2016 in Asian music

See also: Timeline of musical events

Events

• March 29 – The ISCM World Music Days, 2016, festival opens in Tongyeong, South Korea.
• April 26 – The ABU Radio Song Festival 2016 takes place in Beijing, China, with fourteen countries participating.
• May 13 – The Borneo Jazz Festival opens in Miri, Sarawak. ^{[1] [2]}
• June 22 – Pakistani singer Amjad Sabri appears on a morning TV show in Karachi. On his way home, his car is fired on by two motorcyclists, fatally injuring Sabri. ^{[3] [4]} The killing was claimed by a splinter group of the Pakistani Taliban who accused Sabri of blasphemy. ^[5]
• September 10 – Ah Ruem Ahn of South Korea wins the 15th International Grieg Piano Competition. ^[6]
• September 10–11 – Ultra Singapore took place. ^[7]
• October 22 – The ABU TV Song Festival 2016 took place in Bali. ^[8]
• December – The Turkvision Song Contest took place in Istanbul, Turkey.

Albums

• Babymetal – Metal Resistance
• Band-Maid – Brand New Maid
• Mohsen Chavoshi – Amire Bi Gazand ^[9]
• Momoiro Clover Z – Hakkin no Yoake ^[10]
• Exo – Ex'Act
• GOT7 – Moriagatteyo ^[11]
• Ayumi Hamasaki – Made in Japan
• Shalabee Ibrahim – Hidhaaee Noor ^[12]
• Imran Mahmudul – Adhek Tumi (with Bappa Mazumder) ^[13]
• Nogizaka46 – Sorezore no Isu
• Junko Onishi – Tea Times

Classical

• Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol – Harabat / The Intoxicated' ^[14]

Opera

• Du Yun and Royce Vavrek – Angel's Bone ^[15]

Deaths

• January 7 – Houshang Ostovar, 88, Iranian composer ^[16]
• January 9 – Cielito del Mundo, 80, Filipino singer, actress and politician ^[17]
• January 27 – Georgy Firtich, 77, Russian composer and pianist ^[18]
• February 9 – Quan Minyu, 12, Chinese singer (DIPG) ^[19]
• February 18 – Abdul Rashid Khan, 107, Hindustani musician ^[20]
• March 6 – Kalabhavan Mani, 45, Indian actor and singer (liver cirrhosis and methyl alcohol poisoning) ^[21]
• March 17 – Trần Lập, 42, Vietnamese rock singer (colorectal cancer) ^[22]
• March 18 – Adnan Abu Hassan, 57, Malaysian composer (stroke, diabetes and kidney failure) ^[23]
• March 23 – Gegham Grigoryan, Armenian opera singer, 65 ^[24]
• May 2 – Balwantrai Bhatt, 94, Indian composer and musician ^[25]
• May 5 – Isao Tomita, 84, Japanese synthesizer musician, composer and arranger ( Snowflakes Are Dancing ) ^[26]
• June 7 – Amber Gurung, 78, Nepalese composer, singer, and lyricist
• June 10 – Habib, 63, Iranian singer (heart attack) ^[27]
• June 22 – Amjad Sabri, 45, Pakistani qawwali singer (shot) ^[28]
• July 7 – Om Prakash Sonik, 77, Indian composer ^[29]
• July 30 – Mike Mohede, 33, Indonesian singer ^[30]
• November 3 – W. D. Amaradeva, 88, Sri Lankan violinist, singer and composer ^[31]

See also

• 2016 in music
• 2016 in Indian music
• 2016 in Japanese music
• List of K-pop releases in 2016

References

1. "Borneo Jazz Festival 2015". Sarawak Tourism Board. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
2. "Borneo Jazz Programme 2015". Sarawak Tourism Board. Archived from the original on 15 February 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
3. Khan, Faraz (3 May 2015). "Amjad Sabri shot dead in Karachi – The Express Tribune". Tribune.com.pk. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
4. "Renowned Pakistani singer Qawwal Amjad Sabri shot dead in Karachi". Firstpost. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
5. "They killed him – The Express Tribune". 22 June 2016. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
6. Erica Worth (13 September 2017). "Review: The 15th International Edvard Grieg Piano Competition". The Pianist. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
7. Raguraman, Anjali (2016-06-21). "Big names such as Norway's Kygo for inaugural Ultra Singapore dance music festival". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2016-07-07.
8. Granger, Anthony (24 March 2016). "Indonesia ABU TV Song Festival 2016 to be held October 22 in Bali". eurovoix-world.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
9. Mohsen Chavoshi - 'Amire Bi Gazand'
10. Yuki Sugioka (2016). "ももいろクローバーZ「白金の夜明け」". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2016-02-29. Retrieved 2016-02-23.
11. Benjamin, Jeff (January 31, 2014). "GOT7's DISCOGRAPHY". got7japan. Archived from the original on January 19, 2016. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
12. Nadheem, Ahmed (26 June 2016). "Shalabee's first release is an album of hymns; moving away from songs?" (in Divehi). Avas. Archived from the original on 2 July 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
13. "Adhek Tumi". player.gpmusic.co. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
14. "American Composers Orchestra programme, 1 April 2016, Carnegie Hall". Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
15. "Prototype Festival programme". Archived from the original on 2016-06-14. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
16. Perzische componist Houshang Ostovar is overleden (in Dutch)
17. Mahal passes away at 80
18. Умер известный композитор Георгий Фиртич (in Russian)
19. Cancer-striken Chinese 'Little Psy' dies at 12
20. Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan’s Tragic Demise
21. Malayalam actor Kalabhavan Mani passes away
22. Vietnam’s renowned rocker Tran Lap dies of cancer at 42
23. Adnan Abu Hassan Dies At 57 ^{[ usurped ]}
24. Renowned Armenian Opera singer, choreographer Gegham Grigoryan passes away
25. Bhavrang: A Pastoral Poet
26. Princess Knight, Kimba the White Lion Composer Isao Tomita Passes Away
27. حبیب محبیان درگذشت (in Persian)
28. Pakistan Sufi singer Amjad Sabri shot dead in Karachi
29. Bollywood composer Omi of Sonik-Omi fame passes away
30. Penyanyi Mike Mohede Meninggal Dunia (in Indonesian)
31. "Veteran musician Dr. Pandith W.D. Amaradewa dies at 88". Archived from the original on 2016-11-16. Retrieved 2016-11-15.