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

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• 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].