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Mita Haque
মিতা হক
Born1962 (age 61–62)
NationalityBangladeshi
Occupation(s)Singer, lecturer
Spouses
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(m. 1985; died 2013)​
ChildrenFarhin Khan Joyita

Mita Haque (born 1962)[1] is a Bangladeshi Rabindra Sangeet singer.[2] She is listed as the highest grade artist of the Bangladesh Betar. She has 14 solo musical albums released from India and 10 musical albums released in Bangladesh.[1] She was awarded Ekushey Padak by the Government of Bangladesh in 2020 for her contributions to music.[3]

Career

Haque's mentors were Sanjida Khatun and her paternal uncle Waheedul Haq.[4] 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.[2]

Haque runs a music school Surtirtha.[2] She also served as the head of the Rabindra Sangeet Department at Chhayanaut Sangeet Bidyayatan in Dhaka.[5]

As of 2021, Haque is serving as a lecturer at Chhayanaut Sangeet Vidyayatan in Dhaka.[6]

Personal life

Haque was married to actor-director Khaled Khan (d. 2013).[7] Singer Farhin Khan Joyita is her only daughter.

References

  1. ^ a b "Mita Haq performs today at IGCC". The Daily Star. September 12, 2013. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "Mita Haque: Tagore's tunes always in mind". The Daily Star. July 10, 2009. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  3. ^ "PM hands over Ekushey Padak to 20 eminent personalities, an organisation". The Daily Star. 2020-02-20. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
  4. ^ Novera Deepita (August 13, 2003). "Mita and her melodies". The Daily Star. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  5. ^ Takir Hossain (May 8, 2011). "150th Birth Anniversary of Tagore". The Daily Star. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  6. ^ Amina Hossain (2021-01-28). "A Classic Tale". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
  7. ^ Novera Deepita (March 19, 2004). "Khaled and Mita: a couple that complement each other". The Daily Star. Retrieved December 7, 2015.


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