“Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” star Morfydd Clark is set to headline a biopic “Making Noise,” about Evelyn Glennie, a deaf woman who became the world’s premier solo percussionist.
There was a time when pinning down Dame Evelyn Glennie for an interview was nigh on impossible. Emerging like an explosive force in the 1980s, as the world's first full-time globe-trotting percussion ...
Throughout our century, the percussion has gained prominence and popularity as composers from Stravinsky to Bartok and Boulez shower attention on it as a source of fascinating rhythms. Yet its ...
Americana singer and songwriter Emmylou Harris and Scottish percussionist Evelyn Glennie have been chosen as recipients of the 2015 Polar Music Prize, awarded each year by Swedish King Carl XVI to ...
When James MacMillan’s percussion concerto “Veni, Veni, Emmanuel” became a program replacement for a work originally scheduled to be performed by Orquestra Sao Paulo and Dame Evelyn Glennie during ...
With a career spanning more than 20 years, Glennie has forged – and sustained – a full-time job as a solo percussionist. And she’s done so despite being profoundly deaf. Glennie, 42, started losing ...
As the world’s only full-time, classical percussion-soloist, Scottish-born Evelyn Glennie bewitches audiences worldwide with her talent. And this weekend, as a featured soloist with the Baltimore ...
Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Rather than merely shaking my hand, Evelyn Glennie gives it a vigorous rattle, as if curious to discover what sound ...
We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Music news every morning. There’s something of the hyper-efficient headmistress about Evelyn Glennie. Perhaps it’s the smooth ...
Percussionist Evelyn Glennie brought a scaled-back version of her ample artistry to Herbst Theatre on Sunday night. In place of the arsenal of instruments with which she generally delivers her ...
Ever wondered where award-winning solo percussionist Evelyn Glennie works? The musician shows off her creative space – and her huge collection of instruments. Dame Evelyn Glennie is the first musician ...
Singer/songwriter Emmylou Harris and virtuoso percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie have been named the Laureates for the 2015 Polar Music Prize, to be presented by King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden in… By ...