Valya Balkanska
Valya Balkanska | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Feyme Kestebekova |
| Born | 8 January 1942 Arda, Kingdom of Bulgaria |
| Genres | Folk |
| Occupation | Solo singer |
| Years active | 1960–present |
Valya Mladenova Balkanska (Bulgarian: Валя Младенова Балканска; born 8 January 1942) is a Bulgarian folk music singer from the Rhodope Mountains known locally for her wide repertoire of Balkan folk songs, but in the West mainly for singing the song "Izlel ye Delyo Haydutin", part of the Voyager Golden Record selection of music included in the two Voyager spacecraft launched in 1977.