Percussionist, born in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, NE Scotland, UK. Although profoundly deaf, she studied at the Royal Academy of Music, London, winning several prizes, and made her debut recital at the Wigmore Hall in 1986. She has since received international recognition as a percussionist, playing with orchestras all over the world. A composer herself, several pieces have been specially composed for her. She has also worked as a radio and television presenter, and written a volume of autobiography, Good Vibrations (1996).
Evelyn Glennie (born July 19, 1965 in Aberdeen) is a Scottish virtuoso percussionist.
Background
Evelyn Glennie was brought up on a farm in Aberdeenshire.
Career
Glennie tours extensively in the northern hemisphere, spending up to four months each year in the United States, and performs with an extraordinarily wide variety of orchestras and contemporary musicians, giving over 100 concerts a year as well as master classes and 'music in schools' performances.
In a live performance she can use up to approximately 60 instruments.
Deafness
Glennie has been profoundly deaf – meaning that she has some very limited hearing – since age 12.
Collaborations
She is also featured on Icelandic singer Björk's album Telegram, performing the duet "My Spine".
Awards and recognitions
Glennie has won many awards for her playing, including Best Chamber Music Performance in the Grammy Awards of 1989, for her recording of Béla Bartók's Sonata for two pianos and percussion (with David Corkhill, Evelyn Glennie, Murray Perahia &
She is the recipient of fifteen honorary doctorates from universities in the United Kingdom and was awarded the OBE in 1993.
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