Hyim

HYIM’s music is pop/rock world fusion with a twist of urban flavor – sounds like Coldplay, Sting, Peter Gabriel, Manu Chao, Dave Matthews – music influences include Bob Marley, Peter Gabriel, Chopin and Bob Dylan.

HYIM

Born in San Francisco and raised in Oakland, California, HYIM is an acclaimed singer, songwriter, producer, pianist, performer, poet and activist. He is the next generation’s music “fusionisto.” The San Francisco Chronicle called HYIM “a formidable talent… spellbinding.”  A California Music Awards nominee, HYIM is also recognized as a KFOG Local Scene Artist.  He began playing piano at age three and studied sitar in India, clave in Cuba and classical guitar in New Zealand.  He also studied Turkish rhythms, Persian poetry and the Torah and blends the rhythms of the world as chariots for his songs. HYIM provided the score for the short film, “Two Birds,” directed by Juan Jose Rivera and winner of the San Francisco Latino Film Festival jury award for Best Emerging Latino Filmmaker 2006. That same year, he held a Five-Day Fast and Chain Vigil for Peace and Education, calling into question the economic sense of investing in war as opposed to our children.  In 2007, HYIM performed in Poland for the historic Memory and Tolerance event, and upon his return, he and his band played on the world-famous Stern Grove Festival Stage in San Francisco.  In 2008, HYIM scored a film for the United Nations about the World Heritage Sites and performed at a large charity event for children in Cali, Colombia.  HYIM’s current album is “Sex In The Morning” – An international exploration of the sacred erotic.  HYIM is now working on a number of production projects, film scores, and his own own Ballads album due out fall 2011, as well as performing live solo and band shows.