2010 in Asian music
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Events
- March 5–7 – The 6th Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival opens in Jakarta.{{cite web | url=http://web.javajazzfestival.com/2010 | title=Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival 5, 6, 7 2010 | publisher=Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival | accessdate=2016-04-24 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803095156/http://web.javajazzfestival.com/2010/ | archive-date=2016-08-03 | url-status=dead }}
- 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.{{cite news|author= Madhur Tankha|title=Rahman sings the CWG theme song|accessdate=2018-05-24|url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/08/17/stories/2010081755412200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100820025332/http://www.hindu.com/2010/08/17/stories/2010081755412200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2010-08-20|location=Chennai, India|work= The Hindu|date=2010-08-17}}
- October 3 – At the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, musical performers include:{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/A-R-Rahmans-grand-finale-with-Jeeyo-Utho/articleshow/6679650.cms|title=A R Rahman's grand finale with 'Jeeyo, Utho'|publisher=Times of India|accessdate=3 October 2010|date=3 October 2010}}
- 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{{Cite news |work=Opera Today |url=http://www.operatoday.com/content/2010/02/shotats_childs_.php |date=February 2, 2010 |title=Shohat's The Child Dreams — A mature work |first=Wes |last=Blomster |accessdate=July 22, 2011}}
- Madame White Snake, with music by Zhou Long and libretto by Cerise Lim Jacobs(18 April 2011). "[http://www.operanews.com/operanews/templates/content.aspx?id=19626 Zhou Long's Madame White Snake Awarded 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Music]", OperaNews.com.
Deaths
- January 7 – Kamal Mahsud, Pakistani Pashto language folk singer (gas leak)[http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=217657 Fans mourn singer Kamal Mahsud's death]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- 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{{cite news|url=http://www.sify.com/news/rabindra-sangeet-exponent-kalim-sharafi-dead-news-international-klcoEnaiege.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001070540/http://www.sify.com/news/rabindra-sangeet-exponent-kalim-sharafi-dead-news-international-klcoEnaiege.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 October 2012 |title=Rabindra Sangeet exponent Kalim Sharafi dead |website=Sify |date=2 November 2010 |accessdate=7 February 2014}}