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Mykhailo Khoma, (born 20 November 1983, Bortnyky, Zhydachiv district, Lviv region—Ukrainian singer, songwriter, actor, film director, producer, front man and founder of the DZIDZIO band . Honored Artist of Ukraine (2020). Ambassador of the National Soccer Team of Ukraine.

Early Years
Father - Khoma Stepan Oleksiyovych, veterinarian, graduated from Lviv Veterinary Institute. Mother - Khoma (Markul) Halyna Yanivna, printing technologist, graduated from the Printing College.

Mykhailo was born in 1983 in the village of Bortnyky (Zhydachiv district). The singer spent his childhood in the village but later on, at the age of 4, he moved to Novoyavorivsk with his parents. In 1991 he joined the Novoyavorivska school № 1. His parents also enrolled him in a vocal and choral class at a music school of the same city. His first teacher of vocals was Omelyan Lesya Mykolayivna. She opened the world of academic vocals for Mykhailo.

At a young age, Mykhailo was called Robertino Loretti because he participated in all concerts at the music school and city concerts. The first significant achievement in his life was the first prize at the Peter Tchaikovsky Contest (1995). Mykhailo liked classical and pop music; pop singer Ivan Popovych was a role model for the young singer at that time. The same year, Mykhailo's father accidentally met Popovych and asked to audition his son. Following the advice of Ivan Popovych, Mykhailo Khoma began taking singing lessons from Mykhailo Rusyn in Yavoriv. Thanks to Mykhailo Mikhailovych Rusyn, the artist went through years of powerful and enduring training. It was Rusyn who began preparing Khoma for concerts and competitions.

Mykhailo is the winner of contests and festivals: Peter Tchaikovsky Contest (first prize), Golden Trembitas (1996), "Jazz Singer" (1996, first prize), "Evenings over Latorytsia" (first prize), "Spivogray" (Grand Prix), "Flowers of Prykarpattia" (Grand Prix), "Black Sea Games (2000, second prize), Young Galicia (1996 first prize, 1999, Grand Prix) and others.

1998
After graduating from music school, he entered the Lviv Music School where he studied at the Department of Conducting. Mykhailo's teacher was Maksymovych Oksana Ivanivna. The head of the Department was Kos-Anatolsky's wife, Nadiya.

2004
After the School of Conducting, he entered Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts to continue developing pop vocals. After 2 years of full-time studies, he transferred to remote studies and returned to Lviv.

In Lviv, Mykhailo creates a band, Druzi, that performed at weddings and private events. The team included: Vasyl Bula, Yaroslava Khoma (Prytula), Serhiy Lyba, Roman Kulyk, Nazariy Guk, Ihor Hrynchuk, Orest Zhuk. The band became widely known, was a role model for other bands. At the same time, he began to teach vocals to children in his own studio at the Palace of Culture "Crystal".

Also, at that time Khoma collaborated with the "Mercury" band (a band of the Customs Service of Ukraine), in which Vasyl Bula was the soloist. Through collaboration with this band, he was invited to work at the customs.

Mykhailo did an internship at the customs of the Krakovets checkpoint. Having realized that his main vocation was music, he interrupted the internship and continued his musical career.

2008
Mykhailo recorded a cover version of the song "Calendar" written by Andriy Kuzmenko and Oleg Turko. Having listened to the version of the song, Kuzmenko offered him to make a cover version of the song "Old Pictures". Subsequently, a video clip was made for it. Mykhailo initiated the name, "Dzidzio", this is how his Polish grandfather Markul Jan Kazymyrovych was called. Kuzmenko supported him, but later, on his recommendation, the image of "Dzidzio" was suspended. The "Sex Shop Boys" band was created instead, in which Mykhailo is the group's soloist.

