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Yanka Rupkina: Strandja songs are my life, salvation, the symbol of Bulgaria
The voice of Yanka Rupkina is an emblem in the folk music tapestry of Bulgaria.
For 55 years now her concerts across the world and at home have delivered great experience to audiences.
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It is not for nothing that celebrity George Harrison gave as a present one of his records to Yanka with the following dedication: “To the greatest singer on the planet”. In turn Kate Bush recorded for her album the Red Shoes the vocal improvisations of the world-acclaimed Bulgarka Trio including Yanka Rupkina, Eva Georgieva and Stoyanka Boneva.
Yanka Rupkina was born in the village of Bogdanovo, Burgas region.
She grew up in a family for whom the Strandja Mountain folk songs were part of both work and pastime. Thus, Yanka was introduced to the special techniques of the Strandja singing by her grandmother. In 1960 she earned her first prize - at the folklore festival in Gramatikovo.
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