2011 in Asian music

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## Events

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* 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.

## Albums

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* AKB48 – Koko ni Ita Koto (Japan)[2]
* 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)[3]
* Leessang – Asura Balbalta (South Korea)[4]
* Nima Rumba – Rangau Ki Ma (Nepal)
* Erik Santos – Awit Para Sa'yo (Philippines)
* Ali Zafar – Jhoom (Pakistan)

## Classical

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* Mehdi Hosseini – Monodies

## Opera

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* The Chinese Orphan, by Lei Lei, with a libretto by Zou Jingzhi[5]
* Dr. Sun Yat-sen, by Huang Ruo, with libretto by Candace Mui-ngam Chong. It is her first opera libretto,[6]

## Deaths

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* 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]

## See also

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* 2011 in music
* 2011 in Japanese music
* 2011 in South Korean music
* List of 2011 albums

## References

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1. ^ Lee Hannon and Yan Weijue (17 May 2018). "Gao Xiaosong gets 6 months for reckless driving". China Daily. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
2. ^ "AKB48 ：上半期売り上げ前年2．5倍の66億円 オリコン2冠". Mainichi Shimbun Digital Co.Ltd (in Japanese). MANTANWEB. 2011-06-22. Retrieved 2011-06-24.
3. ^ January 31, 2011. Album Indonesia Terbaik 2011 Archived 2012-01-15 at the Wayback Machine. rollingstone.co.id. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
4. ^ 리쌍, 7집 '아수라발발타' 각종 음원차트 1~10위 까지 올킬 TV Daily
5. ^ "CHNCPA". Archived from the original on 2012-05-13. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
6. ^ Janice Leung, "Candace Chong: The playwright who draws inspiration from a complicated world" (Background on Candace Chong) on scmp.com/magazines. Retrieved 5 June 2014
7. ^ "News18.com: CNN-News18 Breaking News India, Latest News Headlines, Live News Updates". News18. Archived from the original on January 7, 2011. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
8. ^ "Hira Devi dies of burn injuries". www.telegraphindia.com.
9. ^ "В Алма-Ате умерла народная артиста СССР Роза Багланова, которой "Сталин аплодировал стоя"". Газета.Ru.
10. ^ "'malaysia' Vasudevan Passed Away - Malaysia Vasudevan - - Tamil Movie News - Behindwoods.com". www.behindwoods.com. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
11. ^ "Tamil Cinema News | Tamil Movie Reviews | Tamil Movie Trailers - IndiaGlitz Tamil". Archived from the original on February 23, 2011.
12. ^ "元「キャンディーズ」の田中好子さん死去 - MSN産経ニュース". Archived from the original on 2011-04-29. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
13. ^ "Умер российский пианист Владимир Крайнев". www.kommersant.ru. April 29, 2011.
14. ^ "Pop Sensation of Yesteryears Pilu Momtaz Passes Away". The Daily Star. May 24, 2011.
15. ^ "MYREPUBLICA.com - News in Nepal: Fast, Full & Factual". Archived from the original on June 5, 2011. Retrieved June 1, 2011.
16. ^ "Pop Guru Azam Khan is dead". bdnews24.com. 2011-06-05. Archived from the original on 2011-06-08.
17. ^ "Rudra veena exponent Ustad Asad Ali Khan passes away". DNA India. 2011-06-14.
18. ^ "Musician Rei Harakami suddenly passes away at 40 | tokyohive.com". tokyohive.com.
19. ^ 作曲家の三木稔さんが死去 オペラや現代邦楽. 47news.jp. 8 December 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-12-21. Retrieved 2011-12-09.

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