2010 in Asian music

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## Events

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* March 5–7 – The 6th Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival opens in Jakarta.[1]
* March 22 – Daniel Barenboim is awarded the Otto Hahn Peace Medal for his work with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra.
* August 15 – "Jiyo Utho Bado Jeeto", written by musician A. R. Rahman, is approved as the official anthem of the 2010 Commonwealth Games.[2]
* October 3 – At the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, musical performers include:[3]
* Drummers from Kerala, Manipur, Karnataka, Orissa, Punjab and Meghalaya, including 7-year-old tabla prodigy Keshav.
* Hariharan
* Dancers including Birju Maharaj, Rajkumar Singhajit Singh, Saroja Vaidyanathan, Sonal Mansingh and Bharati Shivaji

## Albums

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* Betzefer – Freedom to the Slave Makers (Israel)
* Ei Jibon Nohoi Xuna Bondhu (compilation album; India)
* Jasbir Jassi – Jassi – Back with a Bang (India)
* Kaela Kimura – 5 Years (Japan)
* Tarkan – Adımı Kalbine Yaz (Turkey)
* Haifa Wehbe – Baby Haifa (Lebanon)
* Younha – Hitotsu Sora no Shita (South Korea)

## Classical

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* Mehdi Hosseini
* Taleshi Hava, for solo violin and bassoon
* An Unfinished Draft, for flute, clarinet, piano, violin, violoncello and baritone
* Pause, for flute, clarinet, piano, violin, violoncello and tubular bells

## Opera

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* The Child Dreams, by Gil Shohat[4]
* Madame White Snake, with music by Zhou Long and libretto by Cerise Lim Jacobs[5]

## Deaths

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* January 7 – Kamal Mahsud, Pakistani Pashto language folk singer (gas leak)[6]
* January 11 – Georgy Garanian, Armenian-Russian saxophonist, bandleader, and composer, 75
* March – Farman Behboud, Iranian pianist and piano teacher, 63
* March 22 – Yanie, Malaysian singer
* April 22 – Fred Panopio, Filipino folk singer, 71
* June 12 – Fuat Mansurov, Russian conductor, 82
* July 15 – Luo Pinchao, Chinese opera singer, 98
* November 2
* Rudolf Barshai, Russian violist and composer, 86
* Kalim Sharafi, Bangladeshi singer, 85[7]

## See also

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* 2010 in music
* 2010 in Japanese music
* 2010 in South Korean music
* List of 2010 albums

## References

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1. ^ "Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival 5, 6, 7 2010". Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival. Archived from the original on 2016-08-03. Retrieved 2016-04-24.
2. ^ Madhur Tankha (2010-08-17). "Rahman sings the CWG theme song". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Archived from the original on 2010-08-20. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
3. ^ "A R Rahman's grand finale with 'Jeeyo, Utho'". Times of India. 3 October 2010. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
4. ^ Blomster, Wes (February 2, 2010). "Shohat's The Child Dreams — A mature work". Opera Today. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
5. ^ (18 April 2011). "Zhou Long's Madame White Snake Awarded 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Music", OperaNews.com.
6. ^ Fans mourn singer Kamal Mahsud's death[permanent dead link]
7. ^ "Rabindra Sangeet exponent Kalim Sharafi dead". Sify. 2 November 2010. Archived from the original on 1 October 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2014.

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