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 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.

Albums

 * AKB48 – Koko ni Ita Koto (Japan)
 * Aynur Aydın – Emanet Beden (Turkey)
 * Anne Curtis – Annebisyosa (Philippines)
 * Dinesh Agrahari Deewana, Mamta Sharma and Indu Sonali – Jaan Marbu Ka (India)
 * Bülent Ersoy – Aşktan Sabıkalı (Turkey)
 * Ethnix – Ga'aguim (Israel)
 * Gugun Blues Shelter – Satu Untuk Berbagi (Indonesia)
 * Leessang – Asura Balbalta (South Korea)
 * Nima Rumba – Rangau Ki Ma (Nepal)
 * Erik Santos – Awit Para Sa'yo (Philippines)
 * Ali Zafar – Jhoom (Pakistan)

Classical

 * Mehdi Hosseini – Monodies

Opera

 * The Chinese Orphan, by Lei Lei, with a libretto by Zou Jingzhi
 * Dr. Sun Yat-sen, by Huang Ruo, with libretto by Candace Mui-ngam Chong. It is her first opera libretto,

Deaths

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