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Didula received it at the age of five as a gift from his mother. From that moment on, he began to “experiment with sound and guitar”: he installed a pickup and sensor on the guitar, and connected the instrument to a homemade amplifier. Together with friends, I attended concerts and watched them play at weddings. Later he was accepted as the third guitarist in the vocal and instrumental ensemble “Scarlet Dawns” under the direction of Nikolai Khitrik. Concerts were held in different cities, collective and state farms, and later in a cooperative restaurant.

After the collapse of the ensemble, Didyulya took up sound engineering work in the Grodno song and dance ensemble “White Dews”, where mainly Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Gypsy people played, sang and danced folk dances and motives. As part of this group, Didyulya toured Europe for the first time - Spain, Italy, Poland, Switzerland, France, Germany. In Spain, he became acquainted with the flamenco style - a traditional Spanish music and dance style, which influenced his final formation (in Didyuli’s work some passages and rhythms are traced that are characteristic of flamenco and other Spanish movements, but still this music cannot be called one hundred percent flamenco) . Didyulya's first album was released in 2000; in 2002, Didyulya gathered a group of musicians and began active touring. Since his first albums, the musician has been boldly experimenting with electronic sounds; guitar passages are successfully emphasized by dense and rhythmic house-style arrangements (it is worth noting the Astero project’s remix of the composition “Flamenco”).

Didulya is the author of more than 120 instrumental compositions, combining in one person a composer, performer of his own works and producer of the Didulya project. “Didyulya” is the most touring instrumental group in Russia (120 concerts per year); on stage, along with Didyulya, percussionists (Rustem Bari and Andrey Atabekov), keyboard player (Khaibula Magomedov), bass guitarist (Dmitry Ershov) and brass group(Valery Folded and Ramil Mulikov).

Didyulya was the producer of the work of the classical guitarist Denis Asimovich, who lost his sight in early age and passed away in 2008, at the age of 33. “Thanks to another Grodno resident, whose name is now known almost half the world, DiDuLe, Denis Asimovich recorded an album of his music. Everything was recorded in Moscow, first at DiDyuLi’s personal studio, then at the KVADRO studio (where both Pugacheva and Zemfira recorded). The producer of the project is DiDyuLya.”

On December 6, 2012, Didyulya’s ninth studio audio album “Ornamental” was released; at the beginning of January 2013, the collector’s edition “LIVE in Kremlin” (2DVD+3CD) was released. The concert includes several compositions that (according to Didulya himself) have never been and will not be released in studio recordings, for the reason that the musician only feels them in a live performance.

In November 2013, DiDuLya, together with the Belarusian singer Max Lawrence, submitted an application to participate in the national qualifying round Eurovision 2014 competition from the Republic of Belarus to present the song “Now you’re gone”.



Name: Valery Didyulya
Date of Birth: 25.01.1969
Age: 48 years old
Place of Birth: Grodno city, Belarus
Weight: 68 kg
Height: 1.70 m
Activity: musician, music writer
Family status: not married

Valery Mikhailovich Didyulya is a famous Belarusian musician who is the leader of the group “Didyulya”. Having become a popular person in Belarusian and Russian stage, Didyulya (see photo) found many fans among our compatriots. Many are interested in learning the biography of the singer and his marital status. Few people know whether their favorite artist has a wife and children. We will tell everything that the press knows about this musician.

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Biography

The musical performer was born in the city of Grodno on January 24, 1969. Here he went to 1st grade and for the first time picked up the guitar that his mother gave him. Then a little boy He didn’t yet know how dramatically this gift would change his life. The teachers who taught Valery were amazed at how deftly the boy handled the guitar. Many even then saw him as a future musician.


As soon as Valery had a guitar, he began to spend everything with it free time. The future musician studied new ways of playing, watched how famous performers played, and experimented.


Famous musician Valery Didulya
Valery gives more than 120 concerts for his fans. In addition, he releases new albums and produces other music artists. His work is in demand by listeners and highly appreciated by music critics.
Famous musician now

An interesting fact from Didyulya’s life - he managed to try himself as an actor. Valery starred in A. Konchalovsky’s “House of Fools.”


The artist is a very calm and balanced person. Unlike other musicians performing on the domestic stage, Valery never became the hero of gossip and discussion (except for the incident with ex-wife). He splashes out his energy during performances.

Does the artist have a family?

