United KingdomEvelyn Glennie is the #30,702 most-subscribed YouTube creator worldwide and #1,911 in United Kingdom, with 42.3K subscribers and 9.6M total views across 442 videos. Evelyn Glennie is known as composer, drummer and marimba player.
Biography
Dame Evelyn Elizabeth Ann Glennie, is a Scottish percussionist. She was selected as one of the two laureates for the Polar Music Prize of 2015.
Channel description
Evelyn Glennie is known as the first person to successfully create and sustain a full-time career as a solo percussionist. Evelyn performs internationally, with the finest orchestras, conductors and artists of our times. She reflects on having played the first percussion concerto in the history of The Proms at the Albert Hall in 1992. This paved the way for orchestras around the world to feature percussion concerti. As one of the most eclectic and innovative musicians on the scene today she is constantly redefining the goals and expectations of percussion, and creating performances of such vitality that they almost constitute a new type of performance.
Find out more by exploring her YouTube channel and following her socials: https://linktr.ee/dameevelynglennie
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Evelyn Glennie and Jon Sterckx - Marimba and Tabla Duet: 'Rhythm Song' by Paul Smadbeck
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Evelyn Glennie and Jon Sterckx - Kashaka Duet: 'Clicking Music'
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Evelyn Reflects... | Cultural Exchange beings with Listening (extracts from a longer speech)
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Evelyn playing Ilijas by Nebojša Jovan Živković at the launch of the BBC Proms 2026
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Evelyn Explores... | Improvising with the Marvin created by Morfbeats
Frequently asked
- How many subscribers does Evelyn Glennie have?
- 42.3K subscribers — #30,702 worldwide, #1,911 in United Kingdom.
- When did Evelyn Glennie start on YouTube?
- The channel was created in Dec 2009.
- What awards has Evelyn Glennie won?
- Recognitions include Companion of Honour, Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire and Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance.