Yiruma is the stage name of Lee Ru-ma (born February 15, 1978), an internationally-known

pianist and composer from South Korea.

Yiruma frequently performs at sold-out concerts in Asia, Europe and North America. His alma
mater, King's College London, England helped him gain European popularity and recognition.
Among his most popular pieces are "River Flows in You", "Kiss the Rain" and "May Be".
Yiruma's 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 eleven, in
1988, to study at The Purcell School of Music. He held dual citizenship, South Korean and
British, until 2006, when he gave up his UK citizenship to serve in the South Korean Navy.

Biography
Lee Ru-ma was born and raised in South Korea, 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), for
the purpose of studying 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 piece "River
Flows in You" was on this album and since 2001 this piece 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 12city 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 piece
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 successful
in the music industry, Yiruma decided to serve in the South Korean military. Hence, in 2006 he
gave up his British citizenship and enlisted in the Korean Navy.
Upon completing his service 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.[1]

In September 2010, Yiruma gave Stomp Music a contract cancellation and signed with Sony
Music Entertainment Korea. Stomp Music then filed an injunction to prohibit Yiruma from
selling his music, and the request was accepted by the court in April 2011. Yiruma immediately
filed an objection against the injunction, and the court finally gave Yiruma the upper hand.

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
pieces 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 piece River Flows in
You on a compilation of wedding pieces titled "Wedding Essentials: The Ceremony".[2]
According to the iTunes Store, he is actually considered a World Music[3] or New Age artist.
For the actual structure of his music, the movement and reach required to play his pieces
averages around Grade 7 by Royal Conservatory standards. Pattern and repetition feature
prominently, however, making the structure more like popular pieces or movie themes than
traditional solo piano compositions. Yiruma's pieces are also heavy in simple melody and
rhythm, making them immediately attractive to many modern ears.

Concert tour
On November 11, Happy Holic Entertainment revealed that Yiruma will start The Best
nationwide concert tour in Busan before moving on to Gwangju, Ulsan, Daejeon, and 10 other
cities. This will be Yirumas first promotional activity since his legal dispute erupted back in
2009 against his former entertainment label, Stomp Music.
The concert will have a 10 year anniversary theme and will showcase a different side to
Yirumas music and personal life through the special performances hes prepared for fans.
Yiruma commented, I hope that my music doesnt separate from your lives. Instead, I want it to
be with you always, as if its the background music of your lives.

Personal life
Family and spouse
Yiruma married Son Hye-Im on May 27, 2007.[4] The piece "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
Yirumas concert with her husband, Kwon Sang-Woo () (a famous actor in Korea),[5]
while she was pregnant. Their daughter, Loanna, was born on Oct 7, 2007.[6]

On his spiritual viewpoint, Yiruma has stated, Im a Christian, and I am not a New-age artist.
Most people misunderstand me. In his album H.I.S Monologue (2006), the artist composed a
piece titled, Lord...Hold my Hand.[7]

Albums
Studio albums
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2001 Love Scene

2001 First Love

2003 From The Yellow Room

2004 Nocturnal Lights... They Scatter

2005 Destiny of Love

2005 Poemusic

2006 H.I.S. Monologue

2008 P.N.O.N.I

2009 Missing You

2012 Stay in Memory

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 pieces 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 pieces flow together pleasantly.

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
pieces. This album contains Yiruma's performances during 2003-2004 tours, his sold out solo
concerts, and charitable school concerts. Yiruma performed pieces 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.

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-dong. 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.

Compilations

Piano Museum

2010 Ribbonized (10th Anniversary 6-CD BoxSet

Heart just never seems to stop

Beating fast when I see you from a distance
I love to see you smile
Its so perfect
Your lips are fantasize want to kiss it
Your smile is so perfect that always shines mine
They cheer me up even when Im deadly depressed
Do you ever think?

Someone misses you

Ever thought that it was me
I know
I will never be the one that you will pick from
Do you even know?
I cry myself to sleep
Jealous over something dumb to you
Its nothing but you wont know the feeling deep inside
And I, will never leave you alone
Im not, like the others
Where they come and go
And I, will always be there for you
Even when I know youll never love me back
Take my hands with you and youll know then
How important you are really to me
Do you know that I always think about you
Do you ever do the same when you are alone at night
Do you know I have?
Remember every scenes
Cherish every moment that we spent
Youre so hard to get and so hard to forget
Do you sometimes feel?
All things Ive done for you
Every time I stare into your eyes
It gives me this feeling that no one ever can give
Do you know that Ill
Love you till I die
Even when I know I will depress
when you are with your love kissing your perfect lips
Do you know that I
Wished upon the stars
Wish that they will protect you and will let you find your true love
That will love you forever
Hope youre always happy thats enough for me to see you smile
courtesy of: http://www.stopjealousy.com/yiruma-do-you-with-lyrics/

You know it.. Even you are far from me and cannot see you.. :(
^_^
Posted by White Lady at Monday, August 29, 2011