biography
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Glennie, Evelyn (Elizabeth Ann)
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| female
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| lived:
| (1965– )
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| biography:
| Percussionist, born in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, NE Scotland, UK. Although profoundly deaf, she studied at the Royal Academy of Music, London, winning several prizes, and made her debut recital at the Wigmore Hall in 1986. She has since received international recognition as a percussionist, playing with orchestras all over the world. A composer herself, several pieces have been specially composed for her. She has also worked as a radio and television presenter, and written a volume of autobiography, Good Vibrations (1996). |
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