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THE ARCHIVES 2007

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December 20, 2007, Vanessa-Mae meets the Scorpions in the Kremlin, Moscow during a musical event.
Vanessa-Mae visits Moscow around December 20 of 2007 for some musical event held in the Kremlin Palace. In the corridors, she meets with singer Klaus Meine and guitarist Mathias Jabs of The Scorpions - see the 3 photos below. Vanessa-Mae had met with  The Scorpions already before in 1995 in Germany for a television show. The photos show Vanessa-Mae wearing a light beige long dress with obviously red painted lips as striking mark in her smooth rather pale complexioned visage.  

sources: Scorpions Forum and Photo galleries Scorpions website

December 10 to December 13: Vanessa-Mae performs live in 3 concerts in Riga (Latvia), Vilnius (Lithuania) and Bratislava (Slovakia)
Vanessa-Mae did 3 concerts the past week. She arrived on December 10, 2007 in Riga, capital city of Latvia with a direct flight from Miami. Vanessa-Mae had to start her concert 1 hour behind schedule because her flight from Miami was delayed. Since, only very poor information by the concert organiser was provided to the waiting audience, many were disappointed and some may have gone home with the idea that the concert was cancelled or simple because they didn't want to wait any longer. There is a nice and interesting review of the concert available in the Vanessa-Mae Fans Forum via this direct link: Vanessa-Mae in Riga Review. The quote below comes from the review: 

'Also, as I think Vanessa was quite tired after flight and fast rehearsal, but she did a good job. Hands up for that. I cannot wait for a new album and new tour, as during the concert, she promised that if Riga will invite, she will come here again, because she really like this city. As for the Latvian people, there are so many Vanessa lovers. So the fans love her here! I am glad about this fact! 

Songs from Vanessa-Mae's 2004 album 'Choreography' formed the basis of the concert program that was completed with a selection of oldies from her previous repertoire like 'Red Hot,' Toccata & Fugue,' 'Storm,' 'I Am A Doun' and 'Destiny,' all more or less equivalent to other 'Choreography' tour concerts, see our reviews Review Vanessa-Mae live in concert, Hamburg 2007, Vanessa-Mae live in Dresden (2005) and Royal Festival Hall concert. Vanessa-Mae opened the concert with 'Sabre Dance' and 'Havana Slide,' after which held her openings speech to welcome the audience.

Vanessa-Mae looked awesome that evening in Riga, wearing a wonderful flimsy dress, probable silk material, in a coloured striped design; her face beautifully made up with pink glossy lipstick, black liner and mascara as eye definition completed with a small line of dark shadow on her eye lids filling up in fading red up to her well shaped brows, all in a flawless complexioned visage, finished with discreetly red blushed cheeks, and her hair pulled backwards with pins from her face hanging in free style on her back  - see the series of 9 photos below!

source: Vanessa-Mae Fans Forum , Apollo Latvia and Easy Get

After the concert in Riga on the 10th, Vanessa-Mae travelled to Vilnius for her next concert on December 11. The photos below show her arriving at the airport (first picture on the left) and at her concert. Remarkable, Vanessa-Mae had the same dress as in Riga, also her make-up looked more or less the same, only her lipstick appeared in a more glossy red tone. The second photo from the right is particularly nice in blue tone. We have currently no more information on the concert in Vilnius, but we remain searching and will report as more becomes available to us. We assume the nature of the concert is identical as the show in Riga. A short video of Vanessa-Mae playing Sabre Dance is available at Alfa Lithuania, though.

source: Vanessa-Mae Fans Forum, Alfa Lithuania and Nemiga word press

Next Vanessa-Mae and her entourage went to Bratislava for a concert on December 13, 2007. She arrived on December 12 in Bratislava for a 3 days visit. Vanessa-Mae told to the media at her arrival that she was looking forward to walking the streets in historical centre of the ancient city and visiting the traditional Christmas markets. No more information, nor photos are currently available.

source: sktoday.com

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comments by VMSPOS: As Vanessa-Mae told in her 'thank you all' address to the Vanessa-Mae Fans Forum early November, she is still touring Choreography as long as her new album is awaiting. VMSPOS continues searching for more concert dates. Remarkable at the concerts in Riga and Vilnius is the fact that Vanessa-Mae had the same dress on both evenings. Possible this had something to do with the rushed flight from Miami, where she was the days before the concerts, back to Europe, since she usually has a different outfit each evening at a series of concerts. Moreover, we notice that since the Choreography tour started in October 2004, Vanessa-Mae is using considerable more make-up at her concerts than during the 'Tour For Change' concerts in 2001-2002. Now at present since 2004, she seems to revert to the more made up looks she had at the early years of her career till 2000.  Especially recently, Vanessa-Mae's  luxuriant lipstick and colourful eye shadow are noticeable, and also she is more often using discreet blush on her cheeks, where this descriptive feature was rarely used, if not at all, in her make-up till 2004 when creating serene flawlessness seem to be the major objective of her face wear. The present practice definitely creates vibrant and lively looks at concerts, and it absolutely looks great on Vanessa-Mae.
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December 7, 2007, Vanessa-Mae visited Sotheby's Contemporary Asian Arts exhibition in Miami, Florida USA.
Vanessa-Mae visited an exhibition for contemporary Asian Art organised by Sotheby's in cooperation with the Mandarin Hotel Group in their facilities in Miami, Florida USA. The photos below show Vanessa-Mae posing alone leaning towards a bar during the reception and in a group together with other invited celebrities like Kenzo Takada, Edouard Ettedgui, VivienneTam, and Dennis Hopper. No information is available to us whether Vanessa-Mae also performed at the exhibition, or during the VIP reception.

source: Wire image Press Photo Agency and Getty Images

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comments by VMSPOS: Vanessa-Mae is known to be fan of the Mandarin Hotel Group and she endorses her position by participating in the 'She Is A Fan' campaign of the Mandarin Hotel Group. She always stays at the Mandarin Hotel if a facility is available in the vicinity of the place she is visiting! 
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December 11, 2007, Vanessa-Mae will give a concert in Bratislava, Slovakia, on Thursday December 13, 2007
Vanessa-Mae will give a concert in Bratislava, Slovakia, at the Pasienky Sports Hall on Thursday December 13, 2007. She arrived today in Bratislava for a 3 days visit. Vanessa-Mae told to the media at her arrival that she was looking forward to walking the streets in historical centre of the ancient city and visiting the traditional Christmas markets.

