Vanessa Mae talked about her plans for the Olympics in the OMEGA pavilion
From the concert stage on the slopes of Sochi: Vanessa Mae about music and sports.
February 8, 2014, Sochi – Today at the OMEGA pavilion, the brand ambassador, renowned violinist and a representative of the Thai Olympic team Vanessa Mae met with reporters. Olympic athlete talked to OMEGA President Stephen Urquhart about the importance of time and for their own purposes at the Winter Olympics in Sochi in 2014.
"For me it`s an incredible luck to be here now OMEGA. I just cannot believe that my dream came true,"- said Vanessa. "At the Olympics important for me to take part in the competition with the best athletes, not defeat them. After all, this is the key in the Olympic movement,"- she added.
"We chose Vanessa because she shares the OMEGA values”, - said Mr. Urquhart. "At every Olympic Games, we invite the ambassadors of the brand. But in a case with Vanessa we invited not just a talented musician, but an active athlete, that for us is also very exciting."
Answering the question about the meaning of time, Vanessa said that music has no concept of right or wrong, there is only interpretation. In sports, all based on the same time. Time - the main indicator of your results.
Especially for the arrival of Vanessa was prepared a surprise - a live performance of the eleven-aged girl, Elizabeth Stahurskaya, young talent from Russia, for whom Vanessa Mae was an idol. Lisa played "Fantasia number 7" by Georg Telemann, and then asked for advice from an experienced violinist and wished a successful performance.
Vanessa began playing the violin at four years - and at the same age for the first time has slipped from the slope skiing. She quickly earned a reputation as a musical prodigy. Moreover, at the age of 13 she toured many countries around the world and recorded three albums of classical music.
"Follow your dreams!" - said Vanessa.
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