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AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Yiruma
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| Yiruma | |
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| Born |
I Ru-ma
February 15, 1978 |
| Nationality | South Korean |
| Alma mater | King's College London |
| Occupation | Pianist, composer |
| Years active | 2001 - Present |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Spouse | Son Hye-Im (2007-present) |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 이루마 |
| Website | |
| http://www.yiruma.com | |
Yiruma is the stage name of I Ru-ma (born February 15, 1978), a popular internationally known pianist and composer from South Korea. The name "Yiruma" means "accomplishment" in Korean.
Yiruma's piano music is expressive and introspective. He frequently performs at sold-out concerts in Asia, Europe and North America. His Alma Mater King's College in England helped him gain European popularity and recognition. Several of his most popular pieces include, "River Flows in You", "Kiss the Rain", and "Maybe". His most popular album First Love was released in 2001.
He began playing the piano at the age of five, and moved to London when he was 11, in 1988, to study at The Purcell School of Music. He possessed dual citizenship of South Korea and England until 2006, when he gave up his UK citizenship to serve in the Navy of South Korea.
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[edit] Career Timeline
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September 1990 − July 1997 Attended THE PURCELL OF SPECIALIST MUSIC SCHOOL (LONDON) - PIANO AND COMPOSITION
September 1997 − June 2000 Attended KING"S COLLEGE OF LONDON UNIVERSITY - Graduated as COMPOSITION MAJOR
June 1992 YOUNG MUSICIAN'S FESTIVAL, In FAIRFIELD Hall- Croydon As a Soloist
1995 KODAI MUSIC SCHOOL CONCERT, HUNGARY- As a Soloist
December 1996 Album Production in London
May 1997 GEORGE BENJAMIN WORK (PIANO DUET)- Participated in LONTANO ENSEMBLE WORKSHOP
April 2000 Produced theater play ‘TAE!’ For Korea – England Cultural Friendship in London.
May 2001 Released debut album
December 2001 Released 2nd album "First Love , Concert at Young San Art Hall
January 2002 Invited to perform at The 36th MIDEM (Cannes, France)
April 2002 Concert at the Young San Art Hall
June 2002 Release "Oasis & Yiruma" Image album
July 2002 Promotion tour in Japan
August 2002 Promotion tour in Taiwan
December 2002 Release of soundtrack "Doggy Poo O.S.T"
May 2003 Jeju Shilla Hotel Concert, Hoam Art Hall Concert, Herbnara Concert
May 2003 Working to protect the environment with Body shop
June - September 2003 Concert Tour in 13 cities
August 2003 Free Concert at the Ghana Art Center for Orphans
October 2003 Free Concert for seniors
October 2003 Released 3rd album
November 2003 Concert at Seoul Arts Center
February 2004 Joint Concert with pianist Isao Sasaki at the Seoul Art Center
Jan-Mar 2004 Concert Tour in 12 cities
March 2004 Concert at Hoam Art Hall
April 2004 Promotion Tour in Japan
June 2004 Recording for 'FUJI TV drama' at Tokyo, Japan
November 2005 Release 4th album
March 2006 Farewell Concerts at Seoul Arts Center & Sejong Center For the Performing Arts
July 2006 Enlisted in Korean Navy
August 2006 Released 5th album h.i.s. Monologue
August 2008 General Discharge from the Korean Navy
October 2008 Released 6th album P.N.O.N.I
November 2008 ~ Jan 2009 "Yiruma's come back Tour" around 20 cities in Korea[1]
[edit] Biography
Lee ru-ma was born in South Korea and was raised and educated in England. Yiruma began playing the piano at the age of five, and subsequently moved to London at the age of eleven (1988), to study at The Purcell School of Music. In December 1996 he participated in the album The Musicians of Purcell (Decca). Graduating from Purcell School of Music in July 1997, Yiruma continued his musical aspirations and completed a Composition major from King's College London in June 2000. While studying at Kings College, this promising pianist released his first album "Love Scene" through DECCA records. Additionally, during his time in college, he participated in a musical tour in Europe. Making a historical impact for his country, Yiruma was the first Korean artist to receive an invitation to perform at the 2002 MIDEM in Cannes, France. Early in his career, his albums were released in Europe and Asia, they are now available internationally through various online sources such as iTunes, Amazon, and Yiruma's recording label STOMP Records. In 2001 he released his most popular album to date, "First Love". His #1 selling song "River Flows in You" was on this album and since 2001 this song has been released on two other albums (First Love [Repackaged] and Wedding Essentials: The Ceremony) Yiruma released his third album, From The Yellow Room in 2003. Pre-order sales topped 30,000 copies and the album was top-ranked on many popular music charts, including Yes24, Phono, and Hot Tracks. His 12-city Korean tour was a sellout, as well as his November concert at the Seoul National Arts Center.
