2018 in Asian music

Events

January 2 – Police in India arrest singer and instrumentalist Ghazal Srinivas following claims of sexual harassment by an employee of his radio station.^[1]
January 4 – It is reported that British singer Jessie J will be among the competitors in the new season of Chinese talent show The Singer 2018, to be broadcast on Hunan TV.^[2]
January 16 – Chinese fans and musicians pay tribute to Dolores O'Riordan, lead singer of The Cranberries, who performed in China in 2011.^[3]
January 21 – The Voice of Mongolia talent contest is launched on Mongol TV, and is eventually won by Enguun.^[4]
March 2 – The 14th Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival opens in Jakarta, Indonesia, lasting until 4 March.^[5]
March 25 – Sinta Wullur's Tagore's Fireflies is premièred at Symphony Hall, Birmingham, during the Debussy Festival.^[6]
April – Indonesian actress and singer Maudy Ayunda releases a volume of autobiography in English, titled Dear Tomorrow.^[7]
August – Armand Maulana, Anggun and Titi DJ are announced as judges for Season 3 of The Voice Indonesia, along with singers Vidi Aldiano and id:Anindyo Baskoro as joint coaches.

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January 3 – Medeniyet Shahberdiyeva, Turkmen opera singer and music educator, 87^[23]
January 15 – Sujud Sutrisno, 64, Indonesian street drummer and singer, 64^[24]
January 16 – Shammi Akhtar, Bangladeshi playback singer, 60 (breast cancer)^[25]
January 22 – Ceylon Manohar, Indian actor and playback singer, 73^[26]
January 25 – Sabar Koti, Indian singer, 58^[27]
January 31 – Hwang Byungki, South Korean gayageum player, 81^[28]
February 5 – Jockie Soerjoprajogo, 63, Indonesian musician and songwriter^[29]
March 1 – Arabinda Muduli, 56, Indian musician and singer^[30]
May 2 – Vadim Mulerman, 79, Soviet singer^[31]
May 4 – Abi Ofarim, 80, Israeli singer and dancer^[32]
May 6
- Arun Date, 84, Indian singer^[33]
- Gurukrushna Goswami, 84, Indian lyricist^[34]
May 16 – Hideki Saijo, 63, Japanese singer (heart failure)^[35]
July 30 – Khayyam Mirzazade, 82, Azerbaijani composer and academic^[36]
August 1 – Umbayee, 66, Indian ghazal singer (cancer)^[37]
August 5 – Ellen Joyce Loo, 32, Canadian-born Hong Kong singer (fall)^[38]
September 19 – Buren Bayaer, 58, Chinese singer and journalist (heart attack)^[39]
October 2 – Balabhaskar, 40, Indian violinist, composer and record producer (cardiac arrest)^[40]
October 9 – Nitin Bali, 47, Indian singer (traffic collision)^[41]
October 13 – Annapurna Devi, 91, Indian classical musician^[42]
October 14
- Aziza Niyozmetova, 46, Uzbekistani singer^[43]
- Saleem [ms], 57, Malaysian singer (traffic collision)^[44]
October 16 – Du Yuwei, 19, Chinese singer (suicide)^[45]
October 18 – Ayub Bachchu, 56, Bangladeshi singer-songwriter^[46]
October 30
- Rico J. Puno, 65, Filipino pop singer (heart failure)^[47]
- Yashwant Dev, 91, Indian poet and composer^[48]
November 14 – Masahiro Sayama, 64, Japanese pianist.^[49]
November 22 – Imrat Khan, 83, Indian sitar player^[50]
November 27 – Mohammed Aziz, 64, Indian playback singer (heart attack)^[51]
December 22 – Indonesian musicians killed in the Sunda Strait tsunami:
- Windu Andi Darmawan, drummer (Seventeen).^[52]
- Muhammad Awal Purbani, bassist (Seventeen).^[53]
- Herman Sikumbang, 36, guitarist (Seventeen).^[54]

2018 in Asian music

Events

Albums

Classical

Opera

Musical films

Deaths

By country

See also

References

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