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Events
- March 29 – The ISCM World Music Days, 2016, festival opens in Tongyeong, South Korea.
- April 26 – The ABU Radio Song Festival 2016 takes place in Beijing, China, with fourteen countries participating.
- May 13 – The Borneo Jazz Festival opens in Miri, Sarawak.[1][2]
- June 22 – Pakistani singer Amjad Sabri appears on a morning TV show in Karachi. On his way home, his car is fired on by two motorcyclists, fatally injuring Sabri.[3][4] The killing was claimed by a splinter group of the Pakistani Taliban who accused Sabri of blasphemy.[5]
- September 10 – Ah Ruem Ahn of South Korea wins the 15th International Grieg Piano Competition.[6]
- September 10–11 – Ultra Singapore took place.[7]
- October 22 – The ABU TV Song Festival 2016 took place in Bali.[8]
- December – The Turkvision Song Contest took place in Istanbul, Turkey.
Albums
- Babymetal – Metal Resistance
- Band-Maid – Brand New Maid
- Mohsen Chavoshi – Amire Bi Gazand[9]
- Momoiro Clover Z – Hakkin no Yoake[10]
- Exo – Ex'Act
- GOT7 – Moriagatteyo[11]
- Ayumi Hamasaki – Made in Japan
- Shalabee Ibrahim – Hidhaaee Noor[12]
- Imran Mahmudul – Adhek Tumi (with Bappa Mazumder)[13]
- Nogizaka46 – Sorezore no Isu
- Junko Onishi – Tea Times
Classical
- Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol – Harabat / The Intoxicated'[14]
Opera
Deaths
- January 7 – Houshang Ostovar, 88, Iranian composer[16]
- January 9 – Cielito del Mundo, 80, Filipino singer, actress and politician[17]
- January 27 – Georgy Firtich, 77, Russian composer and pianist[18]
- February 9 – Quan Minyu, 12, Chinese singer (DIPG)[19]
- February 18 – Abdul Rashid Khan, 107, Hindustani musician[20]
- March 6 – Kalabhavan Mani, 45, Indian actor and singer (liver cirrhosis and methyl alcohol poisoning)[21]
- March 17 – Trần Lập, 42, Vietnamese rock singer (colorectal cancer)[22]
- March 18 – Adnan Abu Hassan, 57, Malaysian composer (stroke, diabetes and kidney failure)[23]
- March 23 – Gegham Grigoryan, Armenian opera singer, 65[24]
- May 2 – Balwantrai Bhatt, 94, Indian composer and musician[25]
- May 5 – Isao Tomita, 84, Japanese synthesizer musician, composer and arranger (Snowflakes Are Dancing)[26]
- June 7 – Amber Gurung, 78, Nepalese composer, singer, and lyricist
- June 10 – Habib, 63, Iranian singer (heart attack)[27]
- June 22 – Amjad Sabri, 45, Pakistani qawwali singer (shot)[28]
- July 7 – Om Prakash Sonik, 77, Indian composer[29]
- July 30 – Mike Mohede, 33, Indonesian singer[30]
- November 3 – W. D. Amaradeva, 88, Sri Lankan violinist, singer and composer[31]
See also
- 2016 in music
- 2016 in Indian music
- 2016 in Japanese music
- List of K-pop releases in 2016
References
- ↑ "Borneo Jazz Festival 2015". Sarawak Tourism Board. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ↑ "Borneo Jazz Programme 2015". Sarawak Tourism Board. Archived from the original on 15 February 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ↑ Khan, Faraz (3 May 2015). "Amjad Sabri shot dead in Karachi – The Express Tribune". Tribune.com.pk. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
- ↑ "Renowned Pakistani singer Qawwal Amjad Sabri shot dead in Karachi". Firstpost. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
- ↑ "They killed him – The Express Tribune". 22 June 2016. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
- ↑ Erica Worth (13 September 2017). "Review: The 15th International Edvard Grieg Piano Competition". The Pianist. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- ↑ hermesauto (2016-06-21). "Big names such as Norway's Kygo for inaugural Ultra Singapore dance music festival". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2016-07-07.
- ↑ Granger, Anthony (24 March 2016). "Indonesia ABU TV Song Festival 2016 to be held October 22 in Bali". eurovoix-world.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ↑ Mohsen Chavoshi - 'Amire Bi Gazand'
- ↑ Yuki Sugioka (2016). "ももいろクローバーZ「白金の夜明け」". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2016-02-29. Retrieved 2016-02-23.
- ↑ Benjamin, Jeff (January 31, 2014). "GOT7's DISCOGRAPHY". got7japan. Archived from the original on January 19, 2016. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
- ↑ Nadheem, Ahmed (26 June 2016). "Shalabee's first release is an album of hymns; moving away from songs?" (in Divehi). Avas. Archived from the original on 2 July 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- ↑ "Adhek Tumi". player.gpmusic.co. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
- ↑ "American Composers Orchestra programme, 1 April 2016, Carnegie Hall". Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- ↑ "Prototype Festival programme". Archived from the original on 2016-06-14. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ↑ Perzische componist Houshang Ostovar is overleden (in Dutch)
- ↑ Mahal passes away at 80
- ↑ Умер известный композитор Георгий Фиртич (in Russian)
- ↑ Cancer-striken Chinese 'Little Psy' dies at 12
- ↑ Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan’s Tragic Demise
- ↑ Malayalam actor Kalabhavan Mani passes away
- ↑ Vietnam’s renowned rocker Tran Lap dies of cancer at 42
- ↑ Adnan Abu Hassan Dies At 57[usurped]
- ↑ Renowned Armenian Opera singer, choreographer Gegham Grigoryan passes away
- ↑ Bhavrang: A Pastoral Poet
- ↑ Princess Knight, Kimba the White Lion Composer Isao Tomita Passes Away
- ↑ حبیب محبیان درگذشت (in Persian)
- ↑ Pakistan Sufi singer Amjad Sabri shot dead in Karachi
- ↑ Bollywood composer Omi of Sonik-Omi fame passes away
- ↑ Penyanyi Mike Mohede Meninggal Dunia (in Indonesian)
- ↑ "Veteran musician Dr. Pandith W.D. Amaradewa dies at 88". Archived from the original on 2016-11-16. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
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