2019 in Asian music

Events

January 16 – Brian Velasco, born 1977), Filipino drummer
January 17 – S. Balakrishnan, 70, Indian film score composer and music director
January 22 – Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul, 63, Bangladeshi lyricist, composer and music director
January 27 – Pepe Smith, 71, Filipino rock singer and guitarist
March 23 – Shahnaz Rahmatullah, 66, Bangladeshi playback singer
April 20
*Amar Pal, 96, folk singer
*Wu Yili, 89, Chinese-Singaporean classical pianist
May 12 – Hiralal Yadav, 93, Indian folk singer.
July 19 – Yao Lee, 96, Chinese popular singer
August 1 –, 51, Indonesian actor and singer.
August 19 – Mohammed Zahur Khayyam, 92, Indian music director and composer, lung infection.
September 12 – Ida Laila, 76, Indonesian singer
November 8 – Ramakant Gundecha, Indian Dhrupad performer
November 18 – Norodom Buppha Devi, 76, Cambodian royal and prima ballerina, Minister of Culture and Fine Arts. was a Cambodian princess, dancer and director of the Royal Ballet of Cambodia.
November 24
*Goo Hara, 28, South Korean singer
*Mobarak Hossain Khan, 81, Bangladeshi musicologist, musician, and writer
November 27 – He Sukun, 25, Chinese singer
December 1 – Michael Lai, 73, Chinese composer and actor
December 26 – Nguyễn Văn Tý, 94, Vietnamese composer