Events March 5–7 – The 6th Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival opens in Jakarta. 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. October 3 – At the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, musical performers include: 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 Madame White Snake, with music by Zhou Long and libretto by Cerise Lim Jacobs(18 April 2011). "Zhou Long's Madame White Snake Awarded 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Music", OperaNews.com.
Deaths January 7 – Kamal Mahsud, Pakistani Pashto language folk singer (gas leak)Fans mourn singer Kamal Mahsud's death January 11 – Georgy Garanian, Armenian-Russian saxophonist, bandleader, and composer, 75 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
See also 2010 in music 2010 in Japanese music 2010 in South Korean music List of 2010 albums
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