2022 in Asian music
Events
- January 12 â Indonesian singer Ardhito Pramono is arrested for possession of marijuana.
- January 23 â The 31st Seoul Music Awards are held in South Korea, hosted by Kim Sung-joo, Boom, and Kim Seol-hyun. Winners include NCT 127, Lim Young-woong and BTS.
- February 18 â Modhaus announce the launch of the world's first "fan-participating girl group", TripleS.
- February â Punjabi hip hop singer Sidhu Moose Wala faces a court case for contravening the election code of conduct while a candidate for the Indian National Congress.
- April 11 â Sidhu Moose Wala's latest single insults some of the voters responsible for his failure in the 2022 Punjab state assembly elections.
- May 19 â The family of Balwinder Safri, Indian banghra singer from Birmingham, ask New Cross Hospital not to switch off his dialysis machine while he is in a coma after suffering brain damage during an operation.
- July 19 â Balwinder Safri is reported to have made a "miracle recovery" after several months in a coma.
- July 28 â During a concert by Cantopop dance group Mirror in the Hong Kong Coliseum, an overhead screen falls onto the stage, injuring two on stage.
- September 1 â The English-language film Tár is released, featuring a performance by the Siam Sinfonietta (portraying a Filipino orchestra).
- October 14 â Asia Song Festival is held at Yeouido Park in Seoul and features performers from South Korea, Japan, Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand and Kazakhstan.
- December 10âÂÂ11 â The UNIK Asia Festival was held in Central Harbourfront Event Space.
Albums
Classical
- Unsuk Chin (South Korea) â Scherben der Stille (Shards of Silence), for violin and orchestra
- Huang Ruo (China) â A Dust in Time (first recording)
- Toshio Hosokawa (Japan) â Yukio MishimaâÂÂs Hanjo
Film, TV and video game scores
Musical films
Deaths
- January 2 – , 54, Indonesian singer, actress and TV presenter.
- January 8 – Sornphet Sornsuphan, 73, Thai luk thung singer.
- January 9 – Desmond de Silva, 78, Sri Lankan singer
- January 17 – Neela Wickramasinghe, 71, Sri Lankan singer and composer
- February 1 – Hiroshima, Japanese drummer (G.I.S.M.) (death announced on this date)
- February 6 – Lata Mangeshkar, 92, Indian playback singer
- February 16
- Dorce Gamalama, 58, Indonesian singer and television presenter (COVID-19)
- Bappi Lahiri, 69, Indian singer, composer and record producer (complications from obstructive sleep apnea)
- February 22
- Muvaffak "Maffy" Falay, 92, Turkish trumpeter
- Jayananda Lama, 65, Nepalese folk singer and actor
- March 13 – Li Guangxi, 92, Chinese operatic tenor
- March 22 – Eva Castillo, 52, Filipina singer
- March 25 – Keith Martin, 55, Filipino singer
- March 30 – Jun Lopito, 64, Filipino guitarist
- April 6 – Wen Hsia, 93, Taiwanese singer and actor
- April 8 – Nagai Sriram, 41, Indian Carnatic violinist
- April 15 – Koji, 49, Japanese guitarist of La'cryma Christi (esophageal cancer)
- April 17 – Prafulla Kar, 83, Indian Oriya singer, songwriter and musician
- May 10 – Shivkumar Sharma, 84, Indian composer and santoor player
- May 29
- , 99, Chinese opera performer.
- Sidhu Moose Wala, 28, Indian Punjabi singer, actor and politician (shot)
- May 31 – KK, 53, Indian playback singer (heart attack)
- June 8 – Song Hae, 95, South Korean television host and singer
- June 18 – Adibah Noor, 51, Malaysian singer and actress (ovarian cancer)
- June 23 – Yuri Shatunov, 48, Russian singer (heart attack)
- July 3 – Miu Chu, 40, Taiwanese singer (breast cancer)
- July 8 – Alam Khan, 78, Bangladeshi composer (lung cancer)
- July 13 – Rubina Qureshi, 81, Pakistani Sindhi classical singer
- July 18 – Bhupinder Singh, 82, Indian ghazal singer
- July 26 – Balwinder Safri, 63, Indian folk singer
- July 31 – Nirmala Mishra, 83, Tollywood playback singer
- August 11
- Mohamed Huzam, 52, Maldivian playback singer
- Shimoga Subbanna, 83, Indian Kannada playback singer
- August 12 – Ebrahim Qanbari-Mehr, 93, Iranian musical instrument maker
- August 20 – Nayyara Noor, 71, Pakistani playback singer
- August 27 – Georges Al Rassi, 42, Lebanese actor, singer and songwriter (car accident)
- August 29 – John P. Varkey, 52, Indian guitarist, songwriter and composer
- September 10 – Choichi Terukina, 90, Japanese Ryukyuan musician and sanshin player
- October 7 – Toshi Ichiyanagi, 89, Japanese pianist and composer
- December 9
- Jovit Baldivino, 29, Filipino singer and actor (intracranial aneurysm)
- Qamar Gula, 70, Afghan Pashto language singer
- December 10 – Sulochana Chavan, 89, Indian Marathi singer
- December 10 – Nihal Nelson, 76, Sri Lankan vocalist, songwriter and composer
By country
See also
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