source: sktoday.com

December 1, 2007 Preview on Vanessa-Mae's upcoming concerts in Riga, Latvia, and Vilnius, Lithuania on December 10 and 11.
Next week, Vanessa-Mae will do a quick visit to Riga, capital of Latvia, and Vilnius, capital of Lithuania, to do concerts there on December 10 and 11. the concerts are part of her ongoing Choreography Tour. The Choreography Tour concerts feature tracks from her well received and successful album Choreography that was released in 2004, as well as a cross selection of well known classics from her previous repertoire. Reviews of Vanessa-Mae's Choreography Tour  concerts in London (October 2004), Dresden (February 2005) and Hamburg (July 2007) are available at this website. The reviews contain program listings as well as many unique photos of Vanessa-Mae in full live action, and provide interesting reading if you have not seen Vanessa-Mae live yourself and consider going to one of her concerts. Of course, reminiscence and nostalgic feelings are served by reading the stories and seeing photos as well. Vanessa-Mae prime instrument for the Choreography concerts is her acoustic Guadagnini violin, but she is expected to use the electric Zeta for a few pieces as well.

Vanessa-Mae has visited Riga and Vilnius both twice on previously for concerts already in combined stops for the Storm On World Tour (December 10 and 12, 1998) and the Tour For Change (December 13 and 15, 2001).

Photo 1 was made in Riga on December 10, 1998, and photo 2 on December 12 in Vilnius. Photo 3 shows Vanessa-Mae at her concert in Riga on December 15, 2001. At that time, she had her hair cut.

The VMSPOS website wishes all that go to one of Vanessa-Mae concerts in Riga and Vilnius a wonderful evening and let yourself be enchanted by the fantastic sound of Vanessa-Mae through her violin.

sources: Makro Concert; Bilietai and the Vanessa-Mae Fans Forum and Tour dates of Vanessa-Mae

November 12, 2007: Vanessa-Mae responses to the birthday presents sent by her best fans of the Vanessa-Mae Fans Forum, VMF, saying:

'Thank you for your thoughts and your patience. I hope to play again to you all soon!'
 

Vanessa-Mae responded to her fans of the VMF with her thanks for the presents sent to her. Vanessa-Mae also kindly answered the list of questions, traditionally part of the annual bday project, that VMF had for her. The most important parts from her answers are highlighted below, but see Vanessa-Mae's feedback for the integral texts of Vanessa-Mae' personally addressed answers to the list of 10 questions.

1) I have not stepped into studio yet as my management have certain aspects to sort out beforehand. There are so many creative ideas to factor in but what is sure is that there will be a new twist that I hope you will enjoy.

2) We are still touring Choreography live but a new tour will be organised for the new album and I hope to play to as many fans as possible.

3) Yes, that is a great idea! (on the suggestion to release an live tour DVD of her next tour)

4) I am now sure that I will never feel that I belong to a country, which is not necessarily a bad thing. However, China fascinates me and there is much talent in a place so big.

5) The 2001 recall was my father's request during his divorce from my mother. I have had time since to rethink the style and content but it is not finalised. The thought now is for it to follow the next album. (On her forthcoming and long awaited autobiography)

6) I was out busy dealing with stuff related to my house but I enjoyed dinner with my family. Lionel gave me a games console - grown up at 29! (On how she spent her birthday and about what present she received from Lionel)

source: The Vanessa-Mae Fans Forum, VMF

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Comments by VMSPOS
We are all very much pleased by Vanessa-Mae's personal, open and honest answers to our questions that we had for her this year. Striking is the observation that she has professional management now to support her, see Vanessa-Mae at Merlin Elite. Of course, everyone was hoping for the release of her new album on short notice, but as Vanessa-Mae explained, she still has to start recording. Also, despite reports in the newspapers, Vanessa-Mae has not yet finalized her autobiography. The delay of the book was caused by the divorce of her mother Pamela from her step-father Graham Nicholson, and this delay made her restyle the book, and also made her add more chapters to it as well. Obviously, as a result of her multi-ethnical background and multi-cultural and cosmopolitan upbringing and life, Vanessa-Mae feels no bonding to any country specifically, although she is fascinated by China and loves to live in London in the UK where she feels at home. Isn't it so cute, Lionel gave Vanessa-Mae a games computer: probable, Lionel and Vanessa-Mae play games together: isn't that just so normal and down to earth! Definitely, Vanessa-Mae does not suffer personality deformation caused by all her successes, media attention and the responsibilities imposed on her since her early childhood.
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November 1, 2007: Vanessa-Mae was the surprise guest at the annual Pearl Awards where she presented the awards in the presence of HRH The Prince Of Wales. 
Vanessa-Mae appeared as special guest at the annual Pearl Awards where she presented the awards to Mr. Stanley Tse, Ms. Florence Qiu and Simon Lee, on behalf of his father Dominic Lee. The Pearl Awards is an event to recognise and celebrate Chinese achievements in multi cultural Britain. The awards ceremony took place in the presence of HRH The Prince Of Wales. The Pearl Awards were started in 2003 by China Town Magazine and the Pearl Foundation, and are rewarded in order to provide a long-overdue platform upon which to recognise and commend achievements of the Chinese Community in the UK.

