Veta Biriș

Veta Biriș is a Romanian folk music singer. She was born in Veseuș, a village in Jidvei 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 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, La aniversare, Oi cânta cu drag în lume, Vechi cântece românești and E vremea colindelor. On 7 February 2004, she was awarded the Order of Cultural Merit by the Romanian President Ion Iliescu.