Grammy Award Winning Solo Percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie Speaks About Curiosity

Excerpt from my conversation with my next guest Dame Evelyn Glennie who is the first person in history to create and sustain a full-time career as a solo percussionist, performing worldwide with the greatest orchestras and artists of our times. She is a double GRAMMY award winner and BAFTA nominee and has commissioned over 200 new works for solo percussion and has recorded over 40 CDs. She is the first percussionist to be awarded the Dame Commander of the British Empire (DBE); and the youngest person ever to be elected to the PAS Hall of Fame.
As a profoundly deaf musician and role model, her significance transcends the discipline of music; her unique skills, as expert listener and sound creator, have driven progress and innovation in a wide array of contexts on a global scale. She is on a life-long mission to ‘Teach the World to Listen’ and in 2023 she founded The Evelyn Glennie Foundation, which aims to improve communication and social cohesion by encouraging everyone to discover new ways of listening in order to inspire, to create, to engage and to empower. #shorts #celebrityinterview #youtubeshorts #percussion #musicians