Vanessa-Mae acted as surprise guest tot the winners and the audience at the award ceremonial evening that took place in the London Royal Festival Hall on November 1, 2007, to present the awards to the decorated members of the Chinese community in Britain. The photos shown above were made at the award presentations and at the VIP reception afterwards. Vanessa-Mae showed up at the awards ceremony wearing a long multi-coloured silk skirt and a black sleeveless silk top that left her belly button exposed and a fine necklace hanging on her chest; her face, framed with her wonderful black shining hair that was in free style hanging on her back, was of course meticulously made up, her skin beautifully complexioned and her eyes nicely defined with liner, little shadow and some mascara, the lush bright red lipstick served as most striking mark in her face wear. Vanessa-Mae was on black open high heeled shoes. For the VIP reception, Vanessa-Mae changed her outfit for a stylish black silk dress with open shoulders and high mandarin collar, and she carried a black shoulder purse. Her make-up and hair style apparently looked identical as during the awards ceremony. The necklace, if she still had it, was not visible under the mandarin collar.

source: The Pearl Awards Foundation

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Comments by VMSPOS
The photos obviously show that Vanessa-Mae is very at ease during these type of events. Clearly, she guides the recipients with confidence through he ceremony. Noticeable, Vanessa-Mae acts relaxed and full self-confident in her role, and especially at the conversations with HRH The Prince Of Wales, she serves well in actively contributing to the conversations. Also nice to notice is the fact that Vanessa-Mae so effectively manages to create a wonderful physical presentation when she is styled in nice clothes and,  especially, with make-up that always brings the  finely chiselled features of her face so beautifully to expression.
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October 27, 2007, Vanessa-Mae celebrated her 29^th birthday and receives the traditional bday presents from the Vanessa-Mae Fans Forum, VMF.
VMF awarded Vanessa-Mae with the 'VMF Charity Award' to honour her outstanding contributions in fund raising in order to help those who are in need of help. Added to the award was shortlist of charity organisations to which fans donate money all according to their individual financial possibilities. The presents too included a birthday greeting cards, a letter and a list of 10 questions to which Vanessa-Mae is expected to provide feedback soon. The awards and general cards are shown below, for the individual contributions, as well as the letter and list of question, see VMF bday 2007 topic.

October 27, 2007, VANESSA-MAE CELEBRATES HER 29^th BIRTHDAY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, VANESSA-MAE!

Vanessa-Mae celebrates her 29^th birthday today quietly in a family setting surrounded by her friend Lionel, her dog Gaspard, and probable her closest family and friends.

The Vanessa-Mae Fans Forum (VMF) has sent Vanessa-Mae their traditional birthday greeting cards, a VMF Charity Award for her outstanding contribution to world wide charity activities to support those who need help. This years sending of the VMF include also a short list of charity organisations to where the VMF contributors donate money to according to each of their individual financial possibilities. Also a tradition is a list of questions the fans of the VMF have for Vanessa-Mae and to which they again hope to receive Vanessa-Mae's feedback. To read the discussions in the VMF, see the 29 birthday discussions.

September 8, 2007, Vanessa-Mae completed her hugely successful 3 concert dates tour through India on August 31, 2007
In the final week of August, Vanessa-Mae did a 3 stop short tour of concerts through India with stops in Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore. The tour was organised by Seagram's 100 Pipers, an organisation that invited Vanessa-Mae to perform solo concerts. Famous Indian sitar player Nishat Kahn opened all the evenings with a performance of characteristic Indian music, followed by Vanessa-Mae for her concert with repertoire based on her latest album Choreography varied with well known oldies. Towards the end of Vanessa-Mae's performance, Nishat Kahn joined her on stage to accompany her in a few songs like the Havana Slide. All three shows were ended when Vanessa-Mae and Nishat Kahn engaged in a spectacular jugalbandi that brought the audiences in full packed venues to complete ecstasy. Vanessa-Mae's all time first visit to India and her joined performance with one of the India's leading musicians caused newspapers and televised media to spend considerable attention to the events. Unfortunately, only little free tickets for fans were available because to many dignitaries and other celebrities were invited to attend the concerts. This practice, however, is said to be a common phenomenon at cultural events in India. The photos below originate from online editions of Indian newspapers.

Photo 1 shows Vanessa-Mae a day before the first concert in Mumbai on August 26 at a press meeting. On the photo, Vanessa-Mae wears a white suit and holds her electric violin in front of her and her lips are noticeable painted with excessive red. Photo 2 was made during the concert in Mumbai where Vanessa-Mae was dressed in an elegant off white to cream coloured long dress with open V-neck. Photos 3 to 6 show Vanessa-Mae, obviously with heavy face wear in which the purple lipstick served as striking content of her make-up, after the show posing alone and with Nishat Kahn. Photo 7 stems from the concert in Delhi where Vanessa-Mae was dressed in a bright bleu dress. After the show, she again had an encounter with the press after she had changed into an Indian type skirt with a fine black silk top. Again, Vanessa-Mae's face was considerable made up - see photo 8. Photos 9-12 were shot at5 the concert in Bangalore on August 31 and here Vanessa-Mae was dressed in a fine long red dress. 

 sources: Mid Day News, The Deccan Herald, Delhi News Line, Times Of India, Times Of India, Times Of India, Economic Times, The Deccan Herald

Four short video reports on Vanessa-Mae's tour of concerts in India have been available online. Below a some interesting captures from 2 of the videos. Captures 1-8 are from a video short in Mumbai and captures 9-16 from the video report in Delhi. the captures show Vanessa-Mae during her solo performances in Mumbai and Delhi, and during her joined show with Nishat Kahn while sitting kneeled opposite and walking around Nishat Kahn on stage. Captures 5-8 show Vanessa-Mae during the press meeting in Mumbai, immediately after the concert. Notice on capture 7 how the flash lightning cause the make-up on Vanessa-Mae's face to become manifest, especially the purple lipstick and mascara, liner and shadow accentuation of her eyes are highlighted spectacularly as compared to capture 8. Captures 15 and 16 show Vanessa-Mae talking to the press after her concert in Delhi.   

sources:
video Vanessa-Mae in Mumbai 1
video Vanessa-Mae in Mumbai 2
video Vanessa-Mae in Mumbai 3
video Vanessa-Mae in Delhi

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comments by VMSPOS: we were able to download all 4 mentioned videos successfully. Please address us an email if any questions about the videos remain.

Vanessa-Mae was probable unaware of the fact that most tickets for her concerts were given to dignitaries and other celebrities, with the result that only limited numbers of real fans had the opportunity to attend her concerts. Obviously, this practice is saddening for all true and loyal fans.

