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Boban Marković Orkestar

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist

Boban Marković Orkestar · Boban Marković is a Serbian trumpeter and leader of a brass orchestra from Vladičin Han, in southern Serbia. He has a Romani background. The orchestra plays Balkan brass and won the most important prizes at the trumpet festival in Guča, the Dragačevski Sabor, which has been held every August in central Serbia since 1961. In 2000 it won the prize for best orchestra, and Marković himself was named first trumpeter five times between 1988 and 2001.

Music and breakthrough

The albums begin with Čik, čik in 1991 and run through, among others, Hani Rumba, Zlatna Truba and Srce Cigansko to Boban i Marko in 2003, the year of Mundo čoček, and later Go Marko Go!, Balkan Brass Battle and Gipsy Manifesto in 2013. His son Marko has played with him since 2002 and as a seventeen-year-old became the most important soloist and arranger. The orchestra made music for a film by Emir Kusturica, Underground, and played at festivals in dozens of countries, and at many weddings.

Influence

The classic brass sound is supplemented by two percussionists and sometimes a young violinist. The music is fast, danceable and full of virtuoso trumpet solos. The orchestra also collaborