Duca Leindecker

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Duca Leindecker

| image = O Menino que pintava sonhos (10306660066) (cropped).jpg

| caption =

| background = solo_singer

| birth_name = Eduardo Tavares Leindecker

| alias =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|04|05}}

|birth_place =Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

| death_date =

| spouse = {{married|Manuela d'Ávila|2012}}

| instruments = Vocals, guitar, bass, accordion

| genre = Rock

| occupation = Musician, composer, writer

| years_active = 1987–present

| label = Som Livre
Polygram
Zoom Records
Warner Music
Orbeat Music
OpenArt Play

| associated_acts = Cidadão Quem; Humberto Gessinger; Pouca Vogal; Bandaliera; Tiago Iorc

| website = [https://www.ducaleindecker.com.br/ Official website]

}}

Duca Leindecker (born April 5, 1970) is a Brazilian singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist and writer, leader of the band Cidadão Quem. From 2008 to 2012 he formed Pouca Vogal, with Humberto Gessinger.{{cite web|url=https://www.lpm-editores.com.br/site/default.asp?TroncoID=805134&SecaoID=948848&SubsecaoID=0&Template=../livros/layout_autor.asp&AutorID=81 |title=Vida & Obra: Duca Leindecker|publisher= lpm-editores.com.br|accessdate=2021-12-10}}

Personal life

Born in Porto Alegre in 1970, he began playing various instruments, and at when he was seventeen years old he recorded his first solo album and, in the early 1990s, was invited by Bob Dylan to open his shows in Brazil. He recorded seven CDs with the Cidadão Quem group and participated to Rock in Rio III. He is the author of themes for telenovelas.

From 2008 to 2012 Duca dedicated himself to the duo Pouca Vogal, with Humberto Gessinger, leading to the release of two albums. In 2015 he released his first solo DVD, Plano Aberto, and in 2018 he launched Download Armas.

= Private life =

From 2001 to 2012 he was married to actress Ingra Liberato, with whom he had his first child, Guilherme, born on July 11, 2003, in Rio de Janeiro. In the same year of their separation, he married the journalist and politician Manuela d'Ávila. The couple's daughter, Laura, was born on August 28, 2015, in Porto Alegre.{{cite web | url=http://g1.globo.com/rs/rio-grande-do-sul/noticia/2015/08/nasce-filha-da-deputada-estadual-manuela-davila.html | title=Nasce a filha da deputada estadual Manuela D'Ávila | author=G1 RS | date=August 28, 2015 | publisher=g1.globo.com | accessdate=December 10, 2021 | language=Portuguese}}