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]
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]
^Novera Deepita (August 13, 2003).
"Mita and her melodies". The Daily Star. Archived from
the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 7, 2015.