2019 in Asian music

Events

January – Shankar Mahadevan is awarded the Padma Shri by the Indian government for his contributions to Film Music.
March 1 – Opening of the 15th Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival
March 18 – Opening night of "Sadhu for the Music", a unity concert arranged by Imee Ooi.
April 30 – Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra announces that Osmo Vänskä will be its next musical director, as from January 2020.
June 13 – The Chinese Opera Festival opens at the Xiqu Centre in Kowloon.

January 16 – Brian Velasco, born 1977), Filipino drummer (Razorback)
January 17 – S. Balakrishnan, 70, Indian film score composer and music director
January 22 – Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul, 63, Bangladeshi lyricist, composer and music director
January 27 – Pepe Smith, 71, Filipino rock singer and guitarist (Juan de la Cruz Band, Speed, Glue & Shinki, Asin)
March 23 – Shahnaz Rahmatullah, 66, Bangladeshi playback singer
April 20
- Amar Pal, 96, folk singer
- Wu Yili, 89, Chinese-Singaporean classical pianist
May 12 – Hiralal Yadav, 93, Indian folk singer.
July 19 – Yao Lee, 96, Chinese popular singer
August 1 – Agung Hercules [id], 51, Indonesian actor and singer.
August 19 – Mohammed Zahur Khayyam, 92, Indian music director and composer (Kabhie Kabhie, Umrao Jaan, Dil-e-Nadaan), lung infection.
September 12 – Ida Laila, 76, Indonesian singer
November 8 – Ramakant Gundecha, Indian Dhrupad performer
November 18 – Norodom Buppha Devi, 76, Cambodian royal and prima ballerina, Minister of Culture and Fine Arts (1998–2004). was a Cambodian princess, dancer and director of the Royal Ballet of Cambodia.
November 24
- Goo Hara, 28, South Korean singer (suicide)
- Mobarak Hossain Khan, 81, Bangladeshi musicologist, musician, and writer
November 27 – He Sukun, 25, Chinese singer (suicide)
December 1 – Michael Lai, 73, Chinese composer and actor
December 26 – Nguyễn Văn Tý, 94, Vietnamese composer