Fans of Didula (see photo) are interested not only in him creative path, but also the presence of musical artist family, namely wife or children. Wikipedia provides information only about the singer’s biography. This source is silent about his personal life.


The press interprets information about Didyulya’s personal life differently. The fact is that the most musical performer does not like to talk about his marital status. The media, most likely, knows more about speculation about the artist’s personal life than the true facts.


Some sources indicate that Didyulya was previously married to Leila Khamrabaeva. In this marriage, the artist had a son and daughter. Some time later the couple separated. However, Leila still cannot come to terms with the fact that her once beloved man left her. The woman wants to receive as much child support as possible. Leila spreads information that Valery did not give a penny for his son and daughter. In fact, the performer pays for a comfortable life for children and ex-wife.


Didula with his wife

In 2016, several articles appeared in the press about marital status Didyuli. Journalists wrote that Leila was invited to take part in the filming of the “We Talk and Show” program, where she told how she lives in complete poverty. According to Valery’s ex-wife, the man refuses to pay child support. Leila is barely making ends meet. She lives with her children in a rented apartment and barely provides for her son and daughter. According to data for 2016, Didyulya must pay his ex-wife 2 million 300 thousand rubles. It is possible that today this amount has increased significantly.


Lawyers argued that Valery had completely repaid his “debt” to his ex-wife. They insisted that Didyulya was clean before the law. Allegedly, in fact, Leila appropriates the amounts of transfers received from the musician to herself, presenting the artist in a negative light.

What is happening in Didyulya’s personal life now?

Now Valery has new family. His new wife's name is Evgenia. She sings in the Didyuli group. Valery calls his beloved a muse. He says this girl inspires him to do new things musical works. It is known that Valery had a daughter in his marriage to Evgenia. Didula (see photo) is happy with his new family.


Ex-wife demands alimony from Valery

It is unknown how Evgenia reacts to the music artist’s ex-wife. Since the man has children from a previous marriage, he probably wants to communicate with them. Fans of Didyulya are wondering whether this fact from Valery’s biography confuses his new wife. After all, many women do not like it when their husbands give a large number of time to his previous family. Evgenia prefers to remain silent about this. The interview with her did not appear in the media at all. More detailed information Unfortunately, the press was unable to find out about the music artist’s wife.


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Now Valery is not ready to openly tell fans how he lives with Evgenia, and also where he met this girl. It is possible that they were connected by their love of music and work. It is worth noting that information about the marriage of the music artist did not appear in the media. Perhaps Valery and Evgenia live in a civil marriage.

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After the concert in Odessa, we managed to talk with an extraordinary Belarusian artist - Valery Didyulya. Once again he confirmed that Odessa residents are spoiled spectators, but also noted that we have the most beautiful girls and invited me to visit a Moscow store of the 21st century. We also learned that the performer does not allow anyone into his personal life and encourages him to buy guitars for his children.

Weekend.od.ua: Valery, what are your impressions of the Odessa public? Didula: Of course I like it. The viewer is musical, spoiled by concerts, different artists, and definitely stars. There’s also a lot going on here in the summer, because it’s a beach area, a good resort town, and in the winter and other off-seasons. The city is spoiled by concerts, so it took us a long time to get to Odessa, gradually, little by little. At first she tried us out, in my opinion, back in 2003 or 2004, but then we already got a taste and enjoyed the Odessa residents, and I hope they like us. From year to year we come with big, good concerts and in the fall or spring and summer we come to Arcadia, delighting the wonderful residents and guests of this city with our performances. So the friendship took place.

Weekend.od.ua: What do you like about Odessa itself? Didula: Of course, I like the sea. I miss it a little in Moscow; in summer I like the airy, carefree atmosphere, beautiful girls in Odessa. Here I am looking at you, and there is confirmation of this - your eyes are so playful, beautiful, such a slender red-haired beast in in a good way this word. All this catches your eye, namely beauty and gaiety, but at the same time the city is experienced, it has everything: wealthy people, creative potential, selective viewer. It is possible to carry out good concerts, light, sound, and in general the ambiance of the city is bright and you know Odessa has a great future, because it is a port and Cultural Center. A lot came out of this interesting artists. In short, he said a lot of good things.

