Vanessa-Mae was born in Singapore on 27th October. Paganini's birthday, and moved to London at the age of four, where she started her early music education on the piano and the violin. After training as the youngest student with Professor Lin Yao Ji of the Central Conservatoire of China in Beijing and with Professor Felix Andrievsky of the Royal College of Music in London, Vanessa-Mae made her concerto debut in London with an orchestra at the age of 10.
By the time she was 12 she had toured internationally as concerto soloist and recitalist, released 2 classical recordings and embarked on her third, which was to set a world record establishing her as the youngest ever to record the Tchaikovsky and Beethoven Violin Concertos.
Critical acclaim for her work in a wide classical repertoire ranged from "super-natural" to comparisons with Mozart and Mendelssohn for being a "true child prodigy."
As a "live" concert artiste, Vanessa-Mae stands unique, straddling both classical and rock and pop arenas with equal authority. She is in command of a formidable classical technique, musicianship and repertoire for her classical concerts, as well as a dazzling virtuosity and power of projection which she employs to full effect in performing her own music.
