AS soon as she could walk, Chloë Hanslip knew she had musical ability, tapping out notes alongside her sister Virginia on the piano.

Now, at the grand old age of 14, the Guildford-born violinist has secured a five-album deal with Warner, and her debut album has gone in at number two in the classical charts.

Though she has graced stages all over the world including New York's Carnegie Hall, the Kyoto UN conference in Japan, and played with the London Symphony Orchestra on her CD - she remains strikingly down to earth with regard to her fame.

"I don't really talk about it with my family and friends, as I don't want them to think I am boasting or anything, though we sometimes have a joke about what I do," she says cheerily.

She has even graced Farnham Maltings at the age of four, which made the pages of The Herald, and sister Virginia, a concert pianist, has also appeared there.

Chloë says that she was "very excited" about the success of the record, and is believed to be the youngest ever instrumentalist to enter the charts at such a high position.

"I have always known since the age of two that I wanted to be a violinist," she said.

Her musical skills, are apparently from her mother's side. Her mother taught ballet and her grandmother still teaches piano. Chloë's parents talked her out that instrument as there were already "too many pianists in the family".

There began her love of the violin, and despite a flirtation with the 'cello when she was seven (she says she was too small for it) Chloë renewed her violin studies.

She gained the highly prized record deal last year after Warner's Matt Cosgrove heard her playing a Paganini concerto at St Martin-in-the-Fields, signed her up.

Despite six hours' practice a day, a rehearsal schedule with tutor Professor Bron whom she visits each month in Madrid, plus sales expectations - Chloë has coped surprisingly well with the demands.

"I do not feel pressured at all, as I am doing something that I love," she said.

"There have been so many high points for me so far - particularly playing with the London Symphony Orchestra which is among the best in the world. That has always been my dream."

Chloe, now based in Frimley, said she loves the travelling which has given her the opportunity to learn German and Spanish, and she is now learning Italian.

Chloë's mother Avril has been very supportive and has been her worldwide travelling companion.

"I am very pleased for her as she is very talented, very hard working, and a particularly nice girl," she said.

As well as her immense musical capabilities, including being a grade eight singer, she has been a member of Mensa since the age of five, she has already passed several GCSEs at A* level.

When she is not practising hard, she enjoys the usual teenage things such as fashion and listening to pop music, with her favourite band being Steps.

One of her classical favourites with whom she would love to play is Maxim Vengerov, who is, she says, one of the finest violinists around, and "amazing". Another is Ida Haendel, whom Chloë loves for her flamboyant dress sense and equally passionate playing.

The next opportunity to see Chloë perform is at the Barbican in London on December 31. She is also featured in a BBC documentary at the end of the year, called The Secret Life of Genius.