Dame Evelyn Glennie

Experimental and classical percussionist Evelyn Glennie
has released almost fifty album and collaborated with the likes of Mark
Knofler, Björk, Fred Frith, Bela Fleck, Bobby McFerrin, and filmmaker
Danny Boyle. Evelyn ecame deaf at age twelve and is the only deaf
artist known to have ever won a Grammy, which she has done twice as well
as having been nominated three other times since 1988. Glennie is the
author of two books, Listen World! and Good Vibrations: My Autobiography. Her stated mission is to try to help "teach the world to listen."