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Yiruma was born on February 15, 1978 and is 46 years old now.
Birthday: February 15, 1978
How Old - Age: 46
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Yiruma - Biography
Lee Ru-ma (Korean: 이루마; born February 15, 1978), better known by his stage name Yiruma (Korean: 이루마), is a 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, helped him gain European popularity and recognition. Among his most popular pieces are "River Flows in You", "Kiss the Rain", and "Maybe". Yiruma's most popular album, First Love, was released in 2001.
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 10 (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 King's College, the pianist released his first album, Love Scene, through DECCA records.
Yiruma's musical style primarily focuses on new-age, and is said to be similar to the contemporary classical music in film scores or television dramas. 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", "pop classical" or "contemporary classical". However, although his composition studies would have included the classics, the structure of his pieces do not reflect such forms. 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". The iTunes Store considers him a World Music or new-age artist. The categorization of his style as new-age is especially prevalent among classical musicians and listeners.
Yiruma married Son Hye-Im on May 27, 2007. Yiruma and Son Hye-Im's daughter, Loanna, was born on Oct 7, 2007. Son Hye-Im's younger sister is actress Son Tae-young and her husband Kwon Sang-woo is also an actor. On his spiritual viewpoint, Yiruma has stated, "I’m 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".
