На , но буквами biography chinese mother, taika's father. when vanessa was 4 years old, her parents divorced and mother took her to the uk. to study music, she began at the age of three years, but then her main instrument was the piano. she later switched to the violin, because my stepfather told her to take up the violin and accompany him. vanessa's first performance was at the age of nine years. played with the philharmonic orchestra when she was ten. vanessa was the youngest student at the royal college of music. in 1990 vanessa mae recorded her debut disc of violin, and in may 1991 he saw the light. in 1992, she first took up his violin zeta. in 1994 she recorded her first pop album. the rating of the album, the violin player took off in the charts in more than 20 countries immediately after. in 1996 she was nominated for brit awards as best british performer (best british female), but the award is not received. in 1997, hong kong honoured vanessa invitation to perform in hong kong at the ceremony of reunification of china, where she performed alongside yo-yo ma and tan's. as the final chord of this speech, she released the album china girl in honor of their chinese roots