María Mérida

Spanish singer (1925–2022)

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María Mérida

Born	(1925-06-05)5 June 1925 Valverde, El Hierro, Spain
Died	4 January 2022(2022-01-04) (aged 96) Candelaria, Tenerife, Spain
Occupation	Singer

María Mérida (5 June 1925 – 4 January 2022) was a Spanish folk singer.

Life and career

Born in Valverde, Mérida won her first singing contest at 12 years old.^[1] She spent her adolescence in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, and later moved to Madrid, where she founded her first ensemble, Hogar Canario, and where she started collaborating with several radio companies including the Radio Nacional de España.^[1]^[2] Her signature song was "Palmero sube a la palma".^[1]^[2] The first Canary Islands woman to record an album, she performed on stage with Montserrat Caballé, Plácido Domingo and Alfredo Kraus, among others.^[1] Mérida died in Candelaria, Tenerife on 4 January 2022, at the age of 96.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Muere María Mérida, leyenda de la música folclórica de Canarias". El País (in Spanish). 4 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Muere a los 96 años María Mérida, dama de la canción canaria". 20 minutos (in Spanish). 4 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.