2011 in Asian music

Events

May 9 – Chinese musician and composer Gao Xiaosong is arrested after causing a road accident in Beijing. He receives a six-month jail sentence^[1] and loses his place as a judge in the new China's Got Talent series.
July 25 – China's Got Talent is broadcast for the first time, by Dragon Television.

January 3 – Suchitra Mitra, Indian singer, 86^[7]
January 19 – Hira Devi Waiba, Nepali folk singer, 71 (injuries from a fire)^[8]
January 24 – Bhimsen Joshi, Indian classical vocalist, 88
February 8 – Roza Baglanova, Kazakh singer, People's Artist of the USSR, 89^[9] (Russian)
February 20 – Malaysia Vasudevan, Indian actor and playback singer, 66^[10]^[11]
April 21 – Yoshiko Tanaka, Japanese actress and singer (Candies), 55 (breast cancer)^[12]
April 29 – Vladimir Krainev, Russian pianist, People's Artist of the USSR, 67 (aortic aneurysm)^[13]
May 23 – Pilu Momtaz, Bangladeshi pop singer, 52^[14]
May 31 – Ram Man Trishit, Nepali lyricist, 70 (kidney problems)^[15]
June 5 – Azam Khan, Bangladeshi pop singer, 61 (cancer)^[16]
June 14 – Asad Ali Khan, Indian musician, 74^[17]
July 27 – Rei Harakami, Japanese musician, 40 (cerebrovascular disease)^[18]
December 8 – Minoru Miki, 81, Japanese composer^[19]

Events