Lee Ru-ma (artist name: Yiruma) (Seoul, Korea, February 15, 1978) is a South Korean composer of contemporary classical piano music. He is married to Son Hye-im. biography
Yiruma started playing piano at the age of five at home in Korea. In 1988 he moved to England, and in December 1996 he participated in the album The Musicians of Purcell (Decca). He graduated from Purcell Specialist Music School (London) in July 1997, then at King's College in London in June 2000.
Yiruma is known all over the world and its albums are sold throughout Asia, the United States and Europe. His best known pieces are "River Flows in You", "Kiss the Rain" and "Love Me". Although Yiruma previously had a dual nationality as a United Kingdom and South Korea citizen, he issued his British citizenship in July 2006 and seized the navy of the Republic of Korea for his military service, which is mandatory for all male South Koreans, to start. He lived for a period of 5 years in Osaka, Japan, to promote the sale of his album. This he did before giving up his dual nationality. Discography
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