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Rachel Constantine  paints in the Realist tradition, infused with elements of Impressionism. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including a Certificate of Excellence from the Portrait Society of America, five awards from the Woodmere Art Museum in Pennsylvania, one from the Allied Artists of America in NYC. Her work has been exhibited in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum, Philadelphia City Hall, the National Arts League in New York City, and the Woodmere Art Museum in Chestnut Hill, PA. Three of her paintings were featured in Alla Prima: A Contemporary Guide to Traditional Direct Painting, published in 2009 by Watson-Guptil, NY. Constantine holds a certificate in painting from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. She lives and works in Center City Philadelphia.

Biography
=Lee Ru-ma was born and raised in South Korea, and educated in England. Yiruma began playing the piano at the age of five, and subsequently moved to London at the age of eleven (1988), for the purpose of studying at The Purcell School of Music. In December 1996 he participated in the album The Musicians of Purcell (Decca). Graduating from Purcell School of Music in July 1997, Yiruma continued his musical aspirations and completed a Composition major from King's College London in June 2000. While studying at Kings College, the pianist released his first album "Love Scene" through DECCA records.

Additionally, during his time in college, he participated in a musical tour in Europe. Making a historical impact for his country, Yiruma was the first Korean artist to receive an invitation to perform at the 2002 MIDEM in Cannes, France. Early in his career, his albums were released in Europe and Asia, they are now available internationally through various online sources such as iTunes, Amazon, and Yiruma's recording label STOMP Records.

In 2001 he released his most popular album to date, "First Love". His #1 selling piece "River Flows in You" was on this album and since 2001 this piece has been released on two other albums (First Love [Repackaged] and Wedding Essentials: The Ceremony) Yiruma released his third album, From The Yellow Room in 2003. Pre-order sales topped 30,000 copies and the album was top-ranked on many popular music charts, including Yes24, Phono, and Hot Tracks. His 12-city Korean tour was a sellout, as well as his November concert at the Seoul National Arts Center.

His fourth album is POEMUSIC. In 2006, the following year, he composed a main theme piece for a popular KBS drama, Spring Waltz. In his fifth album, h.i.s monologue, he utilized prepared piano. Yiruma has composed soundtracks for musicals, films and plays. Though successful in the music industry, Yiruma, as any South Korean male was expected to, joined the South Korean military. Hence, in 2006 he gave up his British citizenship and enlisted in the Korean Navy.

Upon completing his service in the Korean Navy, he began the 2008 Yiruma Come Back Tour, Ribbonized, in 20 cities across Korea. Additionally, on January 1, 2009, he became a DJ for KBS1FM Yiruma's Music from All Around the World.

In September 2010, Yiruma cancelled his contract with Stomp Music and signed with Sony Music Entertainment Korea. Stomp Music then filed an injunction to prohibit Yiruma from selling his music, and the request was accepted by the court in April 2011. Yiruma immediately filed an objection against the injunction, with the court ultimately favouring Yiruma.

He is currently on the staff of MBC's radio show HLKV-FM.

Musical style
Yiruma's musical style is not easy to classify and is similar to the contemporary classical music in film scores or television dramas. Because his music is popular among many listeners who are not familiar with classical music, the solo piano instrumentation and tendency toward "movements" often leads to labels like "new classical" or "contemporary classical". However, although his composition studies would have included the classics, the structure of his pieces do not reflect such forms. His music has sometimes been classified vaguely as "popular", as shown by the inclusion of his hit piece River Flows in You on a compilation of wedding pieces titled "Wedding Essentials: The Ceremony". The iTunes Store considers him a World Music or New Age artist.

Regarding the structure of his music, the movement and reach required to play his pieces averages around Grade 7 by Royal Conservatory standards. Pattern and repetition feature prominently, however, making the structure more like popular pieces or movie themes than traditional solo piano compositions.

Concert tour
On November 11, Happy Holic Entertainment revealed that Yiruma will start ‘The Best‘ nationwide concert tour in Busan before moving on to Gwangju, Ulsan, Daejeon, and 10 other cities. This will be Yiruma’s first promotional activity since his legal dispute erupted back in 2009 against his former entertainment label, Stomp Music.

The concert will have a "10 year anniversary" theme and will showcase a different side to Yiruma’s music and personal life through the special performances he’s prepared for fans.

Yiruma commented, “I hope that my music doesn’t separate from your lives. Instead, I want it to be with you always, as if it’s the background music of your lives“.

Family and spouse
Yaruma married Son Hye-Im on May 27, 2007. Son Hye-Im's younger sister is the Korean actress Son Tae-young, who attended Yiruma’s concert with her husband, Kwon Sang-woo, while she was pregnant. Their daughter, Loanna, was born on Oct 7, 2007.

On his spiritual viewpoint, Yiruma has stated, “I’m a Christian, and I am not a New-age artist. Most people misunderstand me.” In his album H.I.S Monologue (2006), the artist composed a piece titled, “Lord...Hold my Hand”.

Studio albums

 * 2001 Love Scene


 * 2001 First Love


 * 2003 From The Yellow Room


 * 2004 Nocturnal Lights... They Scatter


 * 2005 Destiny of Love


 * 2005 Poemusic


 * 2006 H.I.S. Monologue


 * 2008 P.N.O.N.I


 * 2012 Stay In Memory


 * 2013 Blind Film

Live albums
Released on July 12, 2005, this album includes the recordings for many of his sold out concerts performed at HOAM Art Hall. This album contains Yiruma's performances during 2003-2004 tours, his sold out solo concerts, and charitable school concerts. Yiruma performed pieces from his albums:'Love Scene', 'First Love', 'From the Yellow Room', 'Oasis & Yiruma', and 'Doggy Poo OST'.
 * 2005 Yiruma: Live at HOAM Art Hall

Movie soundtracks
In his 3rd album released on June 20, 2002, Yiruma composes a soundtrack for the movie Oasis directed by Lee Chang-dong.
 * 2002 Oasis and Yiruma

Yiruma's second soundtrack for the Children's film Doggy Poo OST was released on December 17, 2002.

Compilations

 * 2004 Piano Museum
 * 2009 Missing You
 * 2010 Ribbonized (10th Anniversary 6-CD BoxSet)