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Events
- January 2 - Police in India arrest singer and instrumentalist Ghazal Srinivas following claims of sexual harassment by an employee of his radio station.[1]
- January 4 - It is reported that British singer Jessie J will be among the competitors in the new season of Chinese talent show The Singer 2018, to be broadcast on Hunan TV.[2]
- January 16 - Chinese fans and musicians pay tribute to Dolores O'Riordan, lead singer of The Cranberries, who performed in China in 2011.[3]
- March 2 – The 14th Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival opens in Jakarta, Indonesia, lasting until 4 March.[4]
- March 25 – Sinta Wullur’s Tagore’s Fireflies is premièred at Symphony Hall, Birmingham, during the Debussy Festival.[5]
Albums
- Arkona -Khram (19 January)[6]
- Koda Kumi - And (February 28)[7]
- Morning Musume - Hatachi no Morning Musume (February 7)
Classical
- Bishnu Priya - The Good Immigrant[8]
Opera
- Toshio Hosokawa and Marcel Beyer – Erdbeben.Träume.
- Gity Razaz – Fault Lines[9]
Musical films
- 7 Din Mohabbat In (Pakistan)
- Amma I Love You (India)
- Brihaspathi (India)
- Fanne Khan (India)
- Inspector Notty K (Bangladesh)
- Jaane Kyun De Yaaron (India)
- Kids on the Slope (Japan)
- Noor Jahaan (Bangladesh)
- Ang Panahon ng Halimaw (Philippines)[10]
- Teefa in Trouble (Pakistan)
- TokiRes the Movie: MIRACLE6 (Japan)
Deaths
- January 3 - Medeniyet Shahberdiyeva, Turkmen opera singer and music educator, 87[11]
- January 15 - Sujud Sutrisno, 64, Indonesian street drummer and singer, 64[12]
- January 16 - Shammi Akhtar, Bangladeshi playback singer, 60 (breast cancer)[13]
- January 22 - Ceylon Manohar, Indian actor and playback singer, 73[14]
- January 25 - Sabar Koti, Indian singer, 58[15]
- January 31 - Hwang Byungki, South Korean gayageum player, 81[16]
- February 5 - Jockie Soerjoprajogo, 63, Indonesian musician and songwriter[17]
- March 1 - Arabinda Muduli, 56, Indian musician and singer[18]
- May 2 - Vadim Mulerman, 79, Soviet singer[19]
- May 4 - Abi Ofarim, 80, Israeli singer and dancer[20]
- May 6
- Arun Date, 84, Indian singer[21]
- Gurukrushna Goswami, 84, Indian lyricist[22]
- May 16 - Hideki Saijo, 63, Japanese singer (heart failure)[23]
- July 30 - Khayyam Mirzazade, 82, Azerbaijani composer and academic[24]
- August 1 - Umbayee, 66, Indian ghazal singer (cancer)[25]
- August 5 - Ellen Joyce Loo, 32, Canadian-born Hong Kong singer (fall)[26]
- September 19 - Buren Bayaer, 58, Chinese singer and journalist (heart attack)[27]
- October 2 - Balabhaskar, 40, Indian violinist, composer and record producer (cardiac arrest)[28]
- October 9 - Nitin Bali, 47, Indian singer (traffic collision)[29]
- October 13 - Annapurna Devi, 91, Indian classical musician[30]
By country
See also
References
- ^ "Ghazal Srinivas remanded for 10 days in sexual harassment case". The Hans India. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ^ "Jessie J 'set to compete in a Chinese TV talent competition against Angela Chang and Wang Feng'". Metro UK. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ^ "Chinese musicians, fans mourn Cranberries singer O'Riordan". Asia One. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ^ "Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival 2018". EverFest.com. Retrieved 2017-10-19.
- ^ "Sinta Wullur - Tagore's Fireflies". Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ^ "Details Of New Album 'Khram' Issued By Arkona". Metal Underground. 16 October 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- ^ "Koda Kumi Announces First Album of 2018". Neko Pop. December 31, 2017. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
- ^ National Sawdust, 11 January 2018 programme
- ^ Anne Midgette (2018-01-21). "The American Dream as American nightmare: An opera for our time". Washington Post. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
- ^ "Press Releases: 68th Berlinale". 22 January 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-01-23. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
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- ^ Noted singer Shammi Akhtar passes away
- ^ 'Surangani' singer Ceylon Manohar passes away
- ^ Punjabi singer Sabar Koti dies
- ^ Korean music master Hwang Byung-ki dies at 82
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- ^ Bhajan Maestro Arabinda Muduli passes away
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- ^ Abi Ofarim dead: Cinderella Rockefella singer dies at home after ‘long illness’ age 80
- ^ Leading Marathi bhavgeet singer Arun Date passes away at 84
- ^ Lyricist Gurukrushna Goswami dies at 84
- ^ "Singer Hideki Saijo dies". Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2018-06-04.
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- ^ Malayalam Ghazal maestro Umbayee passes away
- ^ Hong Kong pop star Ellen Joyce Loo dies in fall from building at age 32
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- ^ Violinist Balabhaskar dies a week after car crash that killed his daughter
- ^ Singer Nitin Bali, 47, Dies In Car Accident
- ^ Legendary Indian classical musician Annapurna Devi dies at 91