Valya Balkanska
Valya Balkanska Валя Балканска | |
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | Valya Mladenova Balkanska |
| Born | Feyme Kestebekova 8 January 1942 |
| Genres | |
| Occupation | Solo singer |
| Years active | 1960–present |
Valya Mladenova Balkanska (Bulgarian: Валя Младенова Балканска; born Feyme Kestebekova, Bulgarian: Фейме Кестебекова; on 8 January 1942) is a Bulgarian folk 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.