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Mita Haque
Born1962 (age 61–62)
GenresRabindra Sangeet

Mita Haque (born c. 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]

Career

Haque's mentors were Sanjida Khatun and her paternal uncle Waheedul Haq.[3] At age 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]

Personal life

Haque was married to actor-director Khaled Khan (d. 2013).[4] She has a daughter Farhin Khan Joyeeta.

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]

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. ^ Novera Deepita (August 13, 2003). "Mita and her melodies". The Daily Star. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  4. ^ Novera Deepita (March 19, 2004). "Khaled and Mita: a couple that complement each other". 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.