Talk:Vanessa-Mae

Techno

Not that I have listened to any of her music, but I am fairly confident she hasn't got anything to do with techno. Can someone who knows her works and has a better grasp of electronic music change this to something more appropriate? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.141.57.115 (talk) 17:46, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

I agree. Not like I'm a huge fan of techno, but it's bad that people still thinks that "electronic music with 4/4 kickdrum" = "techno". Even if you bring up dozens of sources for what it is, they still editing it back to techno in articles like this. --TaZaR 23:51, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Discography

The album covers and info on the albums could be moved to articles on each of those albums. I reverted the Vanessa-Mae article. Maver1ck 19:39, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

The article isn't really in dire need of wikifying, it should simply be reverted. Maver1ck 20:48, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Are you an administrator?, I think i have good info. and yeah i want to make the article look the best posible Tell me what do you think about puting the pics on your Album list you have before i think it make it better What do you think?

Att: Necronizer.

No, I'm not an administrator, but I thought the album list should be in a more simple format, and then the album covers and additional info could go on each album article. Maver1ck 19:05, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Picture

Can someone please fix the picture, I dont know how. Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Spange (talk • contribs) 10:02, 7 September 2006

You can't use external images. All images must be uploaded to Wikipedia, and must have suitable licences. Please see Wikipedia:Images for an overview of using images on Wikipedia. JRawle (Talk) 10:06, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Uploaded picture I took myself, hope it suits the article. Kowarisuki (talk) 04:03, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Mel Bush

An important figure was promoter Mel Bush. Odd he gets no mention. -- Beardo 00:27, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Violin Price

Is there a strange property of violins that they gain value when they're broken?

She once fell and broke the Guadagnini, but then it was pieced back together, giving it a current price tag of almost half a million USD.

That's ~200USD more than it was worth before. Is this a mistake or am I ignorant? Did they use platinum duct tape? Either way: citation needed. Alex Dodge (talk) 01:56, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Currency: change to US dollars (Her violins)

I see User:TJRC has been changing GBP to US dollars, despite the reference itself being uncited. I don't understand that. Elsewhere the article is GBP (US dollars in parentheses). If there is no specific US reference then presumably the edit style should follow the rest of the article. Are we missing something here? Best. --Kleinzach 23:59, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Here's where I'm coming from: the valuation was added in this edit, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vanessa-Mae&diff=prev&oldid=201986954 , by User:Bohdanmaks. The valuation was "almost half a million USD." That same edit added the auction price of "£150,000". Now, let's assume that Bohdanmaks was basing this edit on reliable sources (which may be questionable). These are two different things. One is a purchase price of the violin, which was in pounds. If that transaction was actually in pounds, it should be reported as pounds. The other event is someone somewhere appraising the violin, and appraising it at "almost half a million USD." That is, the appraisal was in dollars, and was not made in pounds. Currency conversion valuations are not constant, and we should not be converting one currency into another. It adds inaccuracy to an already sloppy passage.

If the appraisal was made, for example, by a U.S. insurance company, and was made in dollars, that's how it was valued. If you want to convert that to pounds, what exchange rate do you propose to use? The one in place today, in August 2008? The one in place when the appraisal was made? When was that?

This is not an issue of keeping British spelling or American spelling consistent in an article. I'm all for that. This is about avoiding fact drift.

On the actual subject of the violin's value, a google search turns up the article cited at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract;jsessionid=3976CF427912A779299B4F75917D5350.tomcat1?fromPage=online&aid=1034948 "International Journal of Cultural Property (1995), 4: 347-368 Cambridge University Press doi:10.1017/S094073919500035X". The google hits list includes a snippet that doesn't show up from this unpaid preview: "1761 Guadagnini violin worth £180000 stolen from the home of. Vanessa-Mae Nicholson, 16 year old regarded as one of the world's ..." If someone, perhaps a university student with access to a good library, has access to the text of the article (I'm not willing to cough up the $10 for a Wikipedia edit), this could be a nice reference to establish a source and value. Bonus: it's probably in pounds! TJRC (talk) 00:23, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Potential source

Anyone have access to this book?

Vanessa-Mae (2001). Vanessa-Mae: Changing Worlds. Virgin Books Limited. ISBN 9781852279127. OCLC 47271854. Retrieved 2009-05-11.

Summary: Vanessa-Mae is the world-famous violin prodigy. In this book she tells of her upbringing in London and Communist China, the true story of the falling out with her mother, and how her career took a controversial turn when she was marketed as a pop artist. TJRC (talk) 20:47, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Vanessa-Mae's biography has yet to be released. The books name will not necessarily be Changing Worlds. On an unrelated note, can a citation be requested about that her biological father is now a monk? Clear like ice (talk) 21:14, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

New album

Vanessa-Mae announced in 2006 that she would be releasing a new album sometime between 2007 and 2008. The album was said to draw inspiration from great ballets and opera themes. A new album was expected in 2009,[3] but the year ended without the expected release.
Is the 2007/2008 album and 2009 album the same? Then it should be The album was expected in 2009. A new album in that sentence suggests that would be different album. 82.141.72.97 (talk) 14:58, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

Nickname

I heard something about a nickname that she has, but I can't remember what it is... Can anyone help me out? VenomousConcept (talk) 23:40, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

Official site...

Unless this is an issue I'm having with my browser, Mae's official site is only one page and contains only a picture and contact details. Seems pretty worthless to me.--Τασουλα (talk) 00:25, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

It seems she is inactive as a musician. There was going to be an album in 2007, 2008 or 2009 but nothing have appeared since 2004. 85.217.22.25 (talk) 11:15, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

Is there an official webpage of Vanessa Mae? I found just this. But it looks more like a fanpage. http://www.vanessamae.com/ Well, this webpage seems to be updated in 2003. Yes, in year 2003. What's going on here? 46.39.180.54 (talk) 01:47, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

Origin

Currently the article states that her origin is Cavendish in the UK. Anyone got a ref for that?Ordinary Person (talk) 01:12, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

Her origin is the UK - It's not relevant as to what part really. --Somchai Sun (talk) 21:32, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

Photos

More photos would be good, some non-concert photo and some skiing photo. -- 70.24.244.161 (talk) 08:26, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

Also some playing the violin -- 70.50.151.11 (talk) 11:17, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

Only individual to both compete, and have her music used, at Olympics?

I haven't seen this noted in any reporting yet, but as far as I know, Vanessa-Mae is the only individual who has both participated in an Olympics competition and had her music featured in an Olympic competition. Shizuka Arakawa won the gold medal in 2006 skating to V-M's rendition of Violin Fantasy on Puccini's Turandot.

Interestingly, Julia Lipnitskaia skated to a Vanessa-Mae piece, Sabre Dance, for the Closing Gala at the 2014 European Figure Skating Championships ([1]); I wonder if she'll use it here.

This would be an interesting thing to add if it is noted in reliable sources. TJRC (talk) 20:27, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

Dont' forget she also performed at the 2002 Paralympics opening ceremony -- 70.50.151.11 (talk) 23:38, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

Olympic results reinstated

Seems that finally the IOC has reinstated her result here. Hektor (talk) 09:13, 5 January 2016 (UTC)