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The team of the VMSPOS website

August 26, 2007, Vanessa-Mae, joined by Nishat Khan, to give  3 concerts in India on August 26, 28 and 31, 2007.
Vanessa-Mae will perform in India 3 concerts the coming week. The concerts are organised by Seagram's 100 Pipers. At her concerts, Vanessa-Mae will be joined at the end by famous Indian sitar player Nishat Khan.

sources: Seagram's 100 Pipers  New Delhi events and Mid Day News  

August 25, 2007, Vanessa-Mae, 'In The Front Seat,' being interviewed by Rhodri Owen for Audi Channel
Rhodri Owen, recently, interviewed Vanessa-Mae for his program In The Front Seat. In The Front Seat is an interview program broadcasted by Audi Channel in which a high profile famous person, actually an Audi adept, is being interviewed in a luxurious Audi model, while talking about his or hers preference for fast powerful cars and about aspects of his or hers life and career. The video of the interview with Vanessa-Mae is available for viewing via the Audi Channel website at  Audi Channel and a link for downloading can be found via the Vanessa-Mae Fans Forum. A series of 12 screen caps from the video are shown below. A brief description of the contents of the almost 7 minutes lasting video follows below.

source: Audi Channel

Brief description of the video by VMSPOS
The story line of the video starts with an introduction of a yet unknown guest by Rhodri Owen driving in a luxurious Audi car to his appointment. From his in introduction where uses words like 'one of the best musicians in the business who turned the world of classical music upside down with her innovative approach of a traditional discipline.' and then 'did I mention that she happens to be beautiful, internationally renowned and commercially one of the best selling artists of our times in any music genre, she is of course Vanessa-Mae.' Then the camera shows Vanessa-Mae sitting on a bench in a park waiting, first in out of focus from a distance then in focus bringing to a close-up of Vanessa-Mae's lips and eyes as to indicate and show that she wears make-up of a flawless mat complexion, pink rose lipstick, minor dark eye definition and white shoes with spike heels and pointed nose, more or less in tradition with her own video clips where the importance of these styling attributes to Vanessa-Mae is also brought to the attention of the viewer. On this particular day for this occasion, Vanessa-Mae wears blue jeans and a short wonderful light brown suede jacket with pockets up front left and right, a waste band and knot buttons. After exchange of greeting words, Vanessa-Mae and Rhodri Owen take a walk through the park to the car and talk about the cold weather, about the start of Vanessa-Mae's practice of the violin and her career and the conversation continues about cars during their drive through London. Then the question of what Vanessa-Mae is driving for car comes to the table. Vanessa-Mae answers that she has an Audi Avant. Vanessa-Mae does not specify but the interview with her that was published in Audi Magazine of December 2004 was said that she owns an S4 Quattro Avant, as shown on the photo below.

Vanessa-Mae explains that this car fulfils her desire for beauty, speed and power, in addition to her needs for space to harbour her dog Gaspard on her travels to the slopes of Europe for skiing. But then she continues that 'if you are a responsible driver and can control yourself if you have a powerful car then it is OK.' Rhodri Owen then asks what is Vanessa-Mae's biggest extravagance. She replies without any hesitation: 'oh, my dog.' Then explaining: 'he eats fresh meat, rice and vegetables,' and walking him outside more then 2 hours a day. Then Rhodri and Vanessa-Mae stop at the Dorchester Hotel to have a good lunch. Here, Vanessa-Mae, after taking off her suede jacket, shows a fine red sleeveless top. Sitting at the table, Vanessa-Mae tells Rhodri Owen about her acoustic violin, feeling the need to take more and longer breaks in between recording a new album and tours as a have to keep enough energy and motivation to keep up with the demands of the hectic life of a musician and to produce music that meets her wishes for quality and to produce an album that satisfies her. the program ends with a joke when Rhodri Owen brings up the question who will take up the bill. Vanessa-Mae says: 'well Chinese custom, modern girl, I think it will be me.' But then Rhodri rejects: 'as kind as you are, I could not possible let you do that, gentleman that I am.' Vanessa-Mae does not insists otherwise and they start to enjoy the lunch.

August 4, 2007, Autobiography of Vanessa-Mae to be released in 2008, according to the Telegraph
According to a report in the Telegraph, Vanessa-Mae told their reporter at the Ladies Day at Glorious Goodwood Race Meeting on July 27 that she finally finished her autobiography and that the book was now scheduled for release in 2008. According to the Telegraph, Vanessa-Mae stated the following  to the reporter:

''My autobiography is finally coming out next year. It was sent to the publishers five years ago but because of my parents' divorce I had to rewrite parts of it and then add on an extra chapter.'' And she continues with relish: "Now, it's finished. I've written it from a cultural angle, my first three years growing up in Singapore, playing the violin every day from the age of 12. I'm afraid my life isn't tabloid- or paparazzi-friendly though - I've been with my boyfriend, Leo, for eight years." (The Telegraph falsely refers with Leo to Vanessa-Mae's friend Lionel Catalan with whom she is together now since the summer of 1999  - VMSPOS!)

source: The Telegraph

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Comments by VMSPOS:
It is commonly known among fans of Vanessa-Mae that she was working on the book since 2000 already. We are very much looking forward to the book in which Vanessa-Mae will tell us the story of her life from her personal point of view. It will be nice to learn her feelings towards her youth full of dedication towards practising the violin and music in general, her upbringing in a protective childhood, becoming a world wide celebrity and famous violinist overnight after the release of her debut pop album The Violin Player, and how she managed to deal with success and criticism. Moreover, we are anxiously to read her perspective on the split with her mother and the current state of their relationship: a mother and a daughter should be on speaking terms always, or manage to overcome differences and reconcile over personal issues. Vanessa-Mae already said that her book will not be tabloid- and paparazzi-friendly as she is still together with her firsts real boyfriend and relishing gossips over love affairs and other controversies over Vanessa-Mae do not exist, or perhaps some would consider the so-called wet T-shirt photo to represent as such, this all more or less out of poverty since the absence of real topics of disgrace. The fact that Vanessa-Mae announces that she tried to write her autobiography from a cultural angle sounds very promising and interesting. After all, Vanessa-Mae is a child born out of different cultures, who has lived through different cultures on different continents, and she is someone who tries to bridge the gap between cultures, ages, races and people with her blend of music originating from all possible styles of music.
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July 29, 2007, Vanessa-Mae visits, together with Lionel Catalan, the International Rock Polo Cartier Polo day in Windsor, England.
Vanessa-Mae and Lionel Catalan attended the Cartier International Rock Polo day in Windsor, England, on July 29, 2007. The photos below show Vanessa-Mae posing for the photographers and with her friend Lionel watching the games. for this occasion, Vanessa-Mae had an outfit consisting of a wonderful blue to purple dress with flower print in white with a broad waistband in Chinese style with high collar, closed on front with knotted buttons , and she had open black shoes with high heels. Vanessa-Mae had her long black hair in free style on her back and was moderately made up with a smoothing foundation crème, red lipstick and some minor eye accentuation. Vanessa-Mae also had a grey shoulder bag with her.

