2024 in Asian music

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Events

• 2 January – 33rd Seoul Music Awards take place at Bangkok, hosted by Lee Seung-gi, Tiffany Young, BamBam and Youngjae. ^[1] Winners include NCT Dream, NewJeans, SEVENTEEN and Kim Ho-joong. ^[2]
• 6 January
  • The 38th Golden Disc Awards take place at Jakarta, Indonesia ^[3]
  • Japanese girl groups Tonai Bousho and Mameshiba no Taigun merge to form Mameshiba no Taigun Tonai Bousho a.k.a. MonsterIdol. ^[4]
• 10 January – The 13th Circle Chart Music Awards take place in Busan, South Korea. ^[5]
• 24 January – Korean composer Unsuk Chin is announced as the recipient of the 2024 Ernst von Siemens Music Prize. ^[6]
• 31 January – The Manila Symphony Orchestra gives its 98th Anniversary Concert. ^[7]
• unknown date – Japanese actress Hina Tachibana begins a solo singing career by releasing her version of "I'm Game!" (the closing theme Gods' Games We Play ) as a single. ^[8]

Albums

• The Hu – Live at Glastonbury ^[9]
• A. R. Rahman – Ayalaan , soundtrack to the film of the same name (January 10) ^[10]
• Ryujin – Ryujin (January 12) ^[11]
• Hikaru Utada – Science Fiction (April 10) ^[12]
• @onefive – Classy Crush (April 17) ^[13]

Musical films

• Doraemon: Nobita's Earth Symphony (Japan) ^[14]
• Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya (India - Hindi) ^[15]
• Unarvugal Thodarkadhai (India - Tamil) ^[16]

Classical works

• Xi Wang – YEAR 2020 (double concerto for violin, trumpet, and orchestra) ^[17]

By country

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Deaths

• 13 January – Prabha Atre, Indian classical vocalist, 91 ^[18]
• 18 January – Yogesh Vaidya, Nepalese singer, 77 ^[19]
• 25 January – Bhavatharini, Indian singer and composer, 47 (liver cancer) ^[20]
• 7 February – Vaja Azarashvili, Georgian composer, 87 ^[21]
• 18 February
  • Davlatmand Kholov, Tajik folk musician, 73 (cancer) ^{[22] [23]}
  • Hasina Mumtaz, Bangladeshi singer, 78 ^[24]
• 23 February – Shinsadong Tiger, South Korean record producer, 40 ^[25]
• 26 February
  • Bhakta Raj Acharya, Nepali singer and composer, 81 ^[26]
  • Pankaj Udhas, Indian ghazal and playback singer, 72 ^[27]
• 5 March – Amnon Weinstein, Israeli luthier, 84 ^[28]
• 8 March – Ramya Wanigasekara, 73, Sri Lankan actress, singer, and radio broadcaster ^[29]
• 20 March – Faramarz Aslani, Iranian singer, guitarist and music producer, 78 ^[30]
• 8 April – Melitha Sidabutar, Indonesian gospel singer, 23 (heart failure) ^[31]
• 11 April – Park Bo-ram, South Korean singer, 30 (cardiac arrest) ^[32]
• 15 April – Reita, Japanese rock bassist, 42 ^[33]
• 16 April – K. G. Jayan, Indian Carnatic singer, musician, and music director, 89 ^{[34] [35]}
• 1 May – Uma Ramanan, Indian playback singer, 72 ^[36]
• 5 May – Kelath Aravindakshan Marar, Indian percussionist, 82 ^[37]
• 11 June – Rajeev Taranath, Indian classical sarod player, 91 ^[38]
• 28 June – Kong Nay, Cambodian chapei dang veng player, 80 ^[39]
• 15 July – Hyun Cheol, South Korean singer, 82 ^{[40] [ unreliable source? ]}
• 21 July – Kim Min-ki, South Korean singer, composer, and musical playwright, 73 (cancer) ^{[41] [42]}
• 24 July – Shafin Ahmed, Bangladeshi singer-songwriter, 63 (heart and kidney failure) ^[43]
• 20 August
  • Manju Mehta, Indian sitar player, 79 ^[44]
  • Charin Nantanakorn, Thai singer, 91 ^[45] >
• 11 September – Senaka Batagoda, Sri Lankan singer, 66 ^[46]
• 20 September – Srirangam Kannan, Indian musician and artist, 72 ^[47]
• 3 November – Dina Mariana, Indonesian singer, 59 ^[48]
• 5 November – Sharda Sinha, Indian folk and classical singer, 72 ^[49]
• 8 November – Musafir Ram Bhardwaj, 94, Indian paun mata player ^[50]
• 15 November – Aashish Khan, Indian classical musician, 84 ^[51]
• 3 December – Huang Zhun, Chinese composer, 98 ^[52]
• 6 December – Miho Nakayama, Japanese singer and actress, 54 ^[53]
• 12 December – Papia Sarwar, Bangladeshi singer, 72 ^[54]
• 15 December – Zakir Hussain, Indian tabla player (Shakti), 73 ^[55]
• 19 December – Darshanam Mogilaiah, Indian tribal musician and Kinnera player, 73 ^[56]

See also

• 2024 in music

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