2009 Summer Deaflympics language to express the message of "Power in Me," Lai said. World-renowned deaf percussionist Evelyn Glennie has been invited to perform at the opening ceremony, as well as the local drumming group U-Theatre, and more than 80 children from schools for the hearing-impaired in Taipei and Taichung cities, according to Lai. The team from the People's Republic of China did not attend the opening ceremony. Neither side has officially given the reason, although most news sites are attributing it to the Dalai Lama's recent trip to Taiwan. The People's Republic of China had previously not attended the opening of the
Evelyn Glennie Michael Kamen, who also (in 2002–03) together formed the Music in Education Consortium. In 2012, she collaborated with Underworld on the to the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games and performed live in the stadium. In 2018, Glennie worked with Gregory Doran and the Royal Shakespeare Company on the music for a production of "Troilus and Cressida". In 1994, Glennie married composer, sound engineer and tuba player Greg Malcangi, with whom she collaborated on several musical projects. They divorced in 2003, following her widely publicised affair with orchestral conductor Leonard Slatkin. Glennie has won many awards, including: She