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South Korean pianist and composer Yiruma releases his new album, The Rewritten Memories, celebrating the 20th anniversary of his debut recording. The album features new orchestral arrangements of some of Yiruma’s best-loved works including the globally popular ‘River Flows In You’, described as “the ‘Clair de Lune’ of the 21st century” by Classic FM, and ‘Kiss The Rain’, released as a single. The Rewritten Memories is Yiruma’s first orchestral studio album and features the composer on piano. “Composing for solo piano is tidy and simple,” explained Yiruma. “The orchestral version needed to be more dramatic with more textures and colours.” Creating new orchestral arrangements for The Rewritten Memories meant Yiruma could finally realise many of the sounds he had imagined when he first composed the solo piano works. “I had often thought when playing ‘River Flows In You’ that a flute melody would work well over the top – it was wonderful to explore this.” The Rewritten Memories features music from Yiruma’s 20-year career, from 2001’s "First Love" to his recent composition "Room With A View," a piece written before the pandemic, depicting the joy of staying indoors and quiet time alone, which provided an evocative soundtrack for 2020.