Zélia Duncan

Zélia Duncan (, 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"),

In 2008, she released a CD and DVD of the shows she performed with Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira in 2006 and 2007. The title of the CD and DVD was Amigo é Casa (Friend is the House). Simone and Zélia performed shows in three Portuguese cities—Figueira da Foz, Porto, and Lisbon.

In 2019, her album Tudo É Um was nominated for the Latin Grammy Award for Best MPB Album. 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 Zélia Duncan and Sérgio Dias of Os Mutantes performing in 2007.

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