The Piano Duo of Tatyana & Aleksei Kostenko was formed in 1992 after graduating from the Tchaikovsky Academy of Music in Kiev.
In 1997 Tatiana and Aleksei graduated from the graduate school of piano duet and internship in the class of the piano duet of Professor A. Bakhchiev and Professor E. Sorokin (Golden Duet of Russia, Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory)
They are winners of the most prestigious international competitions in Europe and America: Reding-Piette Piano Duo Competition Prague （Czech Republic）1995, Murray Dranoff Two Piano Competition in Miami （USA）1995. Since 1995, they are members of the Piano Duo Association in Japan (Tokyo) and Special Award Winners of the Clavish Records (Switzerland). Following which were included in “The Book of Best Ukrainian Pianists” in 1998.
Their piano duo performs concerts in various prestigious halls of Europe, America, Russia and China. Tatiana and Aleksei Kostenko are permanent jury members of the International Piano Competition of F. Chopin and the International Piano Competition of F. List (Hong Kong). Since 2004 they are working as piano professors in the Guangdong Ocean University.
In their repertoire the duo includes all musical program for two pianos, starting with classical and romantic composers and ending with contemporary composers of the 21st century.
Kostenko Piano Duo participates in various music festivals, masterclasses and artistic projects.
1992年，科斯坚科夫妻同时在乌克兰柴可夫斯基国立音乐学院取得硕士学位，成立钢琴二重奏组合。
1994年起，他们进入莫斯科柴可夫斯基国立音乐学院攻读双钢琴课程研究生，师从被誉为“俄罗斯黄金钢琴二重奏”组合的A. Bakhchiev和E. Sororina教授。 之后，他们在欧美最负盛名的两个国际双钢琴比赛中获奖：1995年捷克布拉格Reding-Piette国际钢琴二重奏比赛、1995年美国迈阿密 Murray Dranoff国际双钢琴比赛。
同年，他们成为日本（东京）双钢琴协会成员，并获得了瑞士“Clavish Records”唱片公司特别奖。 并受邀于包括俄罗斯在内的欧洲各国、美国、中国等许多国家举行演出。
1997年，他们在莫斯科柴院完成学业回到基辅，担任乌克兰柴可夫斯基国立音乐学院和乌克兰国立艺术大学钢琴主科教师。 1998年，阿列克谢·科斯坚科被载入“乌克兰最佳钢琴家名册”。
科斯坚科夫妇演奏的作品演奏的作品不仅具有浓郁的正宗俄罗斯风情，还涉及古典、浪漫、近现代及21世纪当代音乐等广泛风格流派。 “每一场”科斯坚科组合“音乐会都能迸发出绚丽的火花，令人难忘并广受赞誉。
2010年后，阿列克谢教授连年受邀担任国内外许多钢琴比赛评委，包括香港“李斯特纪念奖”、“肖邦纪念奖”国际钢琴公开赛总决赛、俄罗斯“柴可夫斯基音乐学院”国际钢琴比赛、“圣彼得堡音乐学院”国际钢琴比赛、德国Stichel国际钢琴公开赛、葡萄牙Santa Cecilia国际钢琴比赛等等。
无论是教学还是评审上，阿列克谢教授都秉承着对学生高度负责、兢兢业业的敬业质量，充分彰显了“俄罗斯钢琴乐派”崇高的音乐精神。
