Yiruma

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Yiruma (2017)

Yiruma (born Lee Ru-ma on February 15, 1978 in Seoul , South Korea ) is a South Korean pianist , musician and composer . One of his best-known pieces is River Flows in You , with which he was able to place in the German single charts in 2011 . His music is also marketed as neo-classical and played on classical broadcasters.

Life

Yiruma started playing the piano at the age of five. In 1988 he and his family moved to England. There he participated in December 1996 on the album The Musicians of Purcell ( Decca ). He graduated from a music school in London . He has lived in Seoul since 2006. Yiruma is married to former Miss Korea Son Hye-im . They have a daughter together.

music

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
The Very Best of Yiruma - River Flows in You
  DE 29 December 16, 2011 (10 weeks)
  AT 72 11/29/2013 (1 week)
  CH 84 01/08/2012 (2 weeks)
Singles
River flows in you
  DE 20th 
platinum
platinum
12/02/2011 (18 weeks)
  AT 11 12/02/2011 (13 weeks)
  CH 41 December 04, 2011 (9 weeks)

In his best-known pieces River Flows in You , May Be and Kiss the Rain , the artist uses simple and catchy harmonies . His works can thus be assigned to popular classical music or easy listening .

The title River Flows in You was first published in 2001, but it was not until much later that fans of the Twilight saga chose it as a favorite for the backdrop to a romantic scene from the book adaptation of Twilight , in which the vampire Edward his lover Bella plays a melody on the piano. Apparently it was also considered by the producers before settling on a cheaper recomposition of Bella's Lullaby . As a result, several compilations of film images appeared on YouTube, which were accompanied by Yiruma's melody and made his song very popular. A dance version by Alex Christensen (Jasper Forks) was also released in Germany in 2010 , but it wasn't until the fourth film in the Twilight saga Breaking Dawn was released at the end of 2011 that the original recording of Yiruma was able to make it onto the charts of German-speaking countries.

Songbooks

  • Yiruma Piano Scores Vol. 3 - One Day Diary
  • Yiruma Piano Scores - Yiruma Piano Album
  • Yiruma Piano Scores - A Special Gift of Yiruma

Discography

  • Love Scene (2001)
  • First Love (2001)
  • Oasis & Yiruma (Soundtrack, 2002)
  • Doggy Poo (Soundtrack, 2002)
  • From the Yellow Room (2003)
  • Nocturnal Lights ... They Scatter (2004)
  • Destiny of Love (2005)
  • Yiruma: Live at HOAM Art Hall (2005)
  • Poemusic (2005)
  • HIS Monologue (2006)
  • PNONI (2008)
  • Missing You (2009)
  • River Flows in You - The Very Best of Yiruma (2011)
  • Best of (June 2012)
  • Falling
  • Kiss the Rain
  • Stay in Memory (2013)
  • Blind Film (2013)
  • Atmosfera (2014)
  • River Flows in You (Single, 2011, UK:silversilver)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Yiruma - at Last.fm
  2. ↑ Yiruma ( Memento of the original from January 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at Universal Music, accessed December 14, 2011.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.universal-music.de
  3. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH
  4. ↑ Music Sales Awards: DE UK
  5. ↑ Yiruma inspires the Twilight saga, music magazine blog, November 16, 2011 ( memento from July 16, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ), originally from universal-music.de
personal data
SURNAME Yiruma
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 이루마 (Korean, Hangeul); I, Ru-ma (Revised Romanization); I, Ruma (McCune-Reischauer); Lee, Ru-ma
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South Korean pianist, musician and composer
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Seoul , South Korea