Evelyn Glennie

Evelyn Glennie is the world's foremost, and first full-time, solo percussionist. She has been pivotal to the expansion of percussion as solo instruments, personally having commissioned over 200 new works. The recipient of enormous media attention due to her deafness, Glennie is likewise noteworthy for the variety of her repertoire and recording projects. Glennie was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, on July 19, 1965. Her musical studies began on the piano at age eight and clarinet a couple of years later. She began to lose her hearing around age eight, and by age 12, she was profou...