Evelyn Glennie

E153423

Evelyn Glennie is a renowned Scottish percussionist and composer, celebrated as one of the world’s leading solo percussionists and a prominent advocate for deaf and hard-of-hearing musicians.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Evelyn Glennie canonical 2
Dame Evelyn Elizabeth Ann Glennie 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf composer
disability rights advocate
human
percussionist
solo percussionist
advocatesFor accessibility in music education
recognition of deaf musicians
awardReceived Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance
Grammy Award for Best Classical Crossover Album
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1965-07-19
educatedAt Ellon Academy
Royal Academy of Music
familyName Glennie
fullName Evelyn Glennie self-linksurface differs
surface form: Dame Evelyn Elizabeth Ann Glennie
gender female
genre classical music
contemporary classical music
givenName Evelyn
hasHonoraryDegreeFrom Heriot-Watt University
University of Aberdeen
University of Edinburgh
honorificPrefix Dame
instrument marimba
percussion
snare drum
timpani
vibraphone
knownFor advocacy for deaf and hard-of-hearing musicians
expanding the repertoire for solo percussion
solo percussion performance
languageSpoken English
medicalCondition profound hearing loss
memberOf Royal Philharmonic Society (as honorary member)
nationality Scottish
notableWork album "Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion" (with Murray Perahia and others)
album "Rhythm Song"
album "Shadow Behind the Iron Sun"
autobiography "Good Vibrations"
occupation composer
music educator
percussionist
performedAt 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
surface form: Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London
placeOfBirth Aberdeenshire
surface form: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
residence Cambridge, England
teachingMethod feeling sound through vibration
website https://www.evelyn.co.uk

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Royal Academy of Music notableAlumni Evelyn Glennie
Prom at the Palace performedBy Evelyn Glennie
Evelyn Glennie fullName Evelyn Glennie self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Dame Evelyn Elizabeth Ann Glennie