Central Band of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus

Central Band of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus
Цэнтральны аркестр Узброеных Сіл Рэспублікі Беларусь
Центральный оркестр Вооруженных Сил Республики Беларусь
The logo of the band.
Active 1 April 1950 (1950-04-01)
Country Belarus
Branch Armed Forces of Belarus
Type Military Band
Garrison/HQ Building 1A, 21 Kuleshova Street, Minsk
Nickname(s) BelArmyBand
Commanders
Senior Director of Music/Commander Colonel Serguei Kostiuchenko
Director of Music Colonel Yevgeny Dovzhyk
Deputy Commander and Bandmaster Lieutenant Colonel Maxim Kochetkov
Drum Major Major Alexei Yurchenko
Insignia
Shoulder Patch

The Central Band of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus is the central military band of the Armed Forces of Belarus. The band was formed on April 1, 1950 as the band of the Belorussian Military District.[1] The band participates in parades, Military tattoos, and official ceremonies of Belarus.[2][3][4] The band is an annual participant in the parades of the Minsk Garrison on Victors Avenue since 2004.[5] The repertoire of the band includes more than 500 compositions of the most important classical music composers and contemporary ones.[6] The band has performed in festivals in Great Britain, Ireland, Germany, France, Poland, Sweden, and Russia.[7] The band regularly performs in the Central Officers' House, in soldiers' and garrisons' clubs.[8] The band has also played in the Spasskaya Tower military tattoo in 2013, 2016, and 2017.[9] The artistic director of the band is Colonel Evgueny Dovzhik.[10][11] The band is commanded by its Senior Director of Music/Chief Conductor, Colonel Serguei Kostiuchenko, since 2008.[12][11]

Structure of the Band

As a grouping of military bands of the armed services of the republic the Central Band of the Armed Forces is composed of the following:

Exemplary Military Band

It was founded on the basis of the Staff Band of the Belorussian Military District. It has been given high praise as one of the best military band of the Soviet Union, next to the massed bands of the Kiev Military District and the Moscow Military District. In 1992, after the Fall of the Soviet Union and the Independence of Belarus, the orchestra acquired a new status as the Main Exemplary Military Band of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus. Years later, the concert band of the Ministry of Defense was added as a component of the band. The purpose of the band is to promote the military-patriotic education of servicemen of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus through the means of musical art.[13]

Band of the Guard of Honor

band of the Honor Guard Company.

The band of the Honor Guard Company of the Minsk Military Commandant of the Armed Forces of Belarus was founded on July 1, 1995, as the Military Band of the Minsk Military Commandant's Office. For 21 years until 2016, the commander of the orchestra was Serguei Kostiuchenko. It works alongside the honor guard company in taking part in ceremonies in Belarus and abroad. The orchestra's repertoire is based on Belarusian, Russian and foreign music.[14][15]

Band of the Ministry of Internal Affairs

The band of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus was founded on July 20, 1945 as a military band of the 21st Motorized Rifle Detachment of the Ministry of Internal Security of the USSR. On April 28, 1995 the band was re-branded as the band of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus. Its first concert in its new capacity took place on the Day of the Militia parade on March 4, 1995 at October Square. It is currently led by Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Kalinin.[16]

Band of the Border Guard Service

The Band of the Border Guard Service is the official band supporting the everyday ceremonial activities of the Border Guard Service of Belarus, which reports to the State Border Committee of the Republic of Belarus, rather than to the Ministry of Defense.

Cadet Bands

Cadet bands affiliated to the CBAFRB are drawn from military academies of the armed forces and ministries of the state.

Regional Bands

Together with the component bands of the CBAFRB and the cadet bands of the Armed Forces, the regional bands from each of the military commandants form the Military Band Service of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus and are affiliated to the Central Band. The bands of the regional departments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, while not being part of the Band Service, are also affiliated to the band as well.

