2016 in Asian music
Events
- March 29 - The ISCM World Music Days, 2016, festival opens in Tongyeong, South Korea.
- April 26 - The ABU Radio Song Festival 2016 takes place in Beijing, China, with fourteen countries participating.
- May 13 - The Borneo Jazz Festival opens in Miri, Sarawak.[1][2]
- June 22 - Pakistani singer Amjad Sabri appears on a morning TV show in Karachi. On his way home, his car is fired on by two motorcyclists, fatally injuring Sabri.[3][4] The killing was claimed by a splinter group of the Pakistani Taliban who accused Sabri of blasphemy.[5]
- September 10 - Ah Ruem Ahn of South Korea wins the 15th International Grieg Piano Competition.[6]
- September 10-11 - Ultra Singapore took place.[7]
- October 22 - The ABU TV Song Festival 2016 took place in Bali.[8]
- December - The Turkvision Song Contest took place in Istanbul, Turkey.
Albums
Classical
- Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol - Harabat / The Intoxicated'[13]
Opera
Deaths
- January 7 - Houshang Ostovar, 88, Iranian composer.[15]
- January 9 - Cielito del Mundo, 80, Filipino singer, actress and politician[16]
- January 27 - Georgy Firtich, 77, Russian composer and pianist[17]
- February 9 - Quan Minyu, 12, Chinese singer (DIPG)[18]
- February 18 - Abdul Rashid Khan, 107, Hindustani musician[19]
- March 6 - Kalabhavan Mani, 45, Indian actor and singer (liver cirrhosis and methyl alcohol poisoning)[20]
- March 17 - Trần Lập, 42, Vietnamese rock singer (colorectal cancer)[21]
- March 18 - Adnan Abu Hassan, 57, Malaysian composer (stroke, diabetes and kidney failure)[22]
- March 23 - Gegham Grigoryan, Armenian opera singer, 65[23]
- May 2 - Balwantrai Bhatt, 94, Indian composer and musician[24]
- May 5 - Isao Tomita, 84, Japanese synthesizer musician, composer and arranger (Snowflakes Are Dancing)[25]
- June 7 - Amber Gurung, 78, Nepalese composer, singer, and lyricist
- June 10 - Habib, 63, Iranian singer (heart attack)[26]
- June 22 - Amjad Sabri, 45, Pakistani qawwali singer (shot)[27]
- July 7 - Om Prakash Sonik, 77, Indian composer[28]
- July 30 - Mike Mohede, 33, Indonesian singer[29]
- November 3 - W. D. Amaradeva, 88, Sri Lankan violinist, singer and composer[30]
See also
- 2016 in music
- 2016 in Indian music
- 2016 in Japanese music
- List of K-pop releases in 2016
References
- "Borneo Jazz Festival 2015". Sarawak Tourism Board. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- "Borneo Jazz Programme 2015". Sarawak Tourism Board. Archived from the original on 15 February 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- Khan, Faraz (3 May 2015). "Amjad Sabri shot dead in Karachi – The Express Tribune". Tribune.com.pk. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
- "Renowned Pakistani singer Qawwal Amjad Sabri shot dead in Karachi". Firstpost. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
- "They killed him – The Express Tribune". 22 June 2016. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
- Erica Worth (13 September 2017). "Review: The 15th International Edvard Grieg Piano Competition". The Pianist. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- hermesauto (2016-06-21). "Big names such as Norway's Kygo for inaugural Ultra Singapore dance music festival". Retrieved 2016-07-07.
- Granger, Anthony (24 March 2016). "Indonesia ABU TV Song Festival 2016 to be held October 22 in Bali". eurovoix-world.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- Mohsen Chavoshi - 'Amire Bi Gazand'
- Yuki Sugioka (2016). "ももいろクローバーZ「白金の夜明け」". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2016-02-29. Retrieved 2016-02-23.
- Benjamin, Jeff (January 31, 2014). "GOT7's DISCOGRAPHY". got7japan. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
- Nadheem, Ahmed (26 June 2016). "Shalabee's first release is an album of hymns; moving away from songs?" (in Divehi). Avas. Archived from the original on 2 July 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- "American Composers Orchestra programme, 1 April 2016, Carnegie Hall". Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- "Prototype Festival programme". Archived from the original on 2016-06-14. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- Perzische componist Houshang Ostovar is overleden (in Dutch)
- Mahal passes away at 80
- Умер известный композитор Георгий Фиртич (in Russian)
- Cancer-striken Chinese 'Little Psy' dies at 12
- Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan’s Tragic Demise
- Malayalam actor Kalabhavan Mani passes away
- Vietnam’s renowned rocker Tran Lap dies of cancer at 42
- Adnan Abu Hassan Dies At 57
- Renowned Armenian Opera singer, choreographer Gegham Grigoryan passes away
- Bhavrang: A Pastoral Poet
- Princess Knight, Kimba the White Lion Composer Isao Tomita Passes Away
- حبیب محبیان درگذشت (in Persian)
- Pakistan Sufi singer Amjad Sabri shot dead in Karachi
- Bollywood composer Omi of Sonik-Omi fame passes away
- Penyanyi Mike Mohede Meninggal Dunia (in Indonesian)
- Veteran musician Dr. Pandith W.D. Amaradewa dies at 88
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