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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মিতা হক | |
Born | (1962-09-06)6 September 1962 Dhaka, East Pakistan, Pakistan |
Died | 11 April 2021(2021-04-11) (aged 58) Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Occupation | Singer, lecturer |
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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]
Haque was married to actor-director Khaled Khan (d. 2013).[9]
Haque died on 11 April 2021 after contracting COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh.[10]
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