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'I hope that you enjoy my music but more than that, I hope that it may stand for something more than just entertainment'

source: Vanessa-Mae in her personal 'To all ASEM delegates' words in the ASEM & Vanessa-Mae: Bridging The Gap special gold box 2cd edition that was provided to all delegate members at the conference closing diner evening when Vanessa-Mae performed as special invited musical guest

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of Sofia, Bulgaria, see Club Bulgaria, Duma and EU Actual

2011, December 10, Vanessa-Mae in concert at the October Hall of St Petersburg

2011, December 11, Vanessa-Mae in concert at the Crocus City Hall
of Moscow, Russia, see Parter Russia

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22011 update # 32 of October 29

Vanessa-Mae news: Vanessa-Mae became 33 on October 27
Vanessa-Mae turned 33 last October 27. She probable celebrated her birthday in a small private party together Lionel and her dogs, and perhaps close friends and some family. Presents from a members of the Vanessa-Mae Fans Forum (VMF) were delivered to her on the day of her birthday.

New concert date announced: Vanessa-Mae will perform in Sofia, capital of Bulgaria, at the National Palace of Culture on December 3 of 2011
Vanessa-Mae will return to Bulgaria to give a concert on December 3 of 2011 in the capital city Sofia at The National Palace of Culture. Tickets are already on sale and are priced from 40-70 BNG (app. 21-35 euros).

sources: Club Bulgaria, Duma and EU Actual

Aftermath Chechnya performance:
Celebrities that attended the festive opening of Grozny-city, a glitzy skyscraper complex in the capital of Chechnya were widely and severely criticised for the presence and accepting money from murderous and brutal dictator President Ramzan Kadyrov. Vanessa-Mae underwent her share of the negative attention but remained silent to the comments so far. Only actress Hillary Swank commented that she felt ashamed and would pass her fee to charity. The criticism and comments came from Human Right Watch, journalists, political commentators and in the media in general. The links below highlight a few reports in this respect.

Human Right Watch

The Washington Post

Limelight Magazine
 

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Vanessa-Mae news:  Vanessa-Mae performed in Chechnya, on October 5 at the celebration for the festive opening of a glitzy new skyscraper complex, Grozny-City, in the capital, an event that coincided with the 35th birthday of the controversial Chechen president Kadyrov.
Vanessa-Mae played as invited artist at the opening of Grozny-city, a glitzy skyscraper complex in the capital of Chechnya. Other invited celebrities that attended the celebrations were two-time Oscar winning actor Hilary Swank and action movie star Jean-Claude Van Damme. Shakira, Eva Mendes and Kevin Costner did not reportedly appear at the event, despite the fact that Chechen authorities claimed that they were invited. According to unconfirmed rumours, Vanessa-Mae was said to receive USD 500,000 for her performance.

sources: ABC news, Moscow Times, New York Times, News Feed and BBC News

VMSPOS announcement: To avoid conflicts with copyright owners, we decided to switch off the Vanessa-Mae photo galleries and to remove images lent from other websites. We are sorry for this as we know that our photo galleries were among the most popular features of VMSPOS. However, the pleasure of showing our collection of photos of Vanessa-Mae does not out weigh the risk of receiving bills for perhaps hundreds or possible several thousands of euros.  As a consequence, the photo of the week feature is also terminated. We are confident for your understanding for our position. Our own photos made at various concerts of Vanessa-Mae that we attended will remain available at the various concert reviews and will be given a more prominence appearance at VMSPOS on short notice.

Vanessa-Mae news: Will Vanessa-Mae perform in  Chechnya when President Ramzan Kadyrov's 35th birthday is held on October 5?
Vanessa-Mae's name is on a list among other celebrities who are rumoured to attend celebrations for the 35th birthday party for Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov. Other celebrities on the list include Latin superstar and singer songwriter Shakira, US film stars Kevin Costner Hilary Swank and Eva Mendez. Kadyrov's birthday next Wednesday coincides with City Day in Grozny, where celebrations will include fireworks, a laser show, the opening of a new building complex.

Human rights organisations have urged the stars to cancel any appearances because of alleged widespread human rights abuses in Chechnya — including accusations of disappearances and torture at the hands of pro-Kadyrov forces — or whether she plans to raise them with Chechen authorities.

A spokesman of Shakira stated that the superstar was never booked, and she denied that any gig would take place in Groznyy. Non of the other invited celebrities commented on the rumours, neither confirmative nor in the negative.

Vanessa-Mae is rumoured that she would receive a payment of USD 500,000, however, sources of this rumour are nowhere provided.

source: Times Of India, Moscow Times, Contact Music and Dawn

Comments by VMSPOS: Shakira is the only invited guest to comment on the rumours. We should keep in mind that Kadyrov has a bad reputation to keep up when it comes to the truthfulness of his statements. No doubt that he would welcome the attendance of any celebrity to his birthday party because it would affirm his self-esteem as a respectable head of state. Till any proof given of the contrary, we will consider the alleged appearances of the mentioned celebrities, including Vanessa-Mae, as unconfirmed rumours.

