CHINA: VANESSA MAE KICKS OFF HER FIRST TOUR OF CHINA WITH A CONCERT IN SHANGHAI

Record ID: 693243

  • Title: CHINA: VANESSA MAE KICKS OFF HER FIRST TOUR OF CHINA WITH A CONCERT IN SHANGHAI
  • Date: 7th April 1998
  • Summary: BADALING, OUTSIDE BEIJING, CHINA (APRIL 8, 1998) (REUTERS) VISITORS CLIMBING GREAT WALL VIOLINIST VANESSA MAE ON GREAT WALL, POINTING AT WATCH TOWERS VANESSA MAE CLIMBING WALL VANESSA MAE PAUSING, DRINKING WATER, CHATTING WITH OTHER VISITORS STEEP SECTION OF THE WALL VANESSA MAE ATTEMPTING TO SPEAK IN MANDARIN, SAYING, "CHINESE CULTURE IS GETTNG BETTER AND BETTER." (MANDARIN) PHOTOGRAPHERS AND CAMERA CREWS SURROUNDING MAE VANESSA MAE SAYING, "NOW, IT'S JUST GREAT TO SEE THE SIZE AND THE POWER OF THE GREAT WALL, I JUST HOPE TO COME BACK AT LEAST ONCE IN EVERY DECADE OF MY LIFE; IT'S JUST SO POWERFUL, I'M DOING MY FIRST SETS OF CONCERTS TOWARDS HERE, THE STORM ON WORLD TOUR IN CHINA, AND IT'S GREAT TO BE INSPIRED BY THE GREAT WALL AND PLAY TO A CHINESE AUDIENCE." (ENGLISH) SHANGHAI, CHINA (APRIL 10, 1998) (REUTERS) PEOPLE ARRIVING AT CONCERT GUARD INSIDE CONCERT HALL WEARING SECURITY PASS
  • Embargoed: 22nd April 1998 13:00
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  • Location: BADALING, SHANGHAI, CHINA
  • Country: China
  • Topics: Entertainment,General
  • Reuters ID: LVA6H9TNT4PXM7KXRUMHIM80WQM7
  • Story Text: Queen of classical pop, violinist Vanessa Mae, has kicked off her first tour of China with a concert in Shanghai.
    Vanessa Mae, who received part of her training in Beijing, is on her first concert tour of the country.
    Prior to the concert, the musician took time out to sample some of the Chinese culture by visiting the Great Wall at Badaling just outside Beijing.
    She said she was delighted to be on her first trip to China.
    Vanessa Mae has changed the face of classical music in Asia since she hit the big time seven years ago at the age of 12.
    The sassy performer has inspired admiration at bothof the musical spectrum."China Girl - The Classical Album 2", which follows her pop album "Storm", reached number one in the UK classical charts after its release in January.Her previous "Classical Album 1" conquered every classical chart in the world.
    Now she's ready to take on China, the biggest Asian market of them all.
    Ten thousand fans attended the first concert in Shanghai of the China leg of her current Asian tour.
    The 19-year-old superstar (known in China as "Chen Mei") played two concerts in Shanghai before heading to the capital Beijing.
    Born in Singapore of half-Thai, half-Chinese parentage, Vanessa-Mae moved to London at the age of four, and began playing the violin at five.
    She made her first concert appearance with the Philharmonic Orchestra in London at the age of 10.
    With her transition to popular music, using a combination of traditional acoustic violin and modern electric violin, she has become a music phenomenon of the '90s.
    Tickets for the Beijing performance sold for between 60 and 500 yuan (7 to 60 U.S dollars).
    After her concerts in Shanghai and Beijing, Vanessa-Mae is due to travel to Moscow.
    During the summer months Mae is set to tour Europe, visiting the UK, Belgium, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Croatia, Slovenia and Germany.
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