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Mita Haque

Mita Haque

Bangladeshi singer (1962–2021)

Mita Haque (6 September 1962[1] – 11 April 2021)[2][3] was a Bangladeshi Rabindra Sangeet singer.[4] She had 14 solo musical albums released from India and 10 musical albums released in Bangladesh.[2] She was awarded Ekushey Padak by the government of Bangladesh in 2020 for her contributions to music.[5]

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Career

Haque's mentors were Sanjida Khatun and her paternal uncle Waheedul Haq.[6] At the age of eleven, she participated at the International Children's Festival in Berlin. Later in 1976 she started taking formal music lessons from tabla player Mohammad Hossain Khan.[4]

Haque used to run a music school Surtirtha.[4] She also served as the head of the Rabindra Sangeet Department at Chhayanaut Sangeet Bidyayatan in Dhaka.[7]

Haque also served as a lecturer at Chhayanaut Sangeet Vidyayatan in Dhaka.[8]

Personal life

Haque was married to actor-director Khaled Khan (d. 2013).[9]

Death

Haque died on 11 April 2021 after contracting COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh.[10]

References

  1. [1]
    "Mita Haque no more". Prothom Alo.
  2. [2]
    "Mita Haq performs today at IGCC". The Daily Star. September 12, 2013. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  3. [3]
    "Rabindra Sangeet singer Mita Haque no more". Jago News 24. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  4. [4]
    "Mita Haque: Tagore's tunes always in mind". The Daily Star. July 10, 2009. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  5. [5]
    "PM hands over Ekushey Padak to 20 eminent personalities, an organisation". The Daily Star. February 20, 2020. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  6. [6]
    Novera Deepita (August 13, 2003). "Mita and her melodies". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  7. [7]
    Takir Hossain (May 8, 2011). "150th Birth Anniversary of Tagore". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  8. [8]
    Amina Hossain (January 28, 2021). "A Classic Tale". The Daily Star. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  9. [9]
    Novera Deepita (March 19, 2004). "Khaled and Mita: a couple that complement each other". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  10. [10]
    "Rabindra Sangeet singer Mita Haque no more". Risingbd.com. Retrieved April 11, 2021.


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