- Yiruma
Infobox Korean name
hangul=이루마
rr=I Ru-ma
mr=I RumaYiruma (born
15 Feb 1978 , currently 30 years old,Seoul , Korea) is aSouth Korea npiano music composer . He is married to Miss KoreaSon Hye-im .Yiruma is well known throughout the world, and his albums are sold all over
Asia , as well as theUnited States andEurope . His most famous pieces include "Kiss the Rain", "Maybe" and "River Flows in You" (First Love).Although he formerly held
dual citizenship as a citizen of the United Kingdom and South Korea, in July 2006 he gave up his British citizenship and entered theRepublic of Korea Navy to begin his military service, which is mandatory for all male South Koreans. [cite web|url=http://people.empas.com/people/info/Yi/ru/Yiruma/|title=이루마|author=Empas.com|accessdate=2006-12-15]Biography
Yiruma started to learn the piano at home in Korea at the age of 5. In 1988 he moved to England, and in Dec 1996 he participated in the album "The Musicians of
Purcell " (Decca). He graduated from "The Purcell Of Specialist Music School" (London ) in July 1997, then from "Kings College" in June 2000.His key dates and performances since then include:
* May 2001 - Album 'Love Scene' released
* Dec 2001 - 2nd album 'First Love' released
* Jan 2002 - Performed at the 36thMIDEM inCannes ,France
* Apr 2002 - Performed at the Young San Art Hall
* Jun-Aug 2002 - 'Oasis & Yiruma' released, promotion tour inJapan andTaiwan
* Dec 2002 - 'Gang Ah Ji Ddong'OST album released
* Jun 2003 - SBS Drama ' First Love' title track
* Oct 2003 - 3rd album 'From the Yellow Room' released
* Aug 2004 - Special Album 'Nocturnal lights... they scatter' released
* Apr 2005 - Special Album 'Destiny of Love' released
* May 2005 - Special Album 'First Love' repackaged and released
* Jul 2005 - Special DVD & CD of 'YIRUMA Live at HOAM Art Hall' released
* Nov 2005 - 4th album 'POEMUSIC' released
* Apr 2006 - 'Spring Waltz' Classic OST album releasedDiscography (In order of release date)
[Source: http://www.yiruma.com]
Notes
Sources
* http://www.yiruma.com/
External links
* [http://www.myspace.com/yiruma Yiruma on Myspace]
Further reading
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