sources: photo shot and Getty Images

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Comments by VMSPOS website
As high profile celebrity, Vanessa-Mae gets invited to events like the Cartier Polo day. In past, she often went alone to these occasions but the past 2 -3 years, we see her friend Lionel Catalan increasingly accompanying her, if not already always at present times. Looking at the photos above that show Vanessa-Mae together with Lionel, we notice the tenderness with which Lionel holds his arm around Vanessa-Mae, as well as the glances full of expression of understanding and passion they both exchange when looking at each other. Vanessa-Mae and Lionel seem to be a real happy couple together. At all these events, Vanessa-Mae is always well styled in agreement with the intend of the occasion, nicely dressed and perfectly made up, yet most of the time looking quite natural, according to her own preferences and wishes that allow her to be relaxed and act with self-confidence; the photos above show what is meant adequately.    
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July 27, 2007, Vanessa-Mae visits the Ladies Day of the Glorious Goodwood horse race meeting as invited guest of Audi cars.
Vanessa-Mae attended the special Ladies Day of the Glorious Goodwood Race Meeting on July 27 as special invited guest to box of the Audi cars. The Ladies Day of this exquisite Glorious Goodwood horse race meeting attracted many female celebrities. All attending the day are supposed to be styled and clothed according  a dress code and this requirement led to a sheer parade of ladies and young women showing their designer dresses and hats. Vanessa-Mae showed up in a vibrant red floral satin floral dress in Chinese style with high collar, knit buttons at the front and a broad waistband that was designed by Shanghai Tang and she had a fascinator  - hair accessory -  with white feathers designed by Siggy to decorate her long wonderful black hair. For her face wear, Vanessa-Mae was made up quite natural with only excessive lipstick in a matching colour red to her vibrant satin dress. Vanessa-Mae said to the reporter: “I’ve never worn a hat before in my life.”  

sources: The Telegraph and Rex Features

Vanessa-Mae at her summer tour in Germany and Bulgaria, June-July 2007, continuing reviewing coverage.
As reported previously - see Vanessa-Mae news: the archives 2007, Vanessa-Mae did a short summer tour in Germany and Bulgaria early July with concert stops in Stuttgart, Fulda, Munich, Hamburg, Bochum and Sofia for which all the shows were sold out, see also our Review Vanessa-Mae live in concert, Hamburg 2007. Photos are available via the links. For this update of the VMSPOS website we present more photos of Vanessa-Mae during this recent tour.
 

On July 4, 2007, the day before her concert, Vanessa-Mae did a press conference in Sofia. The 2 photos below show Vanessa-Mae at her press conference. Especially the close-up of photo 1 is very nice and shows Vanessa-Mae's visage detailed with the perfectly covering foundation crème to create a flawless complexion, yet not too heavily applied as to preserve the skin texture visible, the discrete black liner and mascara used to define her eyes and a nice soft re lipstick that nicely matches the colours in her Chinese style fine silk dress.    

source: vivatel

The series of photos below were made at Vanessa-Mae's concert in Hamburg. Notice on photos 4 and 8 the extreme spike heels of Vanessa-Mae shoes. The red dress of Vanessa-Mae was fantastic.

source: stage photographers

For her concert in Bochum, Vanessa-Mae was dressed in jeans with a fabulous red top with silver waistband. The photos below were made at the Bochum concert. The official concert poster is shown too.

source: pisah

The photos below come from Vanessa-Mae's open air concert in Fulda where she was had an all black outfit consisting of pants and a sleeveless T-shirt, and she had open shoes with spike heels. The close-up of photos 10, 11,12 and 14 show that she was made-up to preserve quite natural looks.

source: schoene nachrichten

July 21, 2007 Vanessa-Mae gave a press conference after arriving in Sofia one day ahead of her concert on July 5, 2007
On July 4, 2007, Vanessa-Mae arrived in Sofia for her concert on July 5. Besides her band and technical crew, Vanessa-Mae was accompanied by a personal entourage formed by her Grand mother, her personal assistant and her personal stylist for taking care of her hair and make-up. Immediately after arriving, Vanessa-Mae gave a press conference in her hotel where she was dressed in a fabulous Chinese style dress, the same as she had at the VIP preview of the summer exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts on June 6, see Vanessa-Mae news: the archives 2007. the close-ups of photos 3 and 4 show Vanessa-Mae's perfectly made up visage with lipstick in almost the same red colour as the red front of her dress. According to  agency 79, Vanessa-Mae was the most photographed artist that they ever brought to Bulgaria.  

source: agency 79

July 14, Vanessa-Mae to give a concert in Riga, Latvia on December 10, 2007
Vanessa-Mae will give a concert on December 10, 2007, in the Arena of Riga, capital of Latvia. Dario posted this news in the Vanessa-Mae Fans Forum. The concert date is announced by Piletilevilv, a online concert ticket broker in Riga. As we announced previously, Vanessa-Mae will be in Vilnius on December 11 to do a concert there.

sources: Piletilevilv  and the Vanessa-Mae Fans Forum  

June 29 till July 5, 1007 Vanessa-Mae completes a successful summer tour in Germany and Bulgaria
The past week Vanessa-Mae toured in Germany for 5 concerts and Bulgaria for 1 concert in the capital Sofia. The kick-off show took place in Stuttgart at the Freilichtbühne Killesberg as an open air concert. The Stuttgarter Zeitung reports that a beautiful and talented Vanessa-Mae dressed in jeans and a pink top played for a crowd of 2000 visitors a optical mix of styles with pop and classics. Unfortunately, rain spoilt the final part of the concert, urging some to leave early.