Simultaneously performing at corporate events with the band Druzi ("Friends"), Mykhailo as the leader of the band entertains his friends with funny stories during breaks, using the manner of speaking of Nadsyansk district and an “old grandpa” voice. This is how Dzidzio's monologues were created and later gained wide popularity by transmission via the infrared port.

2009
Mykhailo is invited to perform at a private event, where he meets Anatoly Bezukh, the future producer of DZIDZIO. Since then, the logo is written in Latin. It was created (visualized) by Roman Cheryba, who gave it to Mykhailo for his birthday. The same year, the band DZIDZIO begins a new round. The duo "Sex Shop Boys" ceases its activity not having existed even a year.

2010—2011
Andriy Kuzmenko created the song "Yalta", after which he stopped collaborating with the duo "Sex Shop Boys", and Anatoliy Bezukh became a producer of the DZIDZIO band.

2011—2019
The band DZIDZIO led by Mykhailo is actively touring and releasing new author's songs, supporting them with author's short films acquiring national love. They become an impetus for a feature film.

2013
On May 18, 2013, a significant event in Mykhailo's life took place, he played a solo concert with the band DZIDZIO at the Arena Lviv stadium and became the first singer in Ukrainian show business to gather an audience of over 25,000 people.

2016—2017
Mykhailo is working on his first feature film, DZIDZIO Contrabass. The artist becomes the author of the idea, producer, screenwriter and protagonist of the film. The film won the "Viewer's Choice" nomination according to the Golden Whirlwind Award. DZIDZIO Contrabass also set a box office record among Ukrainian films.

2018
This year, DZIDZIO again gathers the Arena Lviv stadium for the "Super-duper" mega-show dedicated to the release of a new album. The actor also appears in the role of the director, author of the idea, producer and lead actor in the new feature film, DZIDZIO The First Time. The film won two Golden Whirlwind Awards (3rd Award Ceremony) in the Audience Choice and the Best Sound Director nomination.

On November 20, on the occasion of his birthday, Mykhailo gathered a full Palace of Sports in Kyiv with an audience of more than 10,000 people as part of the Super-duper tour. For the first time in Ukraine, the show used 400 square meters of solid LED screen and the most powerful lighting fixtures.

2019
Mykhailo performed the National Anthem of Ukraine before the match between the national teams of Ukraine and Lithuania, which surprised his fans and star colleagues. Since then, he has been an ambassador of the Ukrainian national soccer team.

At the end of the year, the artist began to work on a large project that combined an updated version of the anthem of Ukraine and a recording of the spiritual anthem of Ukraine - "O Great God Eternal." Mykhailo involved 100 young musicians under the direction of conductor Oksana Lyniv.

2020
This year, Mykhailo presented a video for the spiritual anthem of Ukraine "O Great God Eternal." The work on the recording took place at the Kyiv Recording House where more than 100 musicians and choristers can be recorded simultaneously. Oksana Lyniv was the conductor of the project. On August 24, he performed the anthem of Ukraine at the celebrations of the Independence Day of Ukraine and was awarded the title of Honored Artist of Ukraine.

Personal life
His wife is a native of Lviv, singer Yaroslava Prytula, known under the stage name SLAVIA [20]. They got married in November 2013. Mykhailo met his future wife during the Moloda Halychyna contest, and later they sang together in the Druzi band. In April 2021, Mykhailo announced his divorce. In April 2021, Mykhailo announced his divorce. .

Distinctions, awards

 * 1995 prize at the Peter Tchaikovsky Vocal Contest
 * In 1996 won the first prize in the Young Galicia Contest
 * In 1999 won the Grand Prix of the Young Galicia Festival
 * In 2018, the film DZIDZIO Contrabass was awarded the Golden Whirlwind in the Viewer's Choice nomination.
 * In 2019, DZIDZIO The First Time was awarded two Golden Whirlwinds in the nominations: "Best Sound" and "Audience Award".
 * Since 2020 he is an Honored Artist of Ukraine.

Filmography
Short Films

Films

Television

TV Shows