His fourth album is POEMUSIC. In 2006, the following year, he composed a main theme song for a popular KBS drama, Spring Waltz. In his fifth album, h.i.s monologue, he utilized prepared piano. Yiruma has composed soundtracks for musicals, films and plays. While being internationally successful in the world music industry, Yiruma dutifully decided to fulfill his South Korean patriotic duty of serving his country. Hence, in 2006 he gave up his United Kingdom citizenship and enlisted in the Republic of Korea Navy. After satisfying his national duty in the Korean Navy, he began the 2008 Yiruma Come Back Tour, Ribbonized, in 20 cities across Korea. Additionally, on January 1, 2009, he became a DJ for KBS1FM Yiruma's Music from All Around the World.[2]
[edit] Musical Style
Yiruma's musical style is easy to misclassify. Because his music is popular among many listeners who are not familiar with classical music, the solo piano instrumentation and tendency toward "movements" often leads to labels like "new classical" or "contemporary classical". However, although his composition studies would have included the classics, neither the structure of his songs nor his technique as a pianist are heavily influenced by them. His music has sometimes been classified vaguely as "popular", as shown by the inclusion of his hit song River Flows in You on a compilation of wedding songs titled "Wedding Essentials: The Ceremony".[3] According to the iTunes Store, he is actually considered a World Music[4] or New Age artist.
For the actual structure of his music, the movement and reach required to play his songs averages around Grade or 7 by Royal Conservatory standards. Pattern and repetition feature prominently, however, making the structure more like popular songs or movie themes than traditional solo piano compositions. Yiruma's songs are also heavy in simple melody and rhythm, making them immediately attractive to many modern ears.
[edit] Personal life
[edit] Family and Spouse
Yiruma married Son Hye-Im on May 27, 2007.[5] The song "27.May" is about his marriage to Son Hye-Im. Son Hye-Im's younger sister is the Korean actress Son Tae Young, who attended Yiruma’s concert with her husband, Kwon Sang-Woo(权相佑) (a famous actor in Korea),[6] while she was pregnant.
Although New Age is not a religion, Yiruma has stated, “I’m Christian, and I am not a New-age artist".[1] Most people misunderstand me.” In his album H.I.S Monologue (2006), the artist composed a song titled, “Lord...Hold my Hand”.[7]
[edit] Albums
[edit] Studio Albums
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- 2001 Love Scene
- 2001 First Love
- 2003 From The Yellow Room
- 2005 Poemusic
- 2006 H.I.S. Monologue
- 2008 P.N.O.N.I
[edit] Special Albums
- 2004 Nocturnal Lights...They Scatter
This album was released on August 5, 2004 and is an exploratory album for the artist. Differentiating itself from Yiruma's previous albums, Yiruma experiments with electronic music of various genres. The name expresses his concept for the overall feeling of this album. The image of scattering lights in the night sky is reflected in his use of electronic noises to accompany his piano tinklings. Those who classify Yiruma in a certain genre were surprised by this album, he is not simply a New Age Romantic pianist. On this album, four of the songs are composed with electric music and four are piano. These concepts had been previously introduced yet Yiruma fully expresses his desire to experiment in this album. Consistently throughout the album, the electronic vibe is present, hence the songs flow together pleasantly.
[edit] Live Albums
- 2005 Yiruma: Live at HOAM Art Hall
Released on July 12, 2005, this album includes the recordings for many of his sold out concerts performed at HOAM Art Hall. Yiruma's many fans include his enthusiastic female followers, young students and their parents, and older fans who find his music soothing and inspirational. His melodies on this album are comforting and different from his studio recordings. While performing live, this artist has a gift of molding his music together into a pleasing arrangement. Audiences receive a welcome break from hectic daily lives by relaxing to Yiruma's calming songs. This album contains Yiruma's performances during 2003-2004 tours, his sold out solo concerts, and charitable school concerts. Yiruma performed songs from his albums:'Love Scene', 'First Love', 'From the Yellow Room', 'Oasis & Yiruma', and 'Doggy Poo OST'. These live performances were recorded by KBS using HD cameras and maintaining the highest quality to ensure fans can actually see Yiruma's facial expressions and witness his lightning fast fingers dance on the piano.
[edit] Movie Soundtracks
- 2002 Oasis and Yiruma
In his 3rd album released on June 20, 2002, Yiruma composes a soundtrack for the movie "Oasis" directed by Lee Chang. In this album, the audience is invited to feel the emotions of the actors while watching a visual expression of their love.
• Yiruma's second soundtrack for the Children's film Doggy Poo OST was released on December 17, 2002. By far the most popular track on this album is “Dream”.
[edit] Compilations
- Piano Museum
- 2010 Ribbonized (10th Anniversary 6-CD BoxSet)
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