Dame Evelyn Glennie scarcely needs an introduction. As an extraordinarily virtuosic percussionist and the first full-time solo percussionist in the world, Evelyn has created immense media interest through her unique approach to music-making. Giving up to 100 performances a year, she has played with all the world’s major orchestras and conductors, consistently winning massive critical acclaim.
Her 25 solo albums to date, two of which have won Grammys with a third nominated, have reached a remarkably diverse public, as have her numerous collaborations with artists including Kodo, Bela Fleck, Emmanuel Ax, Fred Frith, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Bobby McFerrin. She has performed with Indian, Indonesian and South American traditional musicians, and in the mid-’90s co-wrote and recorded several songs with the Icelandic singer Björk, including the hit single ‘My Spine’ .
Evelyn was nominated for a BAFTA Award for her music for the first series of Lynda La Plante’s ground-breaking crime drama Trial and Retribution (La Plante Productions for ITV), and has gone on to record five subsequent series of the show. Other drama credits include two four-hour versions of Bramwell (Whitby Davison Productions for ITV) and Blind Ambition (Coastal Productions/Yorkshire Television). Documentary credits include 3BM TV’s four-part study of the history of terrorism, The Age of Terror, transmitted on the Discovery Channel to coincide with the anniversary of September 11th. Evelyn also composed the title music for two series of the BBC’s Soundbites, for which she appeared as presenter.
Evelyn is a shareholder in Audio Network and has been a great friend to the company from the beginning. She produces much of her work in her own studio, where she has access to some 1,800 instruments that occupy almost every corner of her house, studio and outbuildings!
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