Evelyn Glennie

Evelyn Glennie, profoundly deaf since the age of twelve, became the world's first full-time solo percussionist and often performs barefoot to feel vibrations through the floor. She has written and spoken widely about how deaf people experience sound, and her Teach the World to Listen work promotes music education built around feeling and listening rather than hearing alone. She played at the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics.