Vaska Ilieva (Macedonian: Васка Илиева; February 21, 1923 – May 4, 2001) was a Macedonian leading folk singer from Yugoslavia and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. She started her career as a dancer and singer in the State Ensemble Tanec in the early 1950s. Her style of singing and the songs she sang brought her wide popularity throughout Macedonia, the rest of the former Yugoslavia, the Balkans and throughout the worldwide Macedonian diaspora. She was referred to as the "Queen" of traditional Macedonian music.
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21 December 1923 Čair, Skopje
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Died |
4 May 2001 (aged 77) (now North Macedonia)
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Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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