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
human life tick
My whole life is about sound. It's what makes me tick as a human being.
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.
echoes brain sound
I am really quite fascinated by echo-locating bats and dolphins and have always wondered how sound affects the unconscious brain.
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.
picked
Anything you strike, anything you shake or rattle, or just anything that can be picked up, and you can create a sound.