2023 in Asian music

Classical works

• Ke-Chia Chen – Ebbs and Flows
• Amir ElSaffar – Dhikra
• Noriko Koide – Güiro Güiro
• Lei Liang – Silk and Bamboo Concerto
• Akira Nishimura – Triple Concerto (“Dream of Butterfly”)
• Tan Dun – Requiem for Nature

Musical films

• Almost Pyaar with DJ Mohabbat (India), with score and songs by Amit Trivedi and lyrics by Shellee.
• Ballerina (South Korea), with music by Gray
• Gekijо̄ban Idolish7 LIVE 4bit BEYOND THE PERiOD (Japan), concert film based on the Idolish7 series.
• Kahit Maputi Na Ang Buhok Ko (Philippines), biographical film about the life of Rey Valera.
• Maayakumari (India), with music by Bickram Ghosh
• Naam Katra Isai (Malaysia - Tamil), with original score by Boy Radge
• Priyotoma (Bangladesh), with soundtrack by Akassh, Prince Mahmud, and Sajid Sarker.
• Prohelika (Bangladesh), with music by Emon Saha and songs by Kishore Das and Asif Iqbal.
• Surga di Bawah Langit (Indonesia), with music by Elwin Hendrijanto

Deaths

• January 3 – Joseph Koo ("Moran"), 92, Hong Kong composer
• January 4 – Beeyar Prasad, 61, Indian Malayalam lyricist (complications of stroke)
• January 11 – Yukihiro Takahashi, 70, Japanese musician best known as a drummer and vocalist
• February 16 – Maon Kurosaki, 35, Japanese pop singer
• February 4 – Vani Jairam, 77, Indian playback singer
• February 14 – Tohru Okada, 73, musician and creator of the PlayStation sound effect
• February 23 – Junnosuke Kuroda, 34, Japanese rock musician
• March 1 – Neela Ramgopal, 87, Indian Carnatic vocalist and teacher
• April 4 – Rockstar Ramani Ammal, Indian playback singer, 69
• April 19 – Moonbin, South Korean singer, 25
• April 20 – Pamela Chopra, Indian playback singer, 75
• May 4 – Karaikudi Mani, Indian mridangam player, 77
• June 7 – Banani Ghosh, Indian Rabindra Sangeet singer, age unknown
• June 18 – Nasrollah Nasehpour, Iranian-Azerbaijani radif player, 82
• June 25 – Tapas Das (Bapida), Indian rock singer, songwriter and guitarist, 68
• July 3 – Sudakshina Sarma, Indian Assamese language singer and musician, 88
• July 4 – Robin Tamang, Nepalese singer and actor, 60
• July 5 – Coco Lee, Chinese-American singer and songwriter, 48
• July 11 – Yuzo Toyama, Japanese composer, 92
• July 15 – Chen Mao-shuen, Taiwanese composer, 87
• July 21 – Mahabhashyam Chittaranjan, Indian author, Telugu musician and composer, 84
• August 12 – Vilayil Faseela, Indian singer of Mappila songs, 63
• September 4 – Sherali JoÊ»rayev, Uzbek singer, songwriter, poet and actor, 76
• September 6 – Malini Rajurkar, Indian Hindustani classical singer, 82
• September 7 – Akira Nishimura, Japanese composer, 69 (cancer)
• September 13 – Manik Bhide, Indian Hindustani classical singer, 88
• September 17 – Lies Adji Rachman, Indonesian pop musician, 78
• October 6 – Nadira Begum, Bangladeshi folk singer, age unknown
• October 27 – Swarup Nayak, Indian music director, composer, and actor, 76
• October 29 – Heath (Hiroshi Morie), Japanese bass guitarist, singer and songwriter, 55
• November 1 – Leela Omchery, Indian classical singer and musicologist, 94
• November 15 – P. K. Narayanan Nambiar, Indian Mizhavu musician, 96
• November 28
• Queenzy Cheng, Malaysian actress and singer, 37 (brain aneurysm)
• , Chinese singer, 76
• November 30 – Subbalakshmi, Indian Carnatic musician, composer and actress, 87
• December 30 – Pandit Bhavani Shankar, Indian pakhawaj drum player

By country

• 2023 in Chinese music
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• 2023 in Philippine music
• 2023 in South Korean music

See also

• 2023 in music

References