Veta Biriș (born 11 August 1949) is a

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singer. She was born in Veseuș, a village in

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commune,

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, 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

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as a representative of the Mureș-Magyar Autonomous Region. 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

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", 2008, together with Ionuț Fulea). On 7 February 2004, she was awarded the Order of Cultural Merit by the

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