The next day, Vanessa-Mae performed in Fulda, again an open air concert at the Schlosshof and fortunately weather gods were merciful that evening. The Fuldaer Zeitung reports on a  show of charm and routine that, nevertheless was marred by technical problems with the amplification of Vanessa-Mae's acoustic violin. The audience, however, was enthusiastic and impressed. For the show, Vanessa-Mae was dressed in black jeans and a black sleeveless T-shirt, her black hair was in almost free style, and her face looked very natural with only pink lipstick and shadow in a pale complexion. The photos below are part of a slide show that is available at eh website of the  Fuldaer Zeitung. Vanessa-Mae looked absolutely superb that evening, being rather casually dressed and the degree of her make-up accordingly to that.

We reported extensively on Vanessa-Mae's concert in Hamburg in the Laeiszhalle and showed our photos at this space. A few photos are pictured here again below. For the details of the show and more fantastic photos see our Review Vanessa-Mae live in concert, Hamburg 2007.

Contradicting the thankful reactions of enthusiasm of a satisfied audience was the report of a journalist wrote in the Hamburger Abendblatt. According to the journalist, the red in Vanessa-Mae's dress was the only colour in a flat and uninspired concert that she delivered in an, as the reporter states, only moderately filled venue. Of course everyone is entitled to his or hers opinion but the reference to a more or less half empty hall comes over as strange since the concert was sold out completely, as we witnessed ourselves by being in the audience.

We were not able to find any report, nor photos, of Vanessa-Mae's concert in Munich that took place in Philharmonie im Gasteig. We too have no details on Vanessa-Mae's concert in Bochum in the Ruhr Congress Centrum, but we previously reported that Vanessa-Mae would personally sign an electric Harley Benton HBV 400 WH viollin that was available for an action organised by Radio Bochum and the School of Music in order to raise money for disabled children - scroll down to June 22. The winning bid of Euro 510 was placed by Mr Nielandt. The photo below shows Vanessa-Mae giving the violin to the winner and is available via the Bochumer Szene. As seen on the photo that was taken immediately after the concert, Vanessa-Mae was dressed that evening in a fine bright red dress and having her lipstick in matching red accordingly.

The final stop of Vanessa-Mae's summer was in Sofia for a concert at the Winter Sport Palace. We found various sites mentioning Vanessa-Mae's concert but the Bulgarian and Hungarian languages prevent and hamper reading and understanding. The photos below, however are available at Gallery Actualno.

We are still looking for more more reports and photos of Vanessa-Mae's summer tour in Germany and Bulgaria. We would appreciate to receive feedback from visitors to any of these concerts, especially  the shows in Munich, Fulda and Sofia. Please contact us via email through the contact link.  

sources:Stuttgarter Zeitung; Fuldaer Zeitung; Hamburger Abendblatt, Bochumer Szene and Gallery Actualno

July 2, 2007 Vanessa-Mae performed a fantastic concert in Hamburg, Germany
Vanessa-Mae delivers a fantastic concert in Hamburg on Monday. See our report with photos at Review Vanessa-Mae live in concert, Hamburg 2007. The 3 photos below were made at the concert. For more, do read the review and see the photos via the link above 

June 29-July 5, 2007, Vanessa-Mae embarks on a short summer tour  of concerts in Germany and Bulgaria, see Tour dates of Vanessa-Mae and the listing of upcoming Vanessa-Mae Events - scroll down!! -  for the details

June 22, 2007 Vanessa-Mae will give a concert in Vilnius, Lithuania on December 11, 2007
Vanessa-Mae will give a concert in the Utenos Pramogų arena of Vilnius, capital of Lithuania. Tickets can be ordered online already at bilieta ticket store.

sources: bilietai.lt  and the Vanessa-Mae fans Forum

June 22, 2007 Vanessa-Mae will personally sign a Harley Benton HBV 400 WH electric violin that was made available by Radio Bochum for an auction.
Radio Bochum has one Harley Benton HBV 400 WH electric violin  - see image below -   available for an auction. Vanessa-Mae will personally sign the violin. Radio Bochum together with the Musicschule Bochum, the school of music in Bochum, organises the auction because Vanessa-Mae comes to Bochum on July 3 for a concert in the Ruhr Congress Centrum. The revenue will go to support to challenge musical ambitions of disabled children. Bidding is possible online via electric violin auction.

source: Radio Bochum

June 8, 2005, It is announced that Vanessa-Mae will give a concert in Sofia, capital of Bulgarian, on July 5
Vanessa-Mae will give a concert in Sofia, Bulgaria. The show will take place in the Winter Sport Palace. Vanessa-Mae will be accompanied by the the orchestra of the local Classic FM Radio. Tickets can be ordered online already via Eventim in Yugoslavia and Eventim in Hungary. Vanessa-Mae performed in Sofia previously on June 13, 1999.

sources: sofiaecho.com, avtora.com, Eventim in Yugoslavia and Eventim in Hungary.

June 6, 2007, Vanessa-Mae visits the Royal Academy of Arts, Summer Exhibition preview for VIP's
Vanessa-Mae attends the preview for VIP's of the Summer Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts in London together with her friend and life companion Lionel Catalan, see the photos below that were taken at the event (click to view larger images).