Vanessa-Mae news: Vanessa-Mae attended the gala opening evening for the new Mandarin Hotel facility in Paris on Thursday, September 22, where she also performed for the distinguished and invited guests.
Last Thursday September 22, the Mandarin Hotel Group opened a new facility in Paris with a group of invited guests that included Vanessa-Mae. Vanessa-Mae attended the gala evening where she also played for the invited guests. A press release issued by the Mandarin Hotel Group on Friday September 23 stated the following:

Mandarin Oriental, Paris celebrated its entry into Paris society yesterday with a glamorous gala attended by more than 500 celebrities, dignitaries and society guests.

Located on rue Saint-Honoré, one of the most fashionable streets in the world, surrounded by haute couture and only a few steps away from the city’s famous attractions, the red carpet event drew a stellar crowd. Celebrities included: Alain Delon; Liam Neeson; Maggie Cheung; Vanessa Mae; Kenzo Takada; Helene Grimaud; Bruno Frisoni; Pierre Gagnaire; Mireille Darc; Patricia Kaas; Frank Leboeuf; Aurélie Dupont and Julie Depardieu to name a few.

A video was shot during the evening that is now also available on YouTube and embedded below:

The video can be downloaded via a link provided in the press release, as well as a series of high quality photos that include the ones showing Vanessa-Mae below.

Vanessa-Mae was in a knee-length dress of a very thin taupe coloured garment trimmed all over with multi-coloured strings and beads and with small shoulder straps. Do zoom in on her face to notice the details of Vanessa-Mae's heavy make-up that was done with covering gleaming crème, her eyes defined with shadow of brown on the upper lids, dark liner underneath, black mascara on her lashes, pink blush on her cheekbones and richly used glossy pink lipstick completed her vibrant expression. Vanessa-Mae was on open shoes, exposing her toe nails polished in bright red.

Vanessa-Mae is a fan of the Mandarin Hotels.

source: Mandarin hotel Group press release

Comment by VMSPOS: This event in Paris probable  refers to show in France mentioned on James Grant news that Vanessa-Mae was scheduled to do the coming period till nd of 2011.

 Vanessa-Mae chronicle
The new Vanessa-Mae chronicle is now online, see Vanessa-Mae Chronicle and is once again a story by our dear friend CarrollTowerCX, member of the Vanessa-Mae Fans Forum. The story is about his Vanessa-Mae calendar project. The first lines are as follows: (VMF)

(Yes, my friends, there was a 2011 Vanessa-Mae Calendar. It was conceived in mid December, 2010, and was only sent to the few Fans I regularly correspond with.) Now, this year I have started early. The first few copies have arrived from the printer.
That said, this article is really about my reasons for choosing the illustrations for the 2012 calendar.

First, the photographs must be of very high quality, otherwise, when printed, they will pixilate, and therefore be unacceptable. That was a problem I encountered last year. I was able to use about 2/3rds of my downloaded images, but the others came from the extensive collection her eat VMSPOS. You see, I did not have any actual photographs in my own collection. I have rectified that situation by purchasing about 550 excellent, professional color 8x10’s since January of this year. Still I have relied on the generosity of VMSPOS in allowing me to use several of the beautiful photos shown in the various photo galleries.

To read the full story, do go to Vanessa-Mae Chronicle.

Vanessa-Mae news: Vanessa-Mae will give a number of concerts till end of 2011, according to James Grant Management
James Grant Management announced that Vanessa-Mae will give a number of concerts till the end of 2011, while continuing her intensive training to seek qualification for the winter Olympics of Sochi in 2014. We quote the following form their press release:

Classical Violinist Vanessa-Mae will be performing shows in France, Russia, Turkey, Dubai, Greece and Chechnya
between now and the end of 2011 whilst continuing her ski training in Switzerland
 in her pursuit of qualification for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games where she hopes to represent Thailand.

Unfortunately, exact dates for the concerts were not mentioned. VMSPOS will report on this as soon as we have more information on these dates.

source: James Grant Management

Vanessa-Mae news: Vanessa-Mae performed live in Athens last Wednesday, September 14.
Vanessa-Mae performed a live concert in Athens at the Herod Atticus Odeon Theatre on Wednesday, September 14. We do not have any photo or video material yet. VMSPOS will report as soon as we have more information on this cocnert.

Vanessa-Mae at James Grant Management:
Vanessa-Mae's management agency Merlin Elite was acquired by James Grant Group. James Grant Group is now operating Vanessa-Mae's management, see Vanessa-Mae at James Grant.
 

