Evelyn Glennie- a deaf percussionist

Evelyn Glennie got deaf when she was only twelve years old. But she is one of the most successful percussionists in the world. She was born 1944 in Aberdeen, Scotland. She started a kind of revolution in the way that she insisted at the music university to become a professional musician even with her handicap. This took a long time and many fights to proof that she was able to listen with her whole body, able to feel the rhythm, the beats. She can listen by touching a wall with her hands and the floor with her feet. So her way to sense music is a totally different way from the usual way. It’s just amazing to see her acting, beating the drums and other instruments just by feeling the rhythm.