Vanessa-Mae looked fantastic that evening wearing a beautiful Chinese style short silk dress in a multi coloured design varying from rose, pink to light blue and red lines along the high neck and short sleeves. The dress was buttoned with vertical bright Bordeaux red bands in the middle over her chest. Vanessa-Mae was beautifully made up with smooth complexioned crème, black mascara, eye liner, and great looking red lipstick matching the bright Bordeaux red in her dress. Vanessa-Mae had her hair in free style and was on elegant black high heeled shoes.  

sources: Rex Features, Wire Image and Getty Images

June 5, 2007, Vanessa-Mae says her fans are often more glamorous than she
An newspaper in Fulda presents an article on and interview with Vanessa-Mae in order to provide background information with respect to the concert that she will give in Fulda later this month on June 30. When asked what beauty and glamour means in classical music, Vanessa-Mae answers as follows:

'my fans are often more glamorous than I'

source: Fuldaer Zeitung

May 13, 2007, VANESSA-MAE CANCELLED HER APPEARANCE ON GERMAN TELEVISION!!!!!!!!!!
Vanessa-Mae did not appear on German television. Apparently, the appearance had been cancelled on short notice. It is unknown so far whether Vanessa-Mae's absence has any relation with the cancelled concert that was scheduled to take place in Zagreb on May 21. The VMSPOS website will report as soon more information on these unexpected events and reasons to why the appearances of Vanessa-Mae has been cancelled becomes available to us.

May 13, 2007, VANESSA-MAE's CONCERT IN ZAGREB ON MAY 21 HAS BEEN CANCELLED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The concert of Vanessa-Mae in Zagreb scheduled for May 21 has been cancelled for unknown technical reasons, the Lisinski concert hall announces on their website in a brief statement. Translation of the message via an online free translation service from Croatian to English reveals the following:

'Worshipful visitor , inform You yes we do smo , due technical handicap nastalih over organizations tour ( late USA , Zagreb , Darling ), in hand with agent Vanessa-Mae , farfetched cancel concert who does ought lay in store into a Monday , 21. May Unerase money with purchased ticket one can realize with Thursday , 10. May , at an cashier's check Hall. I'm sorry does svim customers ticket. organizations Clump promotion.'

It is yet unknown if an new date for the concert will be scheduled. As soon as more information emerges, the VMSPOS website will report.

source: Lisinski concert hall booking office and free online translation Croatian vs Ebglish

May 13, 2007, Vanessa-Mae will appear on German television channel 2 the ZDF in a show called Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel, broadcasted at 20:15, CET.
Vanessa-Mae will appear and perform in a television show to be broadcasted on ZDF, German television channel 2 on Sunday, May 13. It is yet unknown what music Vanessa-Mae will play. The VMSPOS website will report on Vanessa-Mae's performance in an extra edition to be issued somewhere next week.

sources: TLZ.de and ZDF

May 12, 2007 Vanessa-Mae visits 'Swan Lake' by the Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House, sponsored by Audi
Vanessa-Mae visits a performance of Swan Lake by the Royal Ballet in the Royal Opera on May 12, 2007. Audi cars in the UK was sponsor of the event. Vanessa-Mae was among a group of  distinguished  users of Audi that were invited to attend the evening. The photo below shows Vanessa-Mae during the evening standing next to an Audi, wearing a very elegant midnight blue evening dress with small straps and red shoes with high heels. As usual, Vanessa-Mae has bright red lipstick that serves as eye-catcher in her make-up. Notice too, the fine necklace with precious stone pendant hanging on Vanessa-Mae's chest.

Source: wireimage.com

May 11, 2007, The Concord Monitor names Vanessa-Mae, Joshua Bell and Yo-Yo Ma as musicians who reach out to larger audiences by simple being themselves.
In the Concord Monitor, Elizabeth Walters wrote an article under the title 'Classical discord:As more classical music enters the mainstream, the 'pure' versus 'pop' debate heats up' that deals with the controversy between purists and modernists and the tough times classical music industries are going through. The article names Vanessa-Mae, Joshua Bell and Yo-Yo Ma as prominent examples of musicians who reach larger audiences by being themselves and in doing so step over the borderlines of pure classical music.

'Vanessa-Mae, like Bell a child prodigy, inspired innumerable teenage girls when, in the '90s, she donned combat boots and flashy gowns for her performances; now 28, she's been named one of People magazine's most beautiful people.

The artists are also reaching larger audiences simply by being themselves and exploring their wider musical interests - and therefore expanding the definition of classical. Vanessa-Mae often plays an electric violin and works with pop-classical fusion. The cellist Yo-Yo Ma recorded an album with the a cappella jazz singer Bobby McFerrin.'

Source: Concord Monitor

May 10, 2007, Mongolian violinist Degi in an newspaper interview names Vanessa-Mae as inspiration to play  authentic Mongolian music in a more contemporary style.
When asked about her opinion about fusion violinist Vanessa-Mae Degi replies: “I like her music and I think that she’s very talented. I admire her especially because she introduced the classical violin as an instrument for playing popular and contemporary music.” It was Vanessa Mae who gave her the idea to play “songs and melodies, ever green in the hearts of all Mongolians, in a more contemporary style, to reach out to all audiences, not only Mongolians but also foreigners”.

source: The UB Post

April 27, 2007: Vanessa-Mae tops the Sunday Times annual rich list for young Brits aged under 30
Vanessa-Mae retains the leading position in the Sunday Times rich list for young British entertainers aged under 30. Vanessa-Mae has an estimated fortune of £32 million (€46 million; $64 million). Vanessa-Mae was also positioned number 1 in the 2006 edition. The complete and searchable list will be available on line via The Sunday Times Online.

sources: The Herald, The Guardian, The Scotsman, The Belfast Telegraph

April 6, 2007: Vanessa-Mae announced that she will give a concert on May 21 in Zagreb, Croatia.
Vanessa-Mae announced that she will give a concert in Zagreb, Croatia, on May 21, 2007 in the Vatroslav Lisinski concert hall. Tickets can be ordered online via the Lisinski concert hall booking office.

source: Javno.com and the Lisinski Concert Hall.
 

