The leading Scottish percussionist, Evelyn Glennie, has won one of the world's most prestigious music awards, the Polar Music Prize.
Glennie, from Aberdeen, who has been profoundly deaf since the age of 12, will receive the prize from from Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf in Stockholm on June 9.
The award was founded by late Abba manager Stig Anderson and is usually shared by a pop artist and a classical musician.
The singer songwriter, and noted country singer, Emmylou Harris, is also a recipient of the prize this year.
Harris, a native of Birmingham, Alabama, has won 13 Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2008.
The award comes with a cash prize of 1 million krona (£78,220) each.
Glennie, the award organisers said, has "widened our understanding of what music is and shown us that listening is only partly to do with our ears.
"Everyone, whatever their physical circumstances, can perceive and perform music, can feel and convey good vibrations. "We all have our own, individual tone."
The award said Glennie "has changed the criteria for acceptance by music schools, has been honoured by the Queen for her efforts and had a key role in the opening of the Olympic Games in London in 2012.
"As a musician, she is one of very few who have successfully made a career as a solo percussionist.
"She has played with the world's foremost orchestras, conductors and artists and has released more than 30 solo albums. "Evelyn Glennie shows us that the body is a resonance chamber and that we live in a universe of sound."
Glennie said, on receiving the award: "Any type of recogition is a time to pause to reflect and to see where you are with your journey."
Susan Daniels, chief executive of the National Deaf Children's Society, said: "I'd like to extend my sincerest congratulations to Evelyn Glennie and thank her for inspiring deaf children and young people to achieve their dreams.
"The success that she has acquired throughout her musical career has made her an exceptional role model for deaf children and young people across the UK.
"This latest accolade is a very clear reminder that given the right support and encouragement, deaf children can do anything they put their mind to".
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