2010 in Asian music explained

See also: Timeline of musical events.

Events

• March 5–7 – The 6th Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival opens in Jakarta.^[1]
• March 22 – Daniel Barenboim is awarded the Otto Hahn Peace Medal for his work with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra.
• August 15 – "Jiyo Utho Bado Jeeto", written by musician A. R. Rahman, is approved as the official anthem of the 2010 Commonwealth Games.^[2]
• October 3 – At the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, musical performers include:^[3]
  • Drummers from Kerala, Manipur, Karnataka, Orissa, Punjab and Meghalaya, including 7-year-old tabla prodigy Keshav.
  • Hariharan
  • Dancers including Birju Maharaj, Rajkumar Singhajit Singh, Saroja Vaidyanathan, Sonal Mansingh and Bharati Shivaji

Albums

• Betzefer – Freedom to the Slave Makers (Israel)
• Ei Jibon Nohoi Xuna Bondhu (compilation album; India)
• Jasbir Jassi – Jassi – Back with a Bang (India)
• Kaela Kimura – 5 Years (Japan)
• Tarkan – Adımı Kalbine Yaz (Turkey)
• Haifa Wehbe – Baby Haifa (Lebanon)
• Younha – Hitotsu Sora no Shita (South Korea)

Classical

• Mehdi Hosseini
  • Taleshi Hava, for solo violin and bassoon
  • An Unfinished Draft, for flute, clarinet, piano, violin, violoncello and baritone
  • Pause, for flute, clarinet, piano, violin, violoncello and tubular bells

Opera

• The Child Dreams, by Gil Shohat^[4]
• Madame White Snake, with music by Zhou Long and libretto by Cerise Lim Jacobs^[5]

Deaths

• January 7 – Kamal Mahsud, Pakistani Pashto language folk singer (gas leak)^[6]
• January 11 – Georgy Garanian, Armenian-Russian saxophonist, bandleader, and composer, 75
• March – Farman Behboud, Iranian pianist and piano teacher, 63
• March 22 – Yanie, Malaysian singer
• April 22 – Fred Panopio, Filipino folk singer, 71
• June 12 – Fuat Mansurov, Russian conductor, 82
• July 15 – Luo Pinchao, Chinese opera singer, 98
  • • November 2 Rudolf Barshai, Russian violist and composer, 86
  • Kalim Sharafi, Bangladeshi singer, 85^[7]

See also

• 2010 in music
• 2010 in Japanese music
• 2010 in South Korean music
• List of 2010 albums

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival 5, 6, 7 2010 . . 2016-04-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160803095156/http://web.javajazzfestival.com/2010/ . 2016-08-03 . dead .
2. News: Madhur Tankha. Rahman sings the CWG theme song. 2018-05-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20100820025332/http://www.hindu.com/2010/08/17/stories/2010081755412200.htm. dead. 2010-08-20. Chennai, India. The Hindu. 2010-08-17.
3. News: A R Rahman's grand finale with 'Jeeyo, Utho'. Times of India. 3 October 2010. 3 October 2010.
4. News: Opera Today . Shohat's The Child Dreams — A mature work . February 2, 2010 . Wes . Blomster . July 22, 2011.
5. (18 April 2011). "Zhou Long's Madame White Snake Awarded 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Music", OperaNews.com.
6. http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=217657 Fans mourn singer Kamal Mahsud's death
7. News: Rabindra Sangeet exponent Kalim Sharafi dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121001070540/http://www.sify.com/news/rabindra-sangeet-exponent-kalim-sharafi-dead-news-international-klcoEnaiege.html . dead . 1 October 2012 . . 2 November 2010 . 7 February 2014.