Fact File:

Full name: Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson
Nationality: British
Born: Singapore, moved to London aged 4
Birthday: 27th October 1978

MUSICAL HISTORY:
First music lesson: 1982: aged 3 on piano.
First violin lesson: 1984: aged 5.
First concert with orchestra: 1989: aged 10 with the Philharmonia.
First international tour: 1991: aged 12 with the London Mozart Players in Mozart Bicentenary.

SUPERSTITION:
Walks over freshly spilt water between dressing-room and stage.

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