March 31, 2007: Vanessa-Mae will appear on German television on May 13, 2007
Vanessa-Mae will perform on German television in a show to be broadcasted by the ZDF channel at 20:15 on May 13, 2007.

source: TLZ.de

March 31, 2007: It remains unconfirmed till now whether Vanessa-Mae was present at the annual Wild Girls On Snow skiing event for charity, held form March 17 to March 20 in Klosters, Switzerland
So far, we have not been able to confirm Vanessa-Mae's presence at the  Wild Girls On Snow skiing event for charity. The annual event this year took place in Klosters, Switzerland, from March 17 to March 20. We expect to have more information as soon as the Wild Girls On Snow website has been updates with news and photos of this years event.

source: Wild Girls On Snow

March 17-20,  2007: The annual Wild Girls On Snow takes place. Will Vanessa-Mae attend again this year?
The annual event Wild Girls On Snow will take place in Klosters, Switzerland form March 17 till March 20. Vanessa-Mae participated last year but her presence now is unconfirmed. As soon as more information on Vanessa-Mae's possible participation becomes available, the VMSPOS website will report. Wild Girls On Snow is a unique and fun skiing event, in aid of charity, which takes place annually in Klosters, Switzerland. The event, organized by Clair Southwell, started with a whim over eight years ago. Wild Girls on Snow has grown into a well established and recognized event that has successfully raised over CHF 370,000 for children’s charities, and for two breast cancer charities, based in the UK and Switzerland.

source: Wild Girls On Snow

February 27, 2007, A fine portrait of Vanessa-Mae is included in a gallery with photos of famous and influential cultural figures outside the Royal Festival Hall that was designed by famous photographer and celebrity Rankin. 
Portraits of famous names such as Sam Taylor-Wood, Antony Gormley, Fiona Shaw, Anthony Minghella, Joanna Lumley and Salman Rushdie taken by acclaimed photographer Rankin will adorn the riverfront facade of the hall, which is due to reopen in June after a £91million refurbishment. The 154ft frieze, called Front Row, is part of the campaign to raise funds for the building. Every £300 donor will have their name on a plaque fixed to a seat in the refurbished auditorium. The work, which also shows Sir Terence Conran, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Sir Willard White, Brian Eno, David Gilmour and Vanessa Mae, will remain in place until the end of April.

comments by VMSPOS website:
Photos of all the cultural figures can be found via the link South bank Centre. The photo of Vanessa-Mae is shown below. The date of the shooting of this nice b&w photo is unknown.

Sources: This Is London, Southbank Centre and Rankin

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February 19, 2007, Vanessa-Mae attended a Chinese New Year party in the Mandarin Hotel facilities in London, UK.
Only very recently, we found out that Vanessa-Mae attended a party for the Chinese community in London to celebrate Chinese New Year. In Chinese era, 2007 is denoted as the year of the pig. The party took place on February 19 in the Mandarin Hotel facilities in London, UK. The photos below show Vanessa-Mae at her arrival at the London Mandarin Hotel. Vanessa-Mae was dressed in black jeans, a very fine bright blue Chinese style silk blouse with multi-colour flower print and pointed black boots with slightly heightened heels. Vanessa-Mae had her wonderful long black hair in free style hanging over her shoulder and on her back, and she was moderately made up with red lipstick, brief black for definition of eyes, brows and lashes to complete her perfectly complexioned visage. Vanessa-Mae had no visible jewelleries. 

source: Capital Pictures

February 11, 2007: EMI will release a new collection 3cd box on February 19, 2007 with the title 'Vanessa-Mae: The Platinum Collection'
EMI Classics will release on February 19, 2007, the 3cd box 'Vanessa-Mae: The Platinum Collection.' The box will contain Vanessa-Mae's blockbuster success albums 'The Violin Player,' 'The Classical Album 1' and 'Storm.'

source: amazon.com and amazon.co.uk, see: 'Vanessa-Mae Platinum-Collection'

February 8, 2007: Vanessa-Mae announces 4 concerts dates in Germany early this summer
Vanessa-Mae announces the following 4 concert dates in Germany:

The dates are available in the Tour dates of Vanessa-Mae section

January 18, 2007: Vanessa-Mae's white Zeta violin failed to meet the reserve price at  the 'What Women Want...' auction at Bonhams
The white Zeta violin that Vanessa-Mae used for her recording of the Storm album and during the 'Storm On World Tour' failed to meet the reserve price of around £10,000 to £15,000 at the 'What Women Want....' auction at Bonhams last Thursday, January 18, 2007. Vanessa-Mae donated the instrument to be sold at an auction at Bonham's last spring of 2006. For an overview of the auction results see: auction results (Vanessa-Mae's violin was offered under lot # 301).

sources: View London and Bonhams 

January 15, 2007, Michael Peschardt's interview with Vanessa-Mae will be broadcasted by BBC World in the European zone on Saturday January 27, 2007.
BBC World will televise the interview that Michael Peschardt had with Vanessa-Mae in the spring of 2006 on January 27, 2007. The 30 minutes interview with Vanessa-Mae was part of a series of programs called Peschardts People. During the shows, that were broadcasted last year in the Asian region only, Peschardt met with famous women of Asian descent. For the exact time in your country, see the BBC World program listings. Replay of the interview takes place on Sunday, January 28.

source: BBC World

January 15, 2007:  Vanessa-Mae's performance formed an energetic end of a perfect launch of the new McLaren-Mercedes F1 racing car for the 2007 season.
McLaren-Mercedes presented their new racing car for the F1 season for 2007 with a spectacular show in Valencia. The prefect launch was rounded off by an energetic performance by Vanessa Mae. Photos of Vanessa-Mae at the event are not available yet. Please  Contact us if you have more information on Vanessa-Mae's performance or photos available. 

sources: RWD, Sporting life and McLaren-Mercedes

January 4, 2007: Sony Classical, New York USA, renews the subscription of the vanessa-mae.com domain for 2 years till early 2009
Sony Classical, based in New York, has renewed the subscription for the vanessa-mae.com domain for 2 years till early 2009, which means that Vanessa-Mae is still signed to Sony BMG. Sony BMG was formed in 2004 after a merger between Sony and BMG. With the domain in their hands, Sony BMG controls the the official Vanessa-Mae website.

Recently, some unrest and feelings of unease could be noticed among fans of Vanessa-Mae as a result of unconfirmed rumours that Vanessa-Mae's contract at Sony was terminated by the record company. This alleged end of the collaboration would be a result of a change in focus that concluded that Vanessa-Mae would not longer fit the Sony Classical label artists portfolio. As it seems to be the case now, Vanessa-Mae is still with Sony BMG and her new album will be released via one of the company labels.

source http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/index.jsp