Evelyn Glennie
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"Dame Evelyn Elizabeth Ann Glennie", Order of the British Empire/DBE is a Scottish people/Scottish virtuoso percussionist. She is announced as one of the two laureates for the Polar Music Prize of 2015.

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There's sound everywhere—we just have to listen.

How can a profoundly deaf person become a musician?

Hearing is a form of touch. I hear it through the body, by opening myself up. Sometimes it almost hits you in the face.

My whole life is about sound. It's what makes me tick as a human being.

Of course, I just assumed that the world was full of solo percussionists. It was only when I studied music full time, in London, that I realized that the career of a full-time classical percussionist did not in fact exist. It had to be created.