Omara Portuondo

Omara Portuondo is living musical history. Born in 1930s Havana and still performing well past ninety, she is the rare artist whose voice has only deepened with the decades. She is unmatched at coaxing emotion from a bolero, yet she moves freely through jazz and son cubano with effortless range. The Latin Grammy honors, including the 2023 award, simply confirm a lifetime spent onstage. To encounter an artist this authentic feels like a gift.

Name (English)

Omara Portuondo

Name (Japanese)

オマーラ・ポルトゥオンド

Reading

おまーら・ぽるとぅおんど

Born

October 29, 1930 (age 95)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Horse

Origin

Havana, Havana Province, Cuba

Occupation

singer / dancer

Awards & achievements

• 2019 Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
• 2019 Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts
• 2023 Latin Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Album

• Official sitehttps://www.omaraportuondo.com
• Xhttps://x.com/OmaraPortuondo
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omara%20Portuondo
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AA%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9D%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88%E3%82%A5%E3%82%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q237997

Tags

• Havana Province
• singer
• dancer

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.