Evelyn Glennie
- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Dame Evelyn Glennie, who was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of
the British Empire in the 2007 New Year Honours List, is one of the
best-known figures in contemporary British music. An extraordinarily
virtuosic percussionist as well as an engaging personality, she has
long been subject to considerable media interest.
Touring internationally with her huge array of instruments (the world's
first full-time classical percussion soloist), she has played with all
the world's major orchestras, consistently winning massive critical
acclaim. Her sixteen solo albums (including twelve on the RCA/BMG
label) have reached a remarkably diverse public, as have her numerous
collaborations with musicians from the non-classical world.
She has performed with Indian, Indonesian and South American
traditional musicians, and in the mid-'90s co-wrote and recorded
several songs with the Icelandic singer Björk, including the hit single
My Spine. Her 2000 solo album Shadow Behind the Iron Sun, produced by
acclaimed rock music producer Michael Brauer, entirely comprises studio
improvisations by Evelyn.
In addition to her life as a performer and recording artist, Evelyn has
established for herself a considerable reputation as a composer for
film and television. One of her earliest credits was her music for a
series of Tony Kaye-directed TV commercials for Mazda Cars in the
mid-'90s - which was so original that it spawned a host of imitations.
She was nominated for a BAFTA Award for her music for the first series
of Lynda La Plante's ground-breaking crime drama Trial & Retribution
(La Plante Productions for ITV), and has gone on to record many
subsequent series of the show. Other drama credits include two
four-hour versions of Bramwell (Whitby Davison Productions for ITV);
and Blind Ambition (Coastal Productions/Yorkshire Television).
Documentary credits include 3BM TV's 4-part study of the history of
terrorism, The Age of Terror, produced by Oscar-winning producer Jon
Blair and transmitted on the Discovery Channel to coincide with the
first anniversary of the September 11th outrage. She also composed the
title music for two series of the BBC's Soundbites, which she herself
presented.
In 1999 Evelyn scored her first feature film, The Trench, a First World
War drama written and directed by the novelist William Boyd. In 2004
Evelyn collaborated with the film-maker Thomas Riedelsheimer on his
film Touch the Sound. Described as "A Sound Journey With Evelyn
Glennie", the film explores the phenomenon of sound as Evelyn
experiences it, in her life and work, and contains much original music
by Evelyn, some co-written with the renowned guitarist Fred Frith. The
soundtrack has been released by Normal Records.
Evelyn has created a number of tracks for the library music company
Audio Network PLC
the British Empire in the 2007 New Year Honours List, is one of the
best-known figures in contemporary British music. An extraordinarily
virtuosic percussionist as well as an engaging personality, she has
long been subject to considerable media interest.
Touring internationally with her huge array of instruments (the world's
first full-time classical percussion soloist), she has played with all
the world's major orchestras, consistently winning massive critical
acclaim. Her sixteen solo albums (including twelve on the RCA/BMG
label) have reached a remarkably diverse public, as have her numerous
collaborations with musicians from the non-classical world.
She has performed with Indian, Indonesian and South American
traditional musicians, and in the mid-'90s co-wrote and recorded
several songs with the Icelandic singer Björk, including the hit single
My Spine. Her 2000 solo album Shadow Behind the Iron Sun, produced by
acclaimed rock music producer Michael Brauer, entirely comprises studio
improvisations by Evelyn.
In addition to her life as a performer and recording artist, Evelyn has
established for herself a considerable reputation as a composer for
film and television. One of her earliest credits was her music for a
series of Tony Kaye-directed TV commercials for Mazda Cars in the
mid-'90s - which was so original that it spawned a host of imitations.
She was nominated for a BAFTA Award for her music for the first series
of Lynda La Plante's ground-breaking crime drama Trial & Retribution
(La Plante Productions for ITV), and has gone on to record many
subsequent series of the show. Other drama credits include two
four-hour versions of Bramwell (Whitby Davison Productions for ITV);
and Blind Ambition (Coastal Productions/Yorkshire Television).
Documentary credits include 3BM TV's 4-part study of the history of
terrorism, The Age of Terror, produced by Oscar-winning producer Jon
Blair and transmitted on the Discovery Channel to coincide with the
first anniversary of the September 11th outrage. She also composed the
title music for two series of the BBC's Soundbites, which she herself
presented.
In 1999 Evelyn scored her first feature film, The Trench, a First World
War drama written and directed by the novelist William Boyd. In 2004
Evelyn collaborated with the film-maker Thomas Riedelsheimer on his
film Touch the Sound. Described as "A Sound Journey With Evelyn
Glennie", the film explores the phenomenon of sound as Evelyn
experiences it, in her life and work, and contains much original music
by Evelyn, some co-written with the renowned guitarist Fred Frith. The
soundtrack has been released by Normal Records.
Evelyn has created a number of tracks for the library music company
Audio Network PLC