Evelyn Glennie is a percussion player performing at solo concerts. She is an enormously successful musician despite being deaf. She has learned to use her whole body to ‘hear’ sounds.

Today, percussion soloists are expected to be able to play a large number of the instruments in the percussion family and some, like the great percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie, even create their own.

Evelyn Glennie is a percussion player performing at solo concerts. She is an enormously successful musician despite being deaf. She has learned to use her whole body to ‘hear’ sounds.