Sergey Nikolaevich Kostiuchenko (

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:Сергей Николаевич Костюченко) is a Belarusian military conductor. He is the former Chief Director of the

Military Band Service of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus The Military Band Service of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus (, ) is the central military band service of the Armed Forces of Belarus. The band was formed on 1 April 1950 as the Band of the Belorussian Military District. It was expande ...

, holding this post from 2008-2019. At 11 in the band service was the second longest serving director of the bands after Alexander Fedorov who served for 14 years.

Early life and career

He was born on 17 December 1965. At the age of six he began to learn to play the

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and wind instruments. In 1981, Kostiuchenko was enrolled in the

Moscow Military Music College The Valery Khalilov Moscow Suvorov Military Music College is one of the leading military music institutions in Russia. It is a separate branch of the Suvorov Military Schools in Russia, and the oldest of them all (opened 1937). History On Augu ...

. After graduating with honors in 1985, he entered the Tchaikovsky

Moscow State Conservatory The Moscow Conservatory, also officially Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory () is a higher musical educational institution located in Moscow, Russia. It grants undergraduate and graduate degrees in musical performance and musical research. Th ...

. In 1990, he was appointed the chief conductor for the massed bands of the Belarusian Military District. Between 1990 and 2008, he served as military conductor of the Band of the

103rd Guards Airborne Division The 103rd Separate Guards Airborne Brigade is an airborne brigade of the Belarusian Special Forces. Its predecessor unit was the 103rd Guards Airborne Division (), which was a division of the Soviet Airborne Troops. It was established in 1946 an ...

. He later would serve as chief conductor for the Band of the Minsk Higher Engineering Air Defense Missile School and the Honor Guard of the Armed Forces. At the same time, he simultaneously served as the deputy chief of the military band service under V. Ermolaev. Since 2008, he has served as the Director of the Military Band Service of the Armed Forces and the exemplary central band. During his tenure as chief director, he put the Central band of the armed forces in many military festivals, such as Moscow's

Spasskaya Tower Military Music Festival and Tattoo The Spasskaya Tower International Military Music Festival is an annual military music event and military tattoo held in Moscow on Red Square. Participating in the festival are Russian and foreign military bands, folk groups, and honor guard units ...

. He retired in the summer of 2019, with his last public duty being the director of the bands of the Minsk Garrison during the

Minsk Independence Day Parade The Minsk Independence Day Parade () also known as the July 3 Parade is the main event of the Independence Day of Belarus. This parade is held annually in Minsk on July 3. It is held every year except years that celebrate Victory Day (9 May), to ...

in 2019, which celebrated the 75th anniversary of the

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. He was succeeded by Lieutenant Colonel Igor Khlebus.

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Early life and career

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