Veta Biriș (born 11 August 1949) is a Romanian folk music singer. She was born in Veseuș, a village in

Jidvei Jidvei (, hu, Zsidve, german: Seiden) is a commune in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania, located on the river Târnava. Jidvei is located in the north-western part of Romania, in the Transylvanian Plateau. Jidvei was first mentioned in documen ...

commune, Alba County, in a large family of seven siblings. Biriș moved in 1966 to nearby Căpâlna de Jos and debuted as a singer the following year in a music competition as a representative of the

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. Her repertoire mainly consists of a wide variety of folk music and she has released several albums. Among these are ''Așa-i românul'' ("This is how the Romanian is", 1995), ''La aniversare'' ("Anniversary", 1999), ''Oi cânta cu drag în lume'' ("I'll sing with love to the world", 2001), ''Vechi cântece românești'' ("Old Romanian songs", 2007) and ''E vremea colindelor'' ("It's the time of

carols A carol is a festive song, generally religious but not necessarily connected with Christian church worship, and sometimes accompanied by a dance. A caroller (or caroler) is someone who sings carols, and is said to be carolling (or caroling). T ...

", 2008, together with

Ionuț Fulea Ionuț is a Romanian masculine given name. The English equivalent is Johnny. Notable persons with that name include: * Ionuț Andrei (born 1985), Romanian bobsledder * Ionuț Badea (born 1975), Romanian footballer * Ionuț Bălan (born 1978), Rom ...

). On 7 February 2004, she was awarded the Order of Cultural Merit by the

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Ion Iliescu.

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1949 births Living people People from Alba County 20th-century Romanian women singers 21st-century Romanian women singers Romanian folk singers Romanian Greek-Catholics Recipients of the Order of Cultural Merit (Romania) {{Romania-singer-stub