  • Band of the Baranavichy Military Commandant
  • Band of the Babruysk Military Commandant
  • Band of the Barysaw Military Commandant[19]
  • Band of the Brest Military Commandant (led by Sergey Minich since 2007)[20][21]
  • Band of the Grodno Military Commandant
  • Band of the Minsk Military Commandant
  • Band of the Vitebsk Military Commandant[22]

List of Directors

Serguei Kostiuchenko

Directors of the Exemplary Military Band[11][4]

  • V. Shalygin - (1950–1952)
  • I. Mironovich - (1952–1959)
  • A. Mayzler (1959–1968)
  • P. Chebanenko (1968–1974)
  • B. Chudakov - (1974–1979)
  • J. Kraokotin - (1979–1983)
  • M. Bersan - (1983–1990)
  • A. Fedorov - (1990–2004)
  • V. Ermolaev - (2004–2008)
  • Serguei Kostiuchenko - (2008–Present)

Directors of the Band of the Honor Guard[23]

  • Lieutenant-Colonel Igor Hlebus (1993-1995)
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Serguei Kostiuchenko (1995-2005)
  • Major Aleksandr Kantsyal (2016–Present)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Demonstration band of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus was founded on the 1st April 1950 as the band of the headquarters of the Belorussian military district".
  2. ↑ "The Demonstration band of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus is a constant member of the parades of the troops of Minsk garrison, ceremonial parades and other cultural events".
  3. ↑ "The Guard of Honor and the Band of the Armed Forces, Belarus". izi.TRAVEL (in Chinese). Retrieved 2017-06-15.
  4. 1 2 "История оркестра - Заслуженный коллектив ГУ "Образцово-показательный оркестр Вооруженных Сил Республики Беларусь"". belarmyband.by (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-11-22.
  5. ↑ "Образцово-показательный оркестр Вооруженных Сил Республики Беларусь! Долгожданный концерт в Минске!". afisha.tut.by (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  6. ↑ "The repertoire of the band includes more than 500 compositions of the most important classical music composers and contemporary ones".
  7. ↑ "the band could take part in various prestigious festivals in Europe: Great Britain and Ireland (London, Belfast, Dublin, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Limerick, Plymouth), Germany (Berlin, Bonn, Braunschweig, Hanover, Hamburg, Neumunster, Frankfurt-am-Main, Hildesheim), France (Paris, Arras, Betun, Valais, Lille), Poland (Krakow), Sweden (Eksjö)".
  8. ↑ "The band regularly performs in the Central Officers' House, in soldiers' and garrisons' clubs".
  9. ↑ "2013, 2016, 2017".
  10. ↑ "The artistic director is the chief conductor of the band — Colonel Evgueny Dovzhik".
  11. 1 2 3 "Государственное учреждение "Образцово-показательный оркестр Вооруженных Сил Республики Беларусь" | Военный информационный портал Министерства обороны Республики Беларусь". www.mil.by. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
  12. ↑ "2008 the band is directed by the chief of the military bands' service of the Armed Forces — the chief of the «Demonstration band of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus» honored artist of the Republic of Belarus — Colonel Serguei Kostiuchenko".
  13. ↑ http://www.mil.by/ru/leisure/orchestra/
  14. ↑ http://orchestra-minsk.www.by/history
  15. ↑ https://vsr.mil.by/2017/12/02/odin-den-iz-zhizni-voennogo-dirizhyora/
  16. ↑ "Google Translate". translate.google.com. Retrieved 2017-11-22.
  17. ↑ Образцово-показательный оркестр
  18. ↑ Ансамбль - Руководство
  19. ↑ https://vsr.mil.by/2014/05/20/prazdnik-muzyki-3/
  20. ↑ http://virtualbrest.by/pda.php?pdaurl=1&pdaid=33474
  21. ↑ http://www.vb.by/help/who_is_who/105.html
  22. ↑ http://www.vitebsk.gov.by/ru/gorod-ru/viewArchiveNews/duxovomu-orkestru-vitebskoj-voennoj-komendatury-65-let-2488/
  23. ↑ http://orchestra-minsk.www.by/contact
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