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Events
- January 11 – It is announced that Lan Shui will stand down as music director of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra in January 2019.[1]
- January 22 - The Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, and the China Philharmonic Orchestra all announce the cancellation of scheduled concert appearances with Korean soprano Sumi Jo, without formal explanation. It is suggested by some that political tensions between the South Korean and Chinese governments have caused the cancellation of concerts by Sumi Jo and other Korean performers.[2]
- April 10 - Du Yun is awarded the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Music for her composition, Angel's Bone.[3]
- September 30 - Tan Dun is awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Biennale.[4]
Albums
Classical
- Sofia Gubaidulina – Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Bayan[7]
Musical films
Deaths
- January 2 - Barbara Fei, 85, Hong Kong opera singer.[8]
- January 14 - Yama Buddha, 29, Nepalese rapper[9]
- February 8 - Rina Matsuno, 18, Japanese pop singer (lethal arrhythmia)[10]
- March 1
- Raajesh Johri, 64, Indian singer-songwriter[11]
- Hiroshi Kamayatsu, 78, Japanese singer and guitarist[12]
- March 7 - Kalika Prasad Bhattacharya, 47, Indian folk singer and researcher[13]
- May 20 - Natalia Shakhovskaya, 81, Russian cellist[14]
- May 21 - Leo Kristi, 67, Indonesian singer (kidney failure)[15]
- August 30 - Abdul Jabbar, 78, Bangladeshi singer[16]
- December 18 - Kim Jong-hyun, 27, South Korean singer-songwriter and radio host (carbon monoxide poisoning)[17]
See also
References
- ↑ "Lan Shui to step down as SSO's Music Director" (Press release). Singapore Symphony Orchestra. 2017-01-11. Archived from the original on 2017-01-13. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
- ↑ Amy Qin (2017-01-23). "3 Performances by Sumi Jo, Korean Soprano, Canceled in China". The New York Times. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
- ↑ Frank J. Oteri (April 10, 2017). "DU YUN AWARDED 2017 PULITZER PRIZE FOR MUSIC". NewMusicBox. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
- ↑ "The Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in Music has been awarded to Chinese composer Tan Dun". Venice Biennale. 30 September 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
- ↑ "IS THAT A MAN? IS THAT A TREE?". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. 21 January 2017.
- ↑ http://www.saavn.com/s/song/tamil/Kanave-Kalayathe
- ↑ Zachary Woolfe (2017-03-03). "Review: The Boston Symphony's Radiant Precision". New York Times. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
- ↑ Hong Kong soprano and Allegro Singers founder Barbara Fei Ming-yi dies at 85
- ↑ Sharma, Chiran (15 January 2017). "Famous rapper Yama Buddha no more". myrepublica.com. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ↑ 18-year-old member of pop idol group Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku dies
- ↑ The wonder years
- ↑ ‘Monsieur’ Kamayatsu, ex-member of ’60s rock band Spiders, dies at 78
- ↑ "Kalika Prasad: Music from the periphery falls silent". Newsmen. March 7, 2017. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
- ↑ Muere la violonchelista Rusa Natalia Shakhovskaya (in Spanish)
- ↑ Respected balladeer Leo Kristi passes away at 67
- ↑ Singer Abdul Jabbar passes away
- ↑ 샤이니 종현, 쓰러진 채 발견…병원이송 후 사망 확인(2보) (in Korean)
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