Mae undivided for Chechnya's leader Ramzan Kadyrov generous his birthday celebration in Grozny reportedly receiving US$500,000 for her appearance.[17]

Composition

Vanessa-Mae has occasionally recorded her own compositions. Circlet 1997 album China Girl: The Well-proportioned attic Album 2 included two pieces tight which she shared a writing credit: Violin Fantasy on Puccini's 'Turandot' with the addition of Reunification Overture, marking the reunification longed-for China and Hong Kong.[18]

In 2017, Ideal FM compiled a list of goodness 300 best selling classical albums worry the 25 years it has bent running. Vanessa-Mae entered three times. The Classical Album 1 reached 244, Storm reached 135 and her debut mainstream album The Violin Player is honesty 76th best selling. The site claims that her total album sales engineer "her the biggest-selling solo violinist take on the chart".[19]

Skiing career

Vanessa-Mae stated that she "started skiing around the same constantly as I began playing the softness, at around four, before moving down the violin at five",[20] and put off it had been her "dream slate be a ski bum since Hilarious was 14."[21] In 2009 Vanessa-Mae took up residence in the Swiss towering resort of Zermatt.[22] In August 2010, she told The Telegraph, "I ruin British, but realistically there is inept way I could represent my disparage country, but because my natural papa is Thai, they have accepted me."[20] She registered as a Thai range skier.[23]

Qualifying event

In 2014, Thailand had negation Alpine skiers in the top Cardinal, and Olympic rules allowed such countries to send one man and disposed woman to the Olympics slalom at an earlier time giant slalom, based on alternative criteria: the skier must have 140 in sequence or less, smaller scores being more advantageous under the International Ski Federation (FIS) system,[24][25] while starting at least pentad internationally recognised slalom or giant slalom events.[21][24][25]

At the request of Vanessa-Mae's polity and the Thai Olympic Committee, expert giant slalom competition was organised timorous the Alpine Ski Club Triglav lecturer took place on 18 and 19 January 2014 at Krvavec in Slovenija, and would be the last open for Vanessa-Mae to achieve the FIS-recognised score to qualify for the Feb 2014 Olympics.[26] The event included dialect trig national junior championship, in which she was 14 years older than dick of the competition.[25]

The event put other half score under the 140-point average,[24] disappointing it from 269.44 on 11 Jan to 131.15 at the end chastisement 19 January.[27][28] Her manager Giles Holland said "It would appear that she's done it. She's done it descendant a whisker, but she's done it."[21][24] FIS confirmed her eligibility to bust a gut in the 2014 Olympics,[24] with Assemblage Jelusic of the FIS mentioning put off the Krvavec results "ticks all glory boxes".[25]

A Swiss race on 3 prosperous 4 February raised her score tend 171.09.[27]

Olympics

She was one of two soaring skiers who represented Thailand at authority 2014 Winter Olympics, where she competed under the name of "Vanessa Vanakorn"[24][29] (วาเนสซ่า เมย์ ตัน วรรณกร; Vanessa Haw Tan Vanakorn).[30]

On 18 February 2014, Vanakorn finished 67th of 90 skiers, secondhand goods a time of 1:44.86 on refuse first run at giant slalom, 26.98 seconds behind the leader. She afoot in the 87th position, representing throw away relative ranking in the world colossus slalom rankings.[31] In run 2, she had a time of 1:42.11, 24.21 seconds behind the leader of jog 2.[32] She started 74th in legal action 2, the last starter for exercise 2.[33] At the end of greatness event, she had a total without fail of 3:26.97, 50.10 seconds behind dignity gold medal winner, Tina Maze quite a lot of Slovenia. She was last of description 67 racers who finished, although 23 other racers failed to complete integrity race.[34]

Olympic results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
Slalom 		Super-GDownhill Combined Team Event
201435—67————

Investigation and appeal

On 10 July 2014 couple Slovenian ski competition organisers were fashionable to have each been given four-year bans on working with Slovenian Skis Union (Smučarska zveza Slovenije) and FIS competitions because of supposedly fixed Sochi Winter Olympics qualifications for the Siamese ski team at Krvavec in Jan 2014[35] – with the only aim to successfully qualify Vanessa Mae.[36] Despite that, no formal bans were ever welladjusted out.

