Yiruma

South Korean pianist and composer
Person human Q299395
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Yiruma

Summary

Yiruma is a human[1]. Born in Seoul[2], he… he was born on February 15, 1978[3]. He worked as a composer[4] and pianist[5]. He ranks in the top 0.7% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (892 views/month, #7,020 of 1,000,298).[6]

Key Facts

  • Yiruma's place of birth was Seoul[2].
  • Yiruma was born on February 15, 1978[3].
  • Yiruma held citizenship in South Korea[7].
  • Korean was Yiruma's native language[8].
  • Yiruma worked as a composer[4].
  • Yiruma worked as a pianist[5].
  • Among Yiruma's employers was Sony Music[9].
  • Yiruma's education included a stint at King's College London[10].
  • Yiruma was educated at The Purcell School for Young Musicians[11].
  • Yiruma is recorded as male[12].
  • Yiruma's instance of is recorded as human[13].
  • Yiruma's genre is new age music[14].
  • Yiruma's discography is recorded as Yiruma discography[15].
  • Yiruma's Commons category is recorded as Yiruma[16].
  • Yiruma's family name is recorded as Lee[17].
  • Yiruma's pseudonym is recorded as Yiruma[18].
  • Yiruma's pseudonym is recorded as 이루마[19].
  • Yiruma's official website is recorded as http://www.yiruma.com/[20].
  • Yiruma's instrument is recorded as piano[21].
  • Yiruma's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as Korean[22].
  • Yiruma's start of work period is recorded as 2001[23].
  • Yiruma's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+1140000'}[24].
  • Yiruma's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+1300000'}[25].
  • Yiruma's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+1440000'}[26].
  • Yiruma's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+1570000'}[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[28]

  • Country: KR[29]

  • Began / founded: 1978-02-15[30]

  • Genre(s): classical crossover, contemporary classical, modern classical[31]

  • Community tags: classical crossover, contemporary classical, modern classical, pianist, soundtrack[32]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 841db5c8-7072-4b89-9bdb-0a0bd0e9d357[33]

Body

Origins and Family

Yiruma was born in Seoul[2]. He was born on February 15, 1978[3]. Korean was his native language[8].

Education

Educated at King's College London[10], a public research university[34], in United Kingdom[35], founded in 1829[36], headquartered in London[37] and The Purcell School for Young Musicians[11], an independent school[38], in United Kingdom[39], founded in 1962[40].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include composer[4] and pianist[5]. Yiruma was employed by Sony Music[9].

Why It Matters

Yiruma ranks in the top 0.7% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (892 views/month, #7,020 of 1,000,298).[6] He has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] He is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

FAQs

Where was Yiruma born?

Yiruma's place of birth was Seoul[2].

What did Yiruma do for work?

Yiruma worked as composer[4] and pianist[5].

Where did Yiruma go to school?

Yiruma was educated at King's College London[10] and The Purcell School for Young Musicians[11].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [12] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [13] . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . wikidata.org.
  14. [3] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [33] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [6] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation composer, pianist
    Facebook numeric id 112356502110838
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  2. 25d ago · ZI Jony · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Start of work period +2001-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Aliases
    Image purged at
    Shazam artist id 73406786
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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