# 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!" (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)
** 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