The 63-year-old breathed his last at 2:30am Friday at Dhaka’s Square Hospital, his son Sabbir Siddiqui told Glitz. Siddiqui’s musical talent became widely recognised in the 1990s when he performed as a playback singer in Humayun Ahmed’s films. Eventually the singer started taking interest in flute and took training. Siddiqui received guidance from Indian guru Pandit Bhiji Kanard in Pune in the 1990s, and upon return to Bangladesh, he started composing songs blending folk and Dhrupad. The singer took part in the World Flute Summit held in Geneva the same year.

Source: bd News24 November 24, 2017 04:18 UTC