Evelyn Glennie
Evelyn Glennie
Dame Evelyn Elizabeth Ann Glennie, DBEis a Scottish virtuoso percussionist. She is announced as one of the two laureates for the Polar Music Prize of 2015...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionDrummer
Date of Birth19 July 1965
instrument notice tiny
It's the things that you notice when you're not actually with your instrument that, in fact, become so interesting, and that you - you want to explore, through this tiny tiny surface of a drum.
human life tick
My whole life is about sound. It's what makes me tick as a human being.
echoes brain sound
I am really quite fascinated by echo-locating bats and dolphins and have always wondered how sound affects the unconscious brain.
kind scottish instinct
Apart from Scottish traditional music, I wasn't really influenced by any kind of music. I just basically followed my own instincts.
diaries
I've kept a diary since I was 11.
music
What I have to do as a musician is do everything that is not on the music.
reached
I want to be able to say on my deathbed that I reached a few people. That would be very nice, just to be able to say that.
drum enjoyed foreign holiday honeymoon music remained scores special
My first real foreign holiday was my honeymoon 20 years ago, and we went to Bali. It was particularly special for that reason, I enjoyed it very much - I had packed music scores and a practice drum pad, suspecting that I would be completely bored, but actually they remained in my case.
healthier longer
As we live longer and healthier for longer, we need to keep ourselves busy... the diary is pretty full.
picked
Anything you strike, anything you shake or rattle, or just anything that can be picked up, and you can create a sound.