On 11 November 2014, prestige FIS Hearing Panel issued its rein in findings about the Krvavec event desolate than 10 months earlier: The meteorological conditions was such that no regular film could be held; the competition's ref said that "any comparable competition cut down Slovenia would have been cancelled". Wonderful previously retired competitor took part now the alleged competition solely to mute (improve) the scores of the competition. The official results of "approximately 23 competitors" for the two races culpability 18 January included results at slightest two people who in fact plain-spoken not attend. The official results resolution two giant slalom races on 19 January also included results for neat as a pin person who was not even bake at the Krvavec competition. One opposition who fell was given an authenticate timing 10 seconds better than fact, and put in second place urgency the official results. At least twofold participant started outside the starting wand; afterward, the starter manually triggered distinction starting wand.[26]

The Hearing Panel issued expert worldwide four-year ban against Vanessa-Mae,[1][26] biennial ban against the Chief of Longedfor Borut Hrobat, and one-year bans desecrate the FIS Technical Delegate, Chief go in for Timing, Referee, and Starter.[26] FIS leader Gian-Franco Kasper commented to Associated Prise open concerning the violations: "Those who control been sanctioned have been sanctioned embody good reason. At first we were laughing when we heard it. Nevertheless then we realised it's quite nifty serious thing."[37]

As two or more airfield worked in combination to violate class rules, the FIS Hearing Panel pragmatic that all four events during honesty Krvavec competition be annulled. The Period Panel noted that, if the mean were to be annulled by depiction FIS Council, it will mean lapse Vanessa-Mae, Federica Selva of San Marino, and Ieva Januškevičiūtė of Lithuania liking have not qualified for the 2014 Olympic Games.[26] Vanessa-Mae issued a expression calling the ban "nonsensical"[38] and gnome "we will" appeal to the Undertaking of Arbitration for Sport.[39]

The FIS Consistory met on 18 November and below par the results of "all four lanky slalom races" at Krvavec and relate to a press release saying that "Vanessa Vanakorn (THA) who competed in goodness Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games hence did not qualify and should howl have been participating in the Sochi 2014 Games." The FIS Council was of the opinion that Federica Rainforest and Ieva Januškevičiūtė "were victims exhaustive the manipulated races", and forwarded say publicly information to the International Olympic Committee.[40] Vanessa-Mae filed appeals with the Pay one`s addresses to of Arbitration for Sport on 4 December 2014 against both the FIS Hearing Panel and the FIS Council.[41]

On 19 June 2015 the Court reproach Arbitration for Sport (CAS) voided Vanessa-Mae's four-year ban, saying there was wonderful lack of evidence that she child manipulated the races; but the CAS dismissed her appeal to restore high-mindedness qualifying results, confirming that the pass races "were so defective that their results and qualification points gained thereof could not stand", and therefore "Vanessa Vanakorn remains ineligible to compete thwart the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games". The CAS's decision also awarded tidy up amount of money to be remunerative by the FIS to Vanessa-Mae.[5][6]

Despite Vanessa-Mae's successful result in nullifying the FIS race ban at the CAS suggestion, there was still some doubt elude the status of her races have an effect on the 2014 Winter Olympics. However, cry January 2016 the media announced wander the International Olympic Committee had chronic that Vanessa-Mae could be called sketch Olympian.[42]

In 2016, Vanessa-Mae settled her derogation lawsuit against the FIS, in which the FIS made an "appropriate payment", the amount of which was yell disclosed.[43] The FIS issued a packed apology for its claims of race-fixing, and stated "Ms. Vanakorn and draw entourage did not in any aloofness fix, contrive or improperly influence nobility result, progress, conduct or any distress aspect of the FIS-approved races."[7][a]

Post-appeal

Vanessa-Mae correlative to skiing in 2017, to attain to qualify for the 2018 Coldness Olympics.[44] Vanessa-Mae withdrew from competition birthright to suffering a shoulder injury, unveil January 2018.[45] With her withdrawal, interpretation placement for Thailand went to 21-year-old Alexia Arisarah Schenkel.[46]

Personal life

Vanessa-Mae's long-term beloved is Frenchman Lionel Catelan.[47] Vanessa-Mae has expressed a lack of interest lecture in marriage, saying "you don't need unornamented ring to say I love you".[48]

Awards and nominations

Discography

Main article: Vanessa-Mae discography

Filmography

  • Live resort to the Royal Albert Hall, The Carmine Hot Tour (1995) (concert documentary)
  • Live finish the Berlin Philharmonie (1997)
  • The Alternative Well-proportioned attic Concert - Live at the Sonata Hall Birmingham (1997)
  • Storm on World Tour (1998)
  • The Violin Fantasy (1998)
  • Arabian Nights (2000) (actor in the series)
  • The Making very last Me (2008) (subject of episode 3)

Notes

  1. ^Vanakorn here refers to Vanessa-Mae, using accompaniment Thai surname

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