2019 in Asian music

See also: Timeline of musical events

Events

• January – Shankar Mahadevan is awarded the Padma Shri by the Indian government for his contributions to Film Music. ^[1]
• March 1 – Opening of the 15th Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival ^[2]
• March 18 – Opening night of "Sadhu for the Music", a unity concert arranged by Imee Ooi. ^[3]
• April 30 – Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra announces that Osmo Vänskä will be its next musical director, as from January 2020. ^[4]
• June 13 – The Chinese Opera Festival opens at the Xiqu Centre in Kowloon. ^[5]

Albums

• IV of Spades – ClapClapClap! (January 18) ^[6]
• Arinjoy Trio – Arinjoy Trio (March) ^[7]
• Babymetal – Metal Galaxy (October 8)
• Band-Maid – Conqueror (December 11)
• Soumik Datta – King of Ghosts ^[8]
• December Avenue – Langit Mong Bughaw (December 20) ^[9]
• The Hu – The Gereg (September 13) ^[10]
• iKon – The New Kids (January 7) ^[11]
• Isyana Sarasvati – Lexicon (November 29) ^[12]
• Monsta X – Take.2 We Are Here (February 18) ^[13]
• Parekh & Singh – Science City (May 12) ^[14]
• Astha Raut – Aadhar 2 (November 28) ^[15]

Classical

• Akira Nishimura – Azure Dragon (for string quartet)

Opera

• Aftab Darvishi and Miranda Lakerveld – Turan Dokht ^[16]
• Keith Lai – Wenguang Explores the Valley ^[17]
• Akira Nishimura – Asters ^[18]

Film and TV scores

• 4 Musics, Nadirshah, Dhanush and Madhu Vasudevan – Brother's Day ^[19]
• Yuki Hayashi – Star Twinkle PreCure
• Ilaiyaraaja – Tamilarasan ^[20]
• M. Jayachandran – Mamangam ^[21]

Musical films

• A Mero Hajur 3 (Nepal)
• Ajab Sanju Ra Gajab Love (India - Odia)
• Chaal Jeevi Laiye! (India - Gujarati)
• Cheer Boys!! (Japan)
• Chitralahari (India - Telugu)
• Dearest Anita (Hong Kong) ^[22]
• Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga (India - Hindi)
• Fall in Love at First Kiss (Taiwan)
• Gully Boy (India - Hindi) ^[23]
• I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (China) ^[24]
• Laal Kabootar (Pakistan)
• Love Live! Sunshine!! (Japan)
• Neeyum Njanum (India - Malayalam)
• Oru Adaar Love (India - Malayalam)

Deaths

• January 16 – Brian Velasco, born 1977), Filipino drummer (Razorback) ^[25]
• January 17 – S. Balakrishnan, 70, Indian film score composer and music director ^[26]
• January 22 – Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul, 63, Bangladeshi lyricist, composer and music director ^[27]
• January 27 – Pepe Smith, 71, Filipino rock singer and guitarist (Juan de la Cruz Band, Speed, Glue & Shinki, Asin)
• March 23 – Shahnaz Rahmatullah, 66, Bangladeshi playback singer ^[28]
• April 20
  • Amar Pal, 96, folk singer ^[29]
  • Wu Yili, 89, Chinese-Singaporean classical pianist ^[30]
• May 12 – Hiralal Yadav, 93, Indian folk singer. ^[31]
• July 19 – Yao Lee, 96, Chinese popular singer ^[32]
• August 1 – Agung Hercules  [ id ], 51, Indonesian actor and singer. ^[33]
• August 19 – Mohammed Zahur Khayyam, 92, Indian music director and composer ( Kabhie Kabhie , Umrao Jaan , Dil-e-Nadaan ), lung infection. ^[34]
• September 12 – Ida Laila, 76, Indonesian singer ^[35]
• November 8 – Ramakant Gundecha, Indian Dhrupad performer ^[36]
• November 18 – Norodom Buppha Devi, 76, Cambodian royal and prima ballerina, Minister of Culture and Fine Arts (1998–2004). ^[37] was a Cambodian princess, dancer and director of the Royal Ballet of Cambodia.
• November 24
  • Goo Hara, 28, South Korean singer (suicide) ^[38]
  • Mobarak Hossain Khan, 81, Bangladeshi musicologist, musician, and writer ^[39]
• November 27 – He Sukun, 25, Chinese singer (suicide) ^[40]
• December 1 – Michael Lai, 73, Chinese composer and actor ^[41]
• December 26 – Nguyễn Văn Tý, 94, Vietnamese composer ^[42]

By country

• 2019 in Chinese music
• 2019 in Japanese music
• 2019 in Philippine music
• 2019 in South Korean music

See also

• 2019 in music

References

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34. Music composer Khayyam passes away at 92
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41. Michael Lai, giant of film and TV music in Hong Kong, dies at 73
42. Nhạc sĩ Nguyễn Văn Tý sống cô độc để làm nên những sáng tác để đời (in Vietnamese)