2019 in Asian music

Events

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

Albums

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

Classical

• Akira Nishimura – Azure Dragon (for string quartet)

Opera

• Aftab Darvishi and Miranda Lakerveld – Turan Dokht
• Keith Lai – Wenguang Explores the Valley
• Akira Nishimura – Asters

Film and TV scores

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

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)
• Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga (India - Hindi)
• Fall in Love at First Kiss (Taiwan)
• Gully Boy (India - Hindi)
• I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (China)
• 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)
• January 17 – S. Balakrishnan, 70, Indian film score composer and music director
• January 22 – Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul, 63, Bangladeshi lyricist, composer and music director
• 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
• April 20
• Amar Pal, 96, folk singer
• Wu Yili, 89, Chinese-Singaporean classical pianist
• May 12 – Hiralal Yadav, 93, Indian folk singer.
• July 19 – Yao Lee, 96, Chinese popular singer
• August 1 – , 51, Indonesian actor and singer.
• August 19 – Mohammed Zahur Khayyam, 92, Indian music director and composer (Kabhie Kabhie, Umrao Jaan, Dil-e-Nadaan), lung infection.
• September 12 – Ida Laila, 76, Indonesian singer
• November 8 – Ramakant Gundecha, Indian Dhrupad performer
• November 18 – Norodom Buppha Devi, 76, Cambodian royal and prima ballerina, Minister of Culture and Fine Arts (1998–2004). was a Cambodian princess, dancer and director of the Royal Ballet of Cambodia.
• November 24
• Goo Hara, 28, South Korean singer (suicide)
• Mobarak Hossain Khan, 81, Bangladeshi musicologist, musician, and writer
• November 27 – He Sukun, 25, Chinese singer (suicide)
• December 1 – Michael Lai, 73, Chinese composer and actor
• December 26 – Nguyễn Văn Tý, 94, Vietnamese composer

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