Vanessa-Mae news of September 3, 2011: 
According to LastFM, Vanessa-Mae will also play a live concert in St Petersburg at the October Hall on December 10 of 2011, one day before the confirmed concert in Moscow on December 11. We will seek confirmation for the concert in St Petersburg as soon as possible, and will report that here at this space then - So stay tuned for this. In the meantime, we added the St Petersburg concert to the Tour dates of Vanessa-Mae. Last year in 2010, Vanessa-Mae also visited Russia for two concerts on December 11 and 12, in St Petersburg and Moscow in the same venues.

source: LastFM

Vanessa-Mae news of August 27, 2011: 
Vanessa-Mae will do a concert in Moscow, Russia, on December 11 of 2011
Vanessa-Mae will do perform a live concert in Moscow, Russia, on December 11 of 2011 according to online concert ticket broker Parter Russia. Venue for the concert is the Crocus Centre Concert Hall. Tickets can be ordered online via Parter Russia and are priced between 14,300-4,070 RUB (about 342-92 Euros). Last December 11 of 2011, Vanessa-Mae also played a concert in the Crocus Centre Concert Hall of Moscow. She is known to be very popular and beloved in Russia.

Vanessa-Mae live in Athens, Greece, on September 14 of 2011
There are still tickets available for Vanessa-Mae's upcoming concert at the Herod Atticus Odeon theatre, to take place on September 14 of 2011. Tickets are priced between Euro 180-50 and can be ordered online via Ticket Tour.

Vanessa-Mae chronicle:
The new Vanessa-Mae chronicle titled VANESSA-MAE TALKS ON MSN is now available. The first lines are as follows:

The previous chronicle of the month July referred to the interview that Vanessa-Mae did on MSN in 2001 to promote her album Subject To Change that was just released at that time. During this interview, she answered a selection of questions that were submitted by fans online. Our idea was to examine how Vanessa-Mae's answers were predictive in any way. To see if she described some plans and ambitions in her answers, and examine what became of these.

Do mark, this examination is in no way meant to hold Vanessa-Mae to any promise, ot ot blame her if some ambition did not come true, or some plans were not realised at all. It is meant just for fun, nothing more and nothing less.

A review on the interview is available at VMSPOS via Vanessa-Mae talks on MSN. The screen captures that we used in this review are once more depicted below to give some impression on the setting of the interview. The series of 15 screen captures below stem form the video and show Vanessa-Mae in that studio as she was answering the questions that were submitted by the fans. The captures provide an impression of the nature and atmosphere of the video. The setting is very simple and the costs to create the video were probable very limited. It is not known to us where the video was made, but a London studio or hotel room may be a well calculated guess.  

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Vanessa-Mae was extremely gorgeous at the interview. She had a long brown dress with one shoulder strap to the right. Her hair that was cut end 1998, started to grow again to her shoulders. Her face was obviously made up, but not too much with just a covering crème to create an impeccable smooth complexion, lipstick in a non descriptive colour close to the foundation, black mascara and a minor dark line of shadow on her upper lid as eye make-up. Vanessa-Mae looked awesome and very distinguished. She sat comfortable on a coach answering the questions very thoughtfully and considerately.

To read the full story, do go to Vanessa-Mae chronicle.

Vanessa-Mae chronicle: The new Vanessa-Mae chronicle is now available online.
The new Vanessa-Mae chronicle is now available online, and deals with Vanessa-Mae's promotion talk on MSN in 2001 to support the release of her new album Subject To change. This chronicle form part 1 of a series and the first lines are as follows below:

In 2001, Vanessa-Mae released her album Subject To change, first in Asia and shortly thereafter in Europe. Vanessa-Mae did several activities worldwide to promote her album. One activity was to answer questions from fans in a special broadcast on MSN. We wrote an extensive review on this film that is available at VMSPOS via Vanessa-Mae talks on MSN. The text of this review is given below and serves as this months Vanessa-Mae chronicle. We use this text as an experiment, because in the next chronicle we will examine Vanessa-Mae's answers asking the question did her answer had any predictive power and did Vanessa-Mae's expectations come true the past years since 2001.

Background information and general impression
Vanessa-Mae's album Subject To change was first released in Asia early spring of 2001, shortly ahead of the release in the UK and Europe. To promote the release, Vanessa-Mae visited several countries in Asia like Hong Kong. South Korea, Taiwan and Malaysia, during April and May of 2001, doing interviews for radio and newspapers, appearances on television and photo shoots. The most creative promotion activity was, however, an interview on MSN where Vanessa-Mae answered questions that were previously submitted by fans from all over Asia. The interview was broadcasted online via the MSN website in Asia. We possess a high resolution quality version of the interview in digital format. The screen captures below come from the digital video file.

To read the full story, continue to Vanessa-Mae chronicle.

July 10, 2011, Vanessa-Mae acted in the final episode of this years Popstar To Operastar television show broadcasted by  ITV
Vanessa-Mae acted in the final episode of  Popstar To Operastar television show broadcasted by  ITV as member of the  panel of critics. Some screen captures of the show are shown below. This show, Vanessa-Mae was in a long bright red designer dress, her face being heavily made up especially the excessive lipstick in matching colour to the dress was a very noticeable mark in her smoothly complexioned  visage.

Credits: these screen captures were made by Carol Tower CX, distinguished member of the Vanessa-Mae Fans Forum (VMF)

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