DiDuLya - biography of the Belarusian virtuoso guitarist

Valery DiDuLa - famous Belarusian guitar virtuoso, composer, arranger, music producer, and also the leader of the band of the same name! The musician's creativity is based on folk and fusion genres with a vivid influence of new-age style... Today this man is known as one of the the best guitarists in the former Soviet Union! Valery Mikhailovich is characterised by his truly virtuoso playing... He frequently tours the world, which has made him famous as an artist who regularly appears at festivals and concerts. At the same time, few people know that DiDuLya has also written music for films! And the result of his work allows us to rightfully call him a talented composer... From his early years to his stunning success - let's remember the life story of this outstanding musician!

Childhood

Valery DiDiulia was born in 1969. in Grodno, a beautiful Belarusian city... When he was five years old, the boy received a valuable gift from his mother. my first guitar! It was this gift that shaped his future: from an early age, Valery not only fell in love with music, but immersed himself in the game with his head! According to Valery's stories, as a teenager he loved to recordHowever, soon he got bored with just playing the instrument... So he started experimenting... To achieve a fresher sound, he used all kinds of sensors, amplifiers and amps made by his own hands. Then DiDuLya began to experiment... To achieve a fresher sound, he used all sorts of sensors, amplifiers, and plug-ins made by his own hands....

Didiuli's personal life ...

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Later he took up playing seriously and even enrolled in guitar courses! Professional training was his first conscious step towards music....

Music

Very soon young DiDuLya becomes a member of a vocal-instrumental ensemble "Alye Zori"! The band played concerts in different cities, collective and state farms, but it was the performances in the co-operative restaurant that brought the musician his first money... But with time... the band broke upValery had to find a new way to earn money from his creative work. Soon he became the sound engineer of the collective "White Dews."with whom he travelled all over the world! It was through this experience that DiDiulia became familiar with the flamenco style....

"This experience had a huge impact on me! I got an understanding of the psychology and desires of the public..." - Valery later recounted.

This experience pushed the musician to be more daring creative experiments! He already had all the necessary technical equipment for recording. All that remained was to make himself known... And what better way to do that than on television?

First success and first obstacles

Valery took part in the gala concert and soon received an invitation to move to Minsk from a pianist Igor Bruskin! At first he worked in a music shop as a salesman, but he did not forget to visit the Russian capital and make useful acquaintances with the owners of recording studios and concert halls... So, he ended up at the festival. "Slavic Bazaar". Yes, it was this event that made him recognisable in the CIS countries, Bulgaria, the Baltics and Poland! It was a big, no - a huge step forward for Valery!

Soon after that, DiDuLya moved to Moscow! He continued his experiments, combining electronic and folk music... In many ways, he was helped by Sergey KulishenkoIt was thanks to him that Valery was able to record his first composition in a studio! After seven more tracks, the men set up their own home recording studio. And with the help of a sound producer Sergei Migachev not only did DiDiuli's first album come out, but the music video for the song "Isadora."! The success was there, but even so the big record companies still ignored the guitarist from Grodno... Soon he signed a contract with "Global Music", but it didn't help in advancing his career.

The real glory is with Knox Music.

Valery soon terminated the contract he had previously signed with Global Music and entered into a new agreement with Knox Music on the advice of the Timur Salikhovhis director! Quite soon another music video was released, and Valery's popularity began to rapidly gain momentum... All his new, bright and bold ideas the guitarist embodied in the album "...".The road to Baghdad". After its release, the biggest stars of Russian pop music want to work with DiDiuLya! A striking example is the duet with Dmitri Malikov titled "Satin shores":

Trying to make it to Eurovision.

And this story took place in 2014: that's when DiDuLya together with Max Lawrence has applied to take part in the international Eurovision Song Contest! The duo was to present Belarusand even prepared a major pop number (the lyrics to the song were composed by the soloist himself). Deep Purple!), but... the professional jury decided that the duo could not cope and could not adequately represent the country at the contest....

The musicians disagreed with the jury's decision, and even wrote a letter to Alexander Lukashenko! But Alexander Grigorievich just agreed with the professional opinion...

Career as a composer and other achievements

In the same year Valery worked on the film "Stoker": he wrote the soundtrack for the film... By the time DiDuLa released "Aquamarine", his repertoire was already full of hits such as "The Way Home", "Flight to Mercury", "The wind in the steppe"... At the end of the 2019 the musician was a guest on the programme "Margulis's Apartment", as well as introducing the public to a new album titled "The seventh sense".

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Today, the strong desire to bring his guitar playing to absolute perfection has not left Valery... As the artist himself says, now he is busy working on compositions that can have a favourable effect on a person and his general well-being! Every year DiDuLya gives more than 100 concerts in the cities of Russia! At the same time, the artist not only records his new albums, but also willingly produces aspiring performers... He is also the leader of his own eponymous band, and after the release of the film Andrei Konchalovsky "House of Fools" Valery DiDuLya has revealed to the audience another of his creative sides - the actor's side!