2010 in Asian music
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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
- 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
- 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
- The Child Dreams, by Gil Shohat[4]
- Madame White Snake, with music by Zhou Long and libretto by Cerise Lim Jacobs[5]