María Orán Cury (1943–2018)[1] was a Spanish soprano who sang in leading music festivals in Europe, Mexico,[2] Hong Kong,[3] Australia and Israel.
[4][5][6] Born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife on 1 May 1943, Orán studied music at the Canary Islands Conservatory and at the Madrid Royal Conservatory where she studied piano under José Cubiles and voice under Lola Rodríguez Aragón.
[4] After making her début in 1963 with the Spanish National Orchestra, singing a selection from Wagner's Die Walküre,[5] Orán participated in music festivals throughout Spain as well as those in Portugal, Mexico, Italy, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Hong Kong, Britain, France, the Netherlands, Japan and Australia.
[7] Her awards included the Premio Larios for musical interpretation (1993), the Island of Tenerife's Gold Medal (1994), and the Officer's Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (1995).
[4] After a long illness, María Orán died in Tenerife on 9 March 2018.