Weekend.od.ua: You have a large group of musicians, do improvisations often happen at concerts? Didyulya: Of course, there is a lot of improvisation. In a live, high-energy concert, so cheerful and percussive, it’s not even a concert anymore, it’s more like they came to play, and then the audience turned up. In fact, there is a very light atmosphere, everything is very easy on the surface, but inside there is very well-coordinated work, a lot of work, sweat, effort, rehearsals, touring experience is behind it. The apotheosis of all this is the concert, but we definitely get pleasure, of course, a lot of improvisation and polished, which are orchestrated to the microsecond and a lot of light and free, sudden, unexpected. This is an absolutely live action, no conventions, only open creativity.

Weekend.od.ua: Has your first guitar survived? Didyulya: Of course, in the city of Grodno, in my apartment, which we did not sell. She stayed there, sometimes she waits for me there when I come to travel around Belarus, I stay in my hometown and there, in one of the rooms, is my old Cremona guitar. Standing there, of course, it broke - it did not stand the test of time. In any case, this tool is there, I take care of it.

Weekend.od.ua: How do you rest and relax? Didyulya: Nature, communication, a little sports, cycling, swimming, I like to drive, walks. Even today we came to the sea, ate there, admired the sea, went to the beach, and there were already people sunbathing, the traffic was so summer. I don’t need a lot to be happy; I find something unique in little things – it saves me. A child's view of life sometimes makes it possible to be inspired, rest, recover, change your mood and go on stage again and again.

Weekend.od.ua: Where do you get your creative energy? Didula: It could be a journey, people, situations, a beautiful melody, a good deed, a hug, maybe a look, an anecdote or, on the contrary, negative, but it will change something in yourself and you get a creative revelation. Therefore, my whole life inspires me, and is the most important inspiring factor. Of course, there is also music, there are also things that are beyond words, that are difficult to talk about. All the same, the life around us turns into music and, probably, that’s why the viewer wants to hear it, comes to the concert, buys tickets and that evening people come and spend two and a half hours of their life time trying to touch creativity, where there is no a single word, but there is a lot of emotion, energy, message, melodies, music, and most importantly there is pure frank live game. It costs a lot.

Weekend.od.ua: You have been on stage for more than ten years. In your opinion, what is the secret of such success? Didula: Alive, fair game. In general, the concept of success is vague for me, it is not clear to me. We were born, we have a guitar, we have the opportunity to write and compose music - this is already success. If there is a public resonance, and in different cities, the audience comes to the countries, this is what I expected twenty years ago. There is also an idea for the future, this is normal, expected, and I am very calm about this, both ovations and failures, setbacks - everything should happen. In fact, nothing changes - the same music, melodies, guitar, and the same desire to create an interesting and musical mood around yourself. This desire is in me and to this day I go on stage with it.

Weekend.od.ua: With such creative energy, do you have time for your personal life? Didyulya: Personal life is such a territory, such an island or island, into which I do not allow anyone. Of course, time remains. Personal territory requires very reverent, careful, careful attitude to yourself, but there must be a personal life. I say this to my musicians and colleagues, but I am a workaholic, I devote a lot of energy to my work, but of course there is personal space, time, there is a disconnect from music. I say: “I’ve flown away, I’ve left, I’ll be gone for a month,” and everyone knows that Didyulya won’t be there, he decided to relax with someone or alone. This also happens sometimes.

Weekend.od.ua: You have rather unusual platform shoes, is this a stage look or everyday shoes? Didyulya: I’m not tall, so the platform is no, it’s not a complex. I got rid of them many years ago, when the first albums appeared, small movements, more intense, and the complexes evaporated, I stopped paying attention to them. In fact, I am very unusual, both the music, the shoes, the costumes, the movements, the gait, the plasticity, that is, the sound production. I read that they write in the press that this detachment is evidence that I am stoned, sniffed, but in fact I am passionate about music. I live very freely, I can allow myself fantasies, whims, and emotions. Although I came to all this only after a while. By the way, if you like these shoes, come to Moscow, I’ll give you a tour of the 21st century store – that’s what it’s called! There are a lot of interesting things there, not just similar shoes!

Weekend.od.ua: What do you wish to our readers? Didula: I wish you good music, buy guitars for your children, let them play, go to music schools, touch the great and beautiful musical culture. Let them come to our concerts, Didula will be glad to see everyone. See you in the summer, during good weather, when there is beach season and the sea is warm. We will come and delight Odessa residents with good music on such a nice summer evening.

