Dame Evelyn Glennie

Experimental and classical percussionist Evelyn Glennie has released almost fifty album and collaborated with the likes of Mark Knofler, Björk, Fred Frith, Bela Fleck, Bobby McFerrin, and filmmaker Danny Boyle. Evelyn became deaf at age twelve and is the only deaf artist known to have ever won a Grammy, which she has done twice as well as having been nominated three other times since 1988. Glennie is the author of two books, Listen World! and Good Vibrations: My Autobiography. Her stated...See more

Experimental and classical percussionist Evelyn Glennie has released almost fifty album and collaborated with the likes of Mark Knofler, Björk, Fred Frith, Bela Fleck, Bobby McFerrin, and filmmaker Danny Boyle. Evelyn became deaf at age twelve and is the only deaf artist known to have ever won a Grammy, which she has done twice as well as having been nominated three other times since 1988. Glennie is the author of two books, Listen World! and Good Vibrations: My Autobiography. Her stated mission is to try to help "teach the world to listen." See less