2016 in Asian music
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- March 29 – The ISCM World Music Days, 2016, festival opens in Tongyeong, South Korea.
- April 26 – The ABU Radio Song Festival 2016 takes place in Beijing, China, with fourteen countries participating.
- May 13 – The Borneo Jazz Festival opens in Miri, Sarawak.[1][2]
- June 22 – Pakistani singer Amjad Sabri appears on a morning TV show in Karachi. On his way home, his car is fired on by two motorcyclists, fatally injuring Sabri.[3][4] The killing was claimed by a splinter group of the Pakistani Taliban who accused Sabri of blasphemy.[5]
- September 10 – Ah Ruem Ahn of South Korea wins the 15th International Grieg Piano Competition.[6]
- September 10–11 – Ultra Singapore took place.[7]
- October 22 – The ABU TV Song Festival 2016 took place in Bali.[8]
- December – The Turkvision Song Contest took place in Istanbul, Turkey.
Albums
- Babymetal – Metal Resistance
- Band-Maid – Brand New Maid
- Mohsen Chavoshi – Amire Bi Gazand[9]
- Momoiro Clover Z – Hakkin no Yoake[10]
- Exo – Ex'Act
- GOT7 – Moriagatteyo[11]
- Ayumi Hamasaki – Made in Japan
- Shalabee Ibrahim – Hidhaaee Noor[12]
- Imran Mahmudul – Adhek Tumi (with Bappa Mazumder)[13]
- Nogizaka46 – Sorezore no Isu
- Junko Onishi – Tea Times
Classical
- Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol – Harabat / The Intoxicated'[14]