Galina Eremeeva, Weekend.od.ua

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Biography, life story of Didyulya

Didulya Valery Mikhailovich - Belarusian musician, composer, virtuoso guitarist, leader of the group "Didyulya" (flamenco, new age, folk, rock, ethnic motifs).

Childhood and youth

Didula was born on January 24, 1969 in the city of Grodno. This Belarusian town is beautiful with its architecture and rich in musical traditions. The borders with Poland and Lithuania are nearby, resulting in great cultural interaction. The city is home to a lot of nationalities: Poles, Jews, Lithuanians, Belarusians, Russians, Ukrainians. The city is interesting, pleasant, and only warm memories remain about it.

Valery's mother gave him his first guitar when he was five years old. The interest in the instrument was unusual, maybe because there was always someone strumming a guitar in the yard, or maybe because I was generally drawn to music. Like every child, Didyulya had all sorts of record players as a child, which also had quite a positive impact. strong influence. With the very first guitar came the first unobtrusive experiments with sound: a sensor was placed on the guitar, homemade amplifiers were turned on, and all sorts of gadgets were made. For Didyulya, a period of guitar courses began: the teacher showed what chords existed, how to play, what manners and playing techniques existed. This was the beginning, the first steps in mastering the guitar.

The desire to experiment with the guitar was unquenchable, the guys attended concerts, watched how they played at weddings, and how all this happened in general - it was exciting and had a serious influence on their interests and ideas. Valery and his friends, who were also interested in the guitar, showed each other new achievements, competed, which naturally pushed them, forced them to work and keep themselves in suspense.

Creative path

Years passed, experiments continued, and the first group appeared. Didula was taken into the vocal-instrumental ensemble "Scarlet Dawns" as the third guitarist. There were many people in the ensemble - an expanded composition, it had its own brass section, keyboard instruments. Concerts were held on collective and state farms, as well as in the city. Nikolai Khitrik, the permanent leader of the ensemble, and work there gave Valery a lot of experience and important performances. In the process, several people filtered out, after which the performances continued at a local cooperative restaurant. It was an amazing school: six hours of play every evening, seven days a week, almost no breaks; played in different ways different music. This could be called the first serious school, where Didyuley acquired basic knowledge and skills of speaking in front of the public. In addition, he earned his first money, which he was very proud of, because making money doing what you love is everyone’s dream.

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But the ensemble fell apart, after which Valery Didyulya began a period of work as a sound engineer. He joined the dance ensemble "White Dews" - a very serious, authoritative group in Grodno, which had touring experience and success. Various music was played, sung and danced, mostly folk dances - Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Gypsy. The team was large and diverse, where Didyulya became a sound engineer - an important and responsible job, and at the same time very interesting. Although during the work I had to learn a lot: how to make sound, how different instruments sound, how the public generally accepts this or that act. After all, a sound engineer, sitting in a concert hall, feels like no one else what is happening on stage, what is the reaction of the audience in the hall, which numbers are better received, which ones are worse, how the sound affects the viewer. The subtle psychological moments of the concert are what Didyula managed to learn while working in this group. Huge experience was also gained from communicating with the musicians - they were people who had gone through thick and thin, with a strong academic education, who played folk music like no one else. Didyulya had a very strong influence on the further work of touring activities ensemble, because the tour took place both in his homeland and abroad.

With this group, Didyulya visited Europe for the first time - Spain, Italy, Poland, Switzerland, France, Germany. The diversity of people and traditions of these countries made an indelible impression. Working with this group, Valery went to Spain, where he became acquainted with the style of flamenco, Spanish folk tradition. Although he had previously been interested in and studied their music, delving into it, it was only in Spain that it became clear to him. The ensemble spent quite a lot of time there, acquiring various musical instruments. Also, during his stay in Spain, Didyulya organized street concerts, which gave him a lot of experience and training.

Working in the ensemble, Didulya communicated not only with musicians, but also with dancers and choreographers, this was after all dance ensemble. The first serious composer experiments began there. Having a good technological base in the ensemble, Valery began to record more or less professionally. It was there that his first recordings and first ideas for concerts began to be born. At first there was collaboration with dancers, then we met the wonderful guitarist Vladimir Zakharov, the wonderful dancer and choreographer Dmitry Kurakulov. This is how a dance and music trio was created and an excellent concert program. The period in "Belye Rosy" was a time of ideas, the atmosphere of the team, communication with interesting people, tours.

