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!" (the closing theme Gods' Games We Play) as a single. 16 November – Lost In Harmony (Isyana Sarasvati's Decade Concert) in Jakarta
Albums The Hu – Live at Glastonbury A. R. Rahman – Ayalaan, soundtrack to the film of the same name (January 10) Ryujin – Ryujin (January 12) Hikaru Utada – Science Fiction (April 10) @onefive – Classy Crush (April 17)
Musical films Doraemon: Nobita's Earth Symphony (Japan) Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya (India - Hindi) Unarvugal Thodarkadhai (India - Tamil)
Classical works Xi Wang – YEAR 2020 (double concerto for violin, trumpet, and orchestra)
By country 2024 in Chinese music 2024 in Japanese music 2024 in Philippine music 2024 in South Korean music
Deaths 13 January – Prabha Atre, Indian classical vocalist, 91 18 January – Yogesh Vaidya, Nepalese singer, 77 25 January – Bhavatharini, Indian singer and composer, 47 (liver cancer) 7 February – Vaja Azarashvili, Georgian composer, 87 18 February Davlatmand Kholov, Tajik folk musician, 73 (cancer)Скончался Давлатманд Холов دولتمند خالف درگذشت 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 (heart failure) 11 April – Park Bo-ram, South Korean singer, 30 (cardiac arrest) 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 (cancer) 24 July – Shafin Ahmed, Bangladeshi singer-songwriter, 63 (heart and kidney failure) 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 (Shakti), 73 19 December – Darshanam Mogilaiah, Indian tribal musician and Kinnera player, 73
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