Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson ( born 27 October 1978 ), known professionally as Vanessa-Mae ( in Chinese: 陳美, Chén Měi ), is an internationally known British violinist.

After her parents separated, her mother married Graham Nicholson, a British attorney who adopted Vanessa-Mae, and the family moved to England when Vanessa-Mae was four years old.

* October 27 – Vanessa-Mae, Singaporean violinist

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 stemming from concerts and record sales of over an estimated 10 million copies worldwide, which is an unprecedented achievement for a young female violinist.

Notable examples include violinist Vanessa-Mae, conductor Darrell Ang, and singer-songwriter Dawn Xiana Moon.

A version of " White Bird " by violinist Vanessa-Mae was released in 2001 and reached number 66 in the UK Singles Chart.

Batt composed and produced the four million-selling album, The Violin Player, with classical violinist Vanessa-Mae ( EMI Classics, 1995 ) from which the Top Twenty single of J. S.

The band is also joined by classical violinist Vanessa-Mae.

It was also covered by violinist Vanessa-Mae in 1997.

* Vanessa-Mae, violinist

* Happy Valley ( Re-unification Overture ), a pop / classical song by Vanessa-Mae, on the album China Girl: The Classical Album 2

* " Red Hot ", a 1995 composition by Vanessa-Mae

* Concerts: Bryan Adams, Irina Allegrova, Backstreet Boys, James Blunt, The Bravery, Sarah Brightman, Cascada, Ray Charles, Joe Cocker, Alice Cooper, Toto Cutugno, Deep Purple, Def Leppard, Depeche Mode, Bob Dylan, Flyleaf, Foreigner, Good Charlotte, Gregorian, Darren Hayes, Enrique Iglesias, Elton John, Judas Priest, Patricia Kaas, Mark Knopfler, Korn, Lenny Kravitz, Avril Lavigne, Limp Bizkit, Lordi, Vanessa-Mae, Marilyn Manson, Massive Attack, Metallica, Kylie Minogue, Nazareth, Ozzy Osbourne, Pet Shop Boys, Phil Collins, P! nk, Placebo, The Prodigy, Suzi Quatro, Rammstein, R. E. M., Chris Rea, REO Speedwagon, Rihanna, Demis Roussos, Roxette, Ruslana, Sade, Scorpions, Seal, Simple Minds, Simply Red, Smokie, Sting, Styx, Sweet, t. A. T. u., Adam Tensta, Underworld, Vanilla Ninja, Vaya Con Dios, Whitesnake & Yes

Vanessa-Mae was born in Singapore to Vorapong Vanakorn, an English hotelier of Thai descent, and Pamela Soei Luang Tan, a Chinese lawyer and semi-professional concert pianist.

Vanessa-Mae became famous in the United Kingdom throughout her childhood making regular appearances on television ( for example on Blue Peter ) mostly involving classical music and conservative style.

On entering adolescence Vanessa-Mae broke away from her traditional classical influences and became known for her flashy, sexy style appearing in music videos in stylish outfits.

Vanessa-Mae was managed by her mother, who owns a private recording label and music agency, until 1999, when Vanessa-Mae sacked her as her manager.

Vanessa-Mae announced in 2006 that she would be releasing a new album sometime between 2007 and 2008.

In 2009 Vanessa-Mae took up residence in the Swiss alpine resort Zermatt.

Vanessa-Mae has occasionally recorded her own compositions.

In October 2011, Vanessa-Mae attended celebrations in Chechnya on the birthday of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov along with several other celebrities, playing excerpts from Vivaldi's Four Seasons, reportedly receiving $ 500, 000 for her performance.

" Warnings from Human Rights Watch, the Human Rights Foundation, a Berlin based non-governmental European Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights, and a call for the performers to return or donate their earnings from the event, have drawn no response from Vanessa-Mae.

Vanessa-Mae most often uses one of two types of violins, a Guadagnini acoustic violin or a Zeta Jazz model electric violin.

The evening was based on Peter Schaffer ’ s play Amadeus and featured Marie McLaughlin, Della Jones, Sir Thomas Allen and Vanessa-Mae with the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and Tim Piggott-Smith as Salieri.

* 1941 – Iona Brown, British violinist and conductor ( d. 2004 )

* 26-Hugh Bean, 74, British violinist.

** Iona Brown, British violinist and conductor ( d. 2004 )

* March 21 – David McCallum, Sr., British violinist and father of actor David McCallum ( b. 1897 )

The ten remaining confused passengers are Brian Engle, a troubled, off-duty airline pilot traveling to Boston to attend his ex-wife's funeral ; Dinah Bellman, a young blind girl with minor psychic powers ; fifth-grade teacher Laurel Stevenson, who takes to watching over Dinah ; Nick Hopewell, a junior attache & " mechanic " for the British Embassy ; Don Gaffney, a retired tool-and-die engineer on a trip to see his grandchild ; Rudy Warwick, a businessman ; Albert Kaussner, a talented teen violinist heading to a prestigious school of the arts ; Bethany Simms, a teenager being sent by her family to rehab ; Bob Jenkins, a mystery author who acts as the voice of logic ; and Craig Toomey, an irritable investment banker on the verge of a psychotic breakdown.

In a test in 2009, the British violinist Matthew Trusler played his 1711 Stradivarius, said to be worth two million U. S. dollars, and four modern violins made by the Swiss violin-maker Michael Rhonheimer.

In 1993, Takács-Nagy left the group, and the British violinist Edward Dusinberre replaced him.

Dassin was born in New York City to American film director Jules Dassin ( 1911-2008 ) and Béatrice Launer ( 1913 – 2005 ), a New-York-born violinist, who after graduating from a Hebrew High School in the Bronx studied with the British violinist Harold Berkely at the Juilliard School of Music.

Ida Haendel, CBE ( reportedly born 15 December 1928 ) is a British violinist of Polish birth.

Recent speakers include academic Richard Dawkins, former British Prime Minister John Major, former President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf, comedian Dara Ó Briain, civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, Olympic legend Lord Coe, violinist and songwriter Diana Yukawa, actor Sir Ian McKellen and Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.

* John Harding ( violinist ), British violinist

Iona Brown, OBE ( 7 January 19415 June 2004 ) was a British violinist and conductor.

* Ben Lee ( violinist ) ( born 1980 ), British electric violinist and composer

* George Frederick Anderson ( 1793 – 1876 ), British violinist and Master of the Queen's Music

* Emanuel Hurwitz ( 1919-2006 ), British violinist

* John Holloway ( musician ) ( born 1948 ), British baroque violinist

* Erich Gruenberg ( b. 1924 ), British violinist

Walter Willson Cobbett CBE ( 1847-1937 ) was a British businessman and amateur violinist, and editor / author of Cobbett's Cyclopedic Survey of Chamber Music.

First trained as a violinist, Maestro Chan graduated from the Royal College of Music, London, where his teachers included eminent British conductors Christopher Adey, John Forster, and the late Norman Del Mar, as well as renowned British concertmasters John Ludlow and Hugh Bean.