After some time, Didyulya learned that Belarusian television was holding a competition where interesting young performers of different genres were invited. If you pass the qualifying round, great prospects will open up. He decided to try, and, having collected his things and tools with Dima Kurakulov, he went to another city, where the competition was held. Valery and Dima passed the qualifying round, after which they were invited to filming. It was a great inspiration; the preparation for filming was very serious. To his surprise, having played some of the acoustic things he was accustomed to, Didyulya went through the next round and got to the gala concert. It was big victory and success - the dream of a large audience came true. There we met professional directors and editors; they helped, shared their own experience, pointed out what we should strive for and in what direction to work. The talented Belarusian composer Oleg Eliseenkov. His help was simply invaluable, his advice was accurate and useful.

But the scope of a sound engineer is becoming too narrow for Didyulya - he wants to do what he loves - guitar, composition, sound, arrangement, his own original music. And at the invitation of businessman and pianist Igor Bruskin, he moves to Minsk. Bruskin owns a music salon that sells various instruments. Didulya is engaged in consultations and sales there, working with various musical equipment, often travels to Moscow, where, interacting with recording studios, concert halls and others music organizations, where this equipment was supplied, gains useful experience.

Unexpectedly, in the wake of a television competition for a very major festival"Slavic Bazaar" a small program was organized, where all the artists participating in the television competition were invited. Finally, it became possible to make a more serious statement - the festival was broadcast to all CIS countries, as well as to Poland, the Baltic states and Bulgaria. This gives Didula a great incentive to continue working in the direction in which it was carried out, builds a clear position - studying instrumental music, guitar, guitar aesthetics, and all this under the slight influence of folk music. Didulya also tried to some extent mix into this electronic music. Visit" Slavic Bazaar"remained a good tradition, even after Didyulya moved to Moscow. This period is characterized by Didyulya working closely with local choreographers, creating unusual and interesting numbers.

But Moscow attracts with its diversity and great prospects. Valery Didyulya warmly says goodbye to Igor Bruskin and moves to Moscow. At first it was very difficult, because the capital is very specific - it has its own customs, principles, traditions. For a newcomer, this is a completely unusual and unfamiliar city, different people. But the goal, stubbornness in achieving it and faith in success greatly helped to overcome difficulties. The Arbat period began - performances on the street, but not by a ragged street artist, but professional musician with good technique and appearance, who played, first of all, for his own pleasure. Here Didyulya met many people, including Sergei Kulishenko, who at that time held a high commercial position. Although Didyulya did not get close to him very easily strangers, but amid the difficulties that arose, he had to make a choice: either call someone he met, or leave Moscow.

The first person Valery Didyulya called was Sergei Kulishenko. Sergei wanted to learn to play the guitar, so Didyulya got his first student. Sergei also showed interest in Didyulya’s activities, helped with housing and instruments, paid for the first professional recording at the studio of the wonderful Guitarist May Liana. A high-quality home recording studio determined the direction of Didyulya’s further work. Mei Lian's recording went well - eight compositions were recorded, technically everything was at the highest level, although artistically it was not the same. Didulya very warmly recalled his communication with Mei Lian, a talented guitarist and composer, a good teacher and a respected friend.

Didyulya, together with Sergei, began to develop the issue of creating their own home recording studio and explored the market for musical equipment. A set of equipment was formed and installed in country house Sergei. Serious systematic work began in the field of sound, guitar, exercises, classes, and search. Started interesting acquaintance with the performer popular music Arkady. He was an interesting Samara musician, singer, composer; Their joint club performances with Didula began.

Through Arkady, I met Sergei Migachev, a sound producer, arranger, a person who understands music and is familiar with both modern computer and analog technologies. After a year of hard work together under the leadership and help of Sergei Kulishenko, the debut album was recorded and the first video clip “Isadora” was shot. But Didyulya received a refusal from major record companies: they all claimed that instrumental music was not for Russia, that this genre was not interesting. There was no financial opportunity to show their music to a large public, which put Didyulya’s company at a dead end and did not inspire optimism. At one of the club concerts, I met a man who is now quite famous; he became interested in music and performance. He invited Didyula to meet at the office of the Monolit company and talk about cooperation. The company management, having listened to the material, after much deliberation, refused. The interest was inspiring, and Valery Didyulya began to focus on performing in clubs. By performing and analyzing what the audience liked best, Didulya was able to adjust his album and achieved an interesting, unusual sound from his guitar. At one of the regular concerts, Didyula was approached by people who invited him to negotiations with the Global Music company. The company became interested in the project and agreed to cooperate. Didyulya's first contract was signed. But, unfortunately, things did not go any further: for unknown reasons, the company was not active in its work.

