Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 10 hours ago
I like to refresh yet another classic that has become a staple in modern new age piano music: River Flows in You. In the future I like to explore more music by Yiruma and play pieces that are not so well known.
Yiruma‘s biography:
Lee Ru-ma (Korean: 이루마; born 15 February 1978), better known by his stage name Yiruma (Korean: 이루마), is a South Korean pianist and composer.
Biography
Yiruma was born in Seoul to a pastor. At age five, he began learning the piano and moved to the United Kingdom, where he attended the Purcell School for Young Musicians and graduated from King's College London.
After graduation, Yiruma returned to South Korea and released his debut album, Love Scene, in 2001. He gained wider public recognition for performing the piano versions of the soundtracks from the popular 2006 drama Spring Waltz. On 1 January 2009, he became a DJ for ”KBS 1FM Yiruma's Music from All Around the World”.
Yiruma's 2011 compilation album The Best: Reminiscent, 10th Anniversary debuted at number three in the Billboard classical charts in July 2020 and reached number one just two weeks later; Billboard's classical charts had done away with its rules of only counting albums sold in the United States and recognizing albums released in the last eighteen months.[5] His music has seen a resurgence in popularity due to the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns in 2020. Several videos of his compositions posted on YouTube and other social media platforms have garnered millions of views, including "River Flows in You".
Personal life
Yiruma previously held British citizenship, which he voluntarily renounced in order to enlist for mandatory military service. He enlisted in the Republic of Korea Navy in July 2006 and was assigned to public relations duties. He was discharged in August 2008.
In April 2007, while on leave, Yiruma married his girlfriend Son Hye-im, the older sister of actress and former Miss Korea contestant Son Tae-young. In 2008, they had a daughter.
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)
H.I.S. Monologue (2006)
P.N.O.N.I. (2008)
Missing You (2009)
River Flows in You – The Very Best of Yiruma (2011)
Best of (Juni 2012)
Falling
Kiss the Rain
Stay in Memory (2013)
Blind Film (2013)
Atmosfera (2014)
River Flows in You (Single, 2011, UK: Silber)
Piano (2015)
#riverflowsinyou #yiruma #piano
I like to refresh yet another classic that has become a staple in modern new age piano music: River Flows in You. In the future I like to explore more music by Yiruma and play pieces that are not so well known.
Yiruma‘s biography:
Lee Ru-ma (Korean: 이루마; born 15 February 1978), better known by his stage name Yiruma (Korean: 이루마), is a South Korean pianist and composer.
Biography
Yiruma was born in Seoul to a pastor. At age five, he began learning the piano and moved to the United Kingdom, where he attended the Purcell School for Young Musicians and graduated from King's College London.
After graduation, Yiruma returned to South Korea and released his debut album, Love Scene, in 2001. He gained wider public recognition for performing the piano versions of the soundtracks from the popular 2006 drama Spring Waltz. On 1 January 2009, he became a DJ for ”KBS 1FM Yiruma's Music from All Around the World”.
Yiruma's 2011 compilation album The Best: Reminiscent, 10th Anniversary debuted at number three in the Billboard classical charts in July 2020 and reached number one just two weeks later; Billboard's classical charts had done away with its rules of only counting albums sold in the United States and recognizing albums released in the last eighteen months.[5] His music has seen a resurgence in popularity due to the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns in 2020. Several videos of his compositions posted on YouTube and other social media platforms have garnered millions of views, including "River Flows in You".
Personal life
Yiruma previously held British citizenship, which he voluntarily renounced in order to enlist for mandatory military service. He enlisted in the Republic of Korea Navy in July 2006 and was assigned to public relations duties. He was discharged in August 2008.
In April 2007, while on leave, Yiruma married his girlfriend Son Hye-im, the older sister of actress and former Miss Korea contestant Son Tae-young. In 2008, they had a daughter.
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)
H.I.S. Monologue (2006)
P.N.O.N.I. (2008)
Missing You (2009)
River Flows in You – The Very Best of Yiruma (2011)
Best of (Juni 2012)
Falling
Kiss the Rain
Stay in Memory (2013)
Blind Film (2013)
Atmosfera (2014)
River Flows in You (Single, 2011, UK: Silber)
Piano (2015)
#riverflowsinyou #yiruma #piano
