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1 Sometimes Someone  
2 Destiny Of Love  
3 Lost Island  
4 Shinning Smile  
5 Spring Waltz  
6 River Flows In You  
7 Joy  
8 27 May  
9 The Sunbeams, They Scatter  
10 I  
11 If I Could See You Again  
12 It's Your Day  
13 Kiss The Rain  
14 Lord Hold My Hand  
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South Korean pianist and composer Yiruma releases SOLO – the second part of the yearlong project to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his music career. Opposite to the bigger-sized orchestral and string arrangements of the first release The Rewritten Memories, SOLO contains the simple solo piano arrangements that has always been loved by his fans. Revisiting Yiruma's repertoires from his earliest days of making music, the songs include ‘Spring Waltz', ‘Joy', ‘Kiss the Rain' and ‘River Flows in You'.

Educated in the UK at the Purcell School of Music and King's College, London (where he studied under Sir Harrison Birtwistle), Yiruma is best known for his simple, melodic and emotional style of writing. A popular and well-known personality in Korea, Yiruma's many musical and related activities include hosting radio shows and DJ-ing, collaborating with musicians from many different genres, and writing hit songs for some of K-Pop's most successful bands. But it is for his solo piano works that Yiruma enjoys most global acclaim; his most popular pieces are performed by millions of amateur pianists the world over, and his own recordings have delivered over two billion streams.

Despite his success, Yiruma remains modest. He concludes, "I don't know how 20 years has passed since my debut album! I never imagined that people all over the world would listen to my music. It's surreal. It's not something I planned – and I'm very grateful."
 

  • Yiruma announces 2024 Sydney Opera House encore concert / musicfeeds
    Posted At: May 21, 2024 12:00 AM
    Born in 1978, Yiruma started playing piano at the age of five, and moved to London when he was 10 to study at the Purcell School of Music, followed by King's College, London. He released his first album Love Scene on Universal Music in 2001, aged 23. That same year, he released the follow-up First Love which included the No.1 hit ‘River Flows in You', described as "the ‘Clair de lune' of the 21st century" (...
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  • Seven years later, Yiruma returns to Korea / Korea JoongAng Daily
    Posted At: November 28, 2023 12:00 AM
    Korea JoongAng Daily writes….Yiruma, the widely acclaimed pianist known for songs like “River Flows in You” (2001) and “Kiss The Rain” (2003), has not performed in his home country for seven years. Now that the pianist has embarked on a world tour, he's finally found the perfect opportunity for a grand comeback in Korea.“It took longer than expected, as my performance was canceled during the pandemic, and e...
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  • Yiruma has released new Universal Music - Korea EP: non e la fine / Korea JoongAng Daily
    Posted At: May 12, 2023 12:00 AM
    The new EP non è la fine of renown pianist and composer Yiruma is due to be released by Universal Music after two years since his 20th debut anniversary projects The Rewritten Memories and SOLO. It’s also a release consisting of completely new works for the first time since Room with a View (2020).The title of the album and the first single ‘non è la fine’ released on April 14th comes from a sense of e...
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  • Cho Seong-jin & Yiruma perform for World Piano Day / The Korea Times
    Posted At: March 28, 2021 12:00 AM

    The Korea Times Park Ji-won writes....In addition to Cho and Yiruma, renowned pianists Lang Lang, Balmorhea, Jan Lisiecki, Maria Joao Pires, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, Rudolf Buchbinder, Daniil Trifonov, Katia & Marielle Labeque, Joep Beving, Alice Sara Ott, Kit Armstrong, Rui Massena and Chad Lawson will play iconic classics and contemporary works, Universal Music said in a press release. Cho will pl...
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