E47 - Evelyn Glennie: How to take responsibility, not search for blame
The High Performance Podcast
High Performance
4.6 • 4.8K Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2021
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Dame Evelyn Glennie is the world’s premier solo percussionist, performing worldwide with the greatest orchestras, conductors and artists.
Evelyn was eight when she started to lose her hearing, and 12 when she was diagnosed as profoundly deaf. But in her own words “losing my hearing made has made me a better listener and musician”.
Evelyn is a double GRAMMY award winner and BAFTA nominee and was awarded an OBE in 1993. She has over 100 international awards to date, including the Polar Music Prize and the Companion of Honour.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi there, welcome along to an extra episode from the High Performance Podcast this week. |
| 0:06.2 | People said they wanted more so we decided to give them exactly that and you're about |
| 0:10.1 | to hear an episode that Damien and I recorded a few months ago over Zoom because it was |
| 0:16.2 | during the coronavirus pandemic. |
| 0:18.0 | But with a lady who is the absolute epitome of taking responsibility for her life rather |
| 0:22.9 | than looking for fault and for blame. |
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