Six months of cooperation were not in vain: Valery Didyulya met Timur Salikhov, the director. This man is ideal for his job - professional acumen and subtle diplomacy. The contract with Global Music was terminated. After some time, Didyula received a call from the Russian Studio and offered to place one of the compositions in the collection. In the office where the meeting was scheduled, Didyulya was able to talk with Prigozhin, a young, acumen specialist. He said he was creating new company, Knox Music, he is interested in new projects and would like to collaborate. It didn’t take much thought to answer – Didyulya agreed. The materials were reviewed, the direction of further work was discussed and a contract was signed. Filming of a new video with the participation of the Todes ballet began immediately. A record and design were prepared; advertising began, the debut album was released. Work has been started to introduce an unusual genre instrumental music. Video clips began to be shown on television, and Didyulya also took part in original program“Anthropology”, I managed to perform there, talk, and introduce TV viewers to the record. After this, more serious sales of the album began.

This period of Didyuli’s work is also associated with acquaintance with truly world-famous stars: Placido Domingo,. An idea appears about working together with, the goal is to record several songs, Didulya acts as a composer, arranger and producer. The work is going very successfully in tandem from Sergei Migachev and Didyuli and is developing into a large-scale project. The circle of acquaintances with artists is expanding, young performers, bright and interesting people, are being attracted to work. Touring activities are expanding, new cities and clubs are being included. During these tours, new instruments are acquired, as well as experience and ideas, which benefits creativity.

The album "Road to Baghdad" (2002) is born. Complications appear in relations with Prigozhin and his company, Knox Music. At the same time, he became acquainted with and filmed Didyulya in his film “House of Fools”. During the filming, DiDuLya worked with, who also took part in the film. In the film, Didyulya played a guitarist, or, more simply, he played himself.

Soon, pirated copies of discs began to appear - undoubtedly, one of the types of recognition for the artist. At one of the concerts, Didyuli invited him to release an instrumental piece together. Didulya agreed, the idea of ​​the work was born quite quickly, and thus the composition “Satin Shores” was created. In the same vein, collaboration with , a joint composition was born.

The geography of Didyulya's performances expanded and the level became higher. He continued to participate in television programs and various concerts. A period of more serious concert work, and Diduyaya decided to create his own team, his own group. Recruitment has begun: a bass player (Yaroslav Oboldin), a keyboard player (Alexander Leonov), a percussionist (Kirill Rossolimo), and a sound engineer (Boris Solodovnikov) have been invited. The group rehearsed, a program was prepared, consisting partly of new, partly of old music, supplemented with new colors. There was a search for my own style, studio experiments continued.

In 2004, the album "Legend" was released. Two years later " Cave City Inkerman" and "Color Dreams". In 2007, Valery Didulya released the album "Music of an Unmade Movie", in 2010 he presented "Aroma". In 2012, the album "Ornamental" went on sale, in 2013 - the album "Once Upon a Time", in 2017 – album “Aquamarine”.

In 2013, Valery Didyulya and Belarusian singer Max Lawrence applied to participate in the national qualifying round of the Eurovision Song Contest from Belarus. Alas, Didula never managed to get into the competition.

Personal life

For several years, Valery Didyulya was married to Leila Khamrabaeva, a native of Tajikistan. The couple had a son together. In addition, Didula adopted his beloved’s daughter from her first husband.

After the divorce, Valery’s communication with the children came to naught and paternal care was limited only to the payment of alimony. By the way, there is an unpleasant story connected with this. One day Leila appeared in the studio of the talk show “We Talk and Show” and stated that Valery had already for a long time doesn’t give her a penny for the children, which is why they have to live in a tiny rented apartment and subsist on bread and water. Didyulya made a refutation and said that there was no debt to ex-wife he doesn't have. The musician’s words were documented by his lawyer. Valery’s friends also came to his defense and even noted that Didyulya would happily take part in raising Leila’s children, but she doesn’t allow him.

Valery Didulya is legendary Belarusian guitarist, whose creativity has no analogues in the post-Soviet space. The compositions he performs subtly combine the charm of instrumental music with modern arrangements and unusual sound. Such a symbiosis gives this guitarist’s tracks a special flavor, and therefore it is very, very difficult not to admire his work.

