María Orán Cury

María Orán Cury (1943–2018) was a Spanish soprano who sang in leading music festivals in Europe, Mexico, Hong Kong, Australia and Israel. She performed with orchestras including the Wiener Symphoniker, the Hague Philharmonic and the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra. In addition to her singing, she is remembered for teaching at the Escuela Superior de Canto de Madrid, the Freiburg Conservatory and the Conservatorio Superior de Música in her native Tenerife.

Biography 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.

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).