Zélia Duncan (, 28 October 1964), born Zélia Cristina Gonçalves Moreira, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter.

Biography

Duncan was born in

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, in the state of

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. She moved with her family to

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, where she lived for 16 years. She started her professional career in 1981 after she won a contest organized by the ''Fundação Nacional de Artes'' (National Foundation of Arts). When she was 22 years old, she returned to Rio. Duncan, Zélia (1994)
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UOL. Retrieved 20 December 2010. Using the name "Zélia Cristina", she first performed as a soloist in Botanic in

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(2010). CliqueMusic. UOL. Retrieved 20 December 2010. In 1990 she launched the LP "Outra Luz" ("Another Light"), and she began performing in cities like

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, and

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and participating in tv shows. In late 1991, she accepted an offer to go play in the

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. She stayed there for 5 months, returning to Brazil in May 1992. It was in this year that she recorded a track in the songbook of

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, and she also adopted the name

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, the maiden name of her mother. In 1994, she launched her first CD, ''Zélia Duncan'', and two years later she recorded ''Intimidade'' (Intimacy), which made her spend a season in Europe and Japan. In 2006, Duncan was invited to join the tour of the

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band

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, replacing

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as the vocalist. The tour was a success and Duncan became a full member of the band. In 2007, however, she decided to leave the band to continue her solo career. In 2008, she released a CD and DVD of the shows she performed with

Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira, better known as Simone, is a Brazilian singer of Música Popular Brasileira (MPB) who has recorded more than 30 albums. Biography Simone was born on December 25, 1949, in Salvador, Bahia, as the seventh daughter ...

in 2006 and 2007. The title of the CD and DVD was ''Amigo é a Casa'' (Friend is the House). Simone and Zélia performed shows in three Portuguese cities—

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, and

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. In

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, her album '' Tudo É Um'' was nominated for the

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. Zélia's first performance with public presence during the pandemic of COVID-19, took place on November 28, 2020, at Sala São Paulo, in the São Paulo capital, together with Mart'nália. The performance was part of the series Historical Encounters, with the Jazz Sinfônica Orchestra and had all the care of distancing and other sanitary protocols.

Discography

*1990 – ''Outra Luz'' *1994 – ''Zélia Duncan'' *1996 – ''Intimidade'' *1998 – ''Acesso'' *2001 – ''Sortimento'' *2002 – ''Sortimento Vivo'' *2003 – ''Avassaladora'' *2004 – ''Eu me Transformo em Outras'' *2005 – ''Pré-Pós-Tudo-Bossa-Band *2006 – ''Os Mutantes – Live in Barbican Theatre'' (with Os Mutantes) *2008 – ''Amigo é casa'' (live with Simone) *2009 – ''Pelo Sabor do Gesto'' *2012 – ''Tudo Esclarecido''

References

External links

Official website
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