ونسا می، موسیقیدان قرن بیست و یکمی

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ونسا می، موسیقیدان قرن بیست و یکمی

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Chapter 10

VANESSA-MAE: A 21st Century Musician

Vanessa—Mae was born in Singapore in 1977. Her mother was Chinese, and her father was from Thailand. At the age of four, Vanessa Mae moved to London, England with her mother and stepfather.

As a young child, Vanessa-Mae was already a talented musician. She took her first piano lesson when she was three years old and her first violin lesson when she was five.

Developing Skills

Vanessa-Mae studied music at the Central Conservatory of China in Beijing. She was the youngest student the Conservatory had ever accepted. She also took lessons at the famous Royal College of Music in London. The director of the college described Vanessa-Mae as “a true child prodigy — like Mozart and Mendelssohn.” When Vanessa-Mae was just eight years old, she had to make a big decision. She was equally gifted at both the violin and the piano, but she had to concentrate on just one instrument. Although she had just won a prize at a famous piano competition, Vanessa-Mae chose the violin.

At the age of nine, Vanessa-Mae went to Germany to take violin classes for advanced students. The best students were usually chosen to be a part of the recitals just once or twice. Vanessa-Mae was chosen four times. These were her first performances in front of an audience.

By the time she was ten years old, Vanessa-Mae had studied the violin at some of the best schools in the world. She made her first professional appearance in 1987 with the Philharmonic Orchestra in London.

Vanessa-Mae often played Mozart Concertos. A concerto is a piece of music written for one or more solo instruments accompanied by an orchestra.

Accomplishments

By the time she was twelve, Vanessa-Mae had played with orchestras all over the world as a soloist. She had also released three classical recordings.

Although she loved classical music, Vanessa-Mae wanted to experiment with other kinds of music. At fourteen, she began to combine the traditional sound of her acoustic7 violin with the sounds made from her new electric violin. She called this music “techno— acoustic fusion.” Vanessa-Mae loved the music that the two types of violins made together. Her first album with techno-acoustic fusion music was called The Violin Player. It was an instant success and sold in over twenty countries. It was even a hit on the best-selling music charts.

No longer just a classical musician, Vanessa-Mae was asked to perform at international rock concerts. At a concert in Switzerland the audience of 50,000 people gave her a twenty-minute ovation.8 The crowd did not Want her to stop playing.

Vanessa-Mae has sometimes been criticized for not just playing classical music. However, she feels it is important to introduce violin music to a new audience. “If, as a result [of my music], people see the violin as a fresh, up-to—date instrument, that’s fine with me.”

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