2024 in Asian music

Events

2 January – 33rd Seoul Music Awards take place at Bangkok, hosted by Lee Seung-gi, Tiffany Young, BamBam and Youngjae. Winners include NCT Dream, NewJeans, SEVENTEEN and Kim Ho-joong.
6 January
* The 38th Golden Disc Awards take place at Jakarta, Indonesia
*Japanese girl groups Tonai Bousho and Mameshiba no Taigun merge to form Mameshiba no Taigun Tonai Bousho a.k.a. MonsterIdol.
10 January – The 13th Circle Chart Music Awards take place in Busan, South Korea.
24 January – Korean composer Unsuk Chin is announced as the recipient of the 2024 Ernst von Siemens Music Prize.
31 January – The Manila Symphony Orchestra gives its 98th Anniversary Concert.
unknown date – Japanese actress Hina Tachibana begins a solo singing career by releasing her version of "I'm Game!" as a single.
16 November – Lost In Harmony in Jakarta

Albums

The Hu – Live at Glastonbury
A. R. Rahman – Ayalaan, soundtrack to the film of the same name
Ryujin – Ryujin
Hikaru Utada – Science Fiction
@onefive – ''Classy Crush''

Musical films

Classical works

Xi Wang – ''YEAR 2020''

By country

Deaths

13 January – Prabha Atre, Indian classical vocalist, 91
18 January – Yogesh Vaidya, Nepalese singer, 77
25 January – Bhavatharini, Indian singer and composer, 47
7 February – Vaja Azarashvili, Georgian composer, 87
18 February
* Davlatmand Kholov, Tajik folk musician, 73
* Hasina Mumtaz, Bangladeshi singer, 78
23 February – Shinsadong Tiger, South Korean record producer, 40
26 February
* Bhakta Raj Acharya, Nepali singer and composer, 81
* Pankaj Udhas, Indian ghazal and playback singer, 72
5 March – Amnon Weinstein, Israeli luthier, 84
8 March – Ramya Wanigasekara, 73, Sri Lankan actress, singer, and radio broadcaster
20 March – Faramarz Aslani, Iranian singer, guitarist and music producer, 78
8 April – Melitha Sidabutar, Indonesian gospel singer, 23
11 April – Park Bo-ram, South Korean singer, 30
15 April – Reita, Japanese rock bassist, 42
16 April – K. G. Jayan, Indian Carnatic singer, musician, and music director, 89
1 May – Uma Ramanan, Indian playback singer, 72
5 May – Kelath Aravindakshan Marar, Indian percussionist, 82
11 June – Rajeev Taranath, Indian classical sarod player, 91
28 June – Kong Nay, Cambodian chapei dang veng player, 80
15 July – Hyun Cheol, South Korean singer, 82
21 July – Kim Min-ki, South Korean singer, composer, and musical playwright, 73
24 July – Shafin Ahmed, Bangladeshi singer-songwriter, 63
20 August
*Manju Mehta, Indian sitar player, 79
*Charin Nantanakorn, Thai singer, 91
11 September – Senaka Batagoda, Sri Lankan singer, 66
20 September – Srirangam Kannan, Indian musician and artist, 72
3 November – Dina Mariana, Indonesian singer, 59
5 November – Sharda Sinha, Indian folk and classical singer, 72
8 November – Musafir Ram Bhardwaj, 94, Indian paun mata player
15 November – Aashish Khan, Indian classical musician, 84
3 December – Huang Zhun, Chinese composer, 98
6 December – Miho Nakayama, Japanese singer and actress, 54
12 December – Papia Sarwar, Bangladeshi singer, 72
15 December – Zakir Hussain, Indian tabla player, 73
19 December – Darshanam Mogilaiah, Indian tribal musician and Kinnera player, 73