With her stunning looks, diva persona and thrilling musicianship, Vanessa-Mae
caused a sensation when she first emerged on British TV screens as a precocious
teenager in the 1990s. Born in Singapore to a Thai father and a Chinese mother,
she was mostly raised in Suffolk, England, playing piano from the age of three
and violin from five. Her exposure to so many different cultures forged a
free-thinking approach to music, mixing her prodigious virtuosity with a pop
star mentality that swiftly propelled her into the mainstream. By the age of 13
she had recorded both Beethoven and Tc...