Zélia Duncan (Portuguese pronunciation: ˈzɛliɐ ˈdũkɐ̃, born 28 October 1964), born Zélia Cristina Gonçalves Moreira, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter.
Biography
Duncan was born in Niterói, in the state of Rio de Janeiro. She moved with her family to Brasília, 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. Using the name "Zélia Cristina", she first performed as a soloist in Botanic in Rio de Janeiro. In 1990 she launched the LP "Outra Luz" ("Another Light"), and she began performing in cities like São Paulo, Florianópolis, and Porto Alegre and participating in TV shows.
In late 1991, she accepted an offer to go play in the United Arab Emirates. 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 Dorival Caymmi, and she also adopted the name Duncan, 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 and agreed to join the psychedelic rock band Os Mutantes, after the band announced its return to the stage, which caused a rift in her friendship with Rita Lee.
