It was raining heavily in Seoul. It was May 2002 and I had just arrived in Itaewon. The spring season normally brought on a lot of rainfall. I expected it but there was nothing much I could do except to "glue" myself to the TV inside my hotel room.
I was watching a talkshow in ArirangTV channel and the guest for that show was Yiruma. The name Yiruma (이루마) sounds very much Japanese but no, he is a Korean. I had no idea who Yiruma was but was interested enough to know what he was good at. From the show, I kinda of knew that he was a new age pianist and he was Korea's answer to Richard Clayderman and Yukie Nishimura.
After the rain stopped, I took the subway to COEX Mall and bought my first Korean CD - "First Love" by Yiruma.
I was watching a talkshow in ArirangTV channel and the guest for that show was Yiruma. The name Yiruma (이루마) sounds very much Japanese but no, he is a Korean. I had no idea who Yiruma was but was interested enough to know what he was good at. From the show, I kinda of knew that he was a new age pianist and he was Korea's answer to Richard Clayderman and Yukie Nishimura.
After the rain stopped, I took the subway to COEX Mall and bought my first Korean CD - "First Love" by Yiruma.
Yes, his name sounds very Japanese, but it's pure Korean. It comes from the verb '~이루다'.
ReplyDeleteHis two sisters's names are 이루리 and 이루다.
Interesting, isn't it? ^^
Song 씨, thanks for this interesting piece of information. So I guess 이루마 means to accomplish every time, 아루리 means probably will accomplish and 아루다 means accomplishes.
ReplyDeleteI think all parents alike will always want their children to do well in life and the names they give their children do directly reflect their hope for them.