Early years, childhood and family of Valery Didyuli

The future virtuoso guitarist was born in the city of Grodno, located in the west of modern Belarus. Here he visited secondary school. It was here that he first began to learn the basics of guitar music.

Didyulya received his first guitar when he was five years old, as a gift from his mother. From that moment on, he systematically developed his innate talents, methodically picking the strings and rearranging the chords one after another. His teachers admired his ability to work, and he, not paying attention to anything, simply improved his playing, looking at the great guitarists of his time.

IN adolescence Valery first learned about the existence of various auxiliary devices that allow him to work on the guitar sound. From that moment on, experiments with gadgets, sensors, pickups and other similar elements became a real obsession for the young musician.

He developed his skills, and at the same time worked on creating an original guitar sound. Very soon such efforts bore fruit. Didyulya’s compositions began to acquire their unusual sound for the first time. However, the real peaks were still far away.

Some time later, as the third guitarist, our today's hero got a job in the vocal-instrumental group "Scarlet Dawns", which at that time was very popular in the BSSR. The group's concerts took place almost everywhere - in cities, towns, villages, collective farms, etc. The ensemble was promoted by success, but at some point “Scarlet Dawns” nevertheless began to disintegrate. The reason for this was the collapse of the USSR, as well as the huge number of opportunities that opened up. Some of the musicians went to the west, some opened their own business, and only our today's hero continued to systematically work on his creativity.

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In the early nineties, he joined the Grodno band “Belye Rosy”, within which he worked for a long time not only as a guitarist, but also as a sound engineer. At that time, the named group was mainly engaged in the performance of Belarusian, Polish and Ukrainian folk songs. Valery Didyula liked the “folk” style so much that later the notes folk music were constantly heard in all his later compositions.

In addition, it is also worth noting that it was as part of the ensemble “White Dews” that our today’s hero first went on tour around the world Western Europe– Poland, Germany, France, Switzerland, Italy, Spain and some other countries.

The young musician was especially impressed by Spain, or more precisely, by its characteristic flamenco guitar music. After the end of the tour, Valery Didyulya stayed in this Pyrenean state for several more years, studying guitar passages and rhythms during this time.

Thus, by the end of the 2000s, the style of the Belarusian musician was finally formed. Flamenco music was subtly intertwined with Belarusian-Polish folk motives, and all this was complemented by modern arrangements in house style.

Star Trek of guitarist Valery Didyulya

At the end of the nineties, Valery Didyulya gathered around him a good team of like-minded people, with whom he began touring around Belarus, Poland, Ukraine, and Spain.

During this period, Minsk businessman Igor Bruskin and composer Oleg Eliseenko provided active assistance in promoting the young musician. On their advice, the musician moved to Minsk and took part in several major concerts and competitions. Didyuli’s music created a sensation everywhere, and therefore very soon our today’s hero received an offer to perform at international festival"Slavic Marketplace".

Didyulya Satin Banks

The appearance at such a large music forum opened many doors for Valery Didyulya. He was invited to work in Moscow, and there our today's hero began work on his first studio album. The Flamenco album was released in 2000. Following this came out debut video performer. Soon, many famous people began to turn to the talented native of Grodno for help. Russian musicians. So in different years Didyulya worked with Abraham Russo, Kristina Orbakaite, Dmitry Malikov and many other popular performers.

In 2002, the guitarist’s fame was strengthened by a new studio album, “The Road to Baghdad,” followed by the album “Satin Shores.” To date, the musician’s discography already includes nine studio albums. As part of the Didyulya group, the Belarusian tours the CIS countries, giving about 120 concerts annually.


Having earned a name for himself in the world of show business, Valery Didyulya also began working as a producer. With his support, an album by Belarusian musician Igor Dedusenko was released. And also a record by another fellow countryman - guitarist Denis Asimovich, back in early childhood who has lost his sight.

Sound in sound: Experiments by Valery Didyulya

At the end of the 2000s, Valery Didulya began a new experiment, which he called “sound in sound” or “musical 25th frame.” According to him, this technology allows you to create an additional background for the composition, as well as make it deeper and richer.

Didulya is sure that such music has an absolutely special effect on listeners, giving them an additional boost of energy. This fact was later even confirmed by doctors and psychologists. That is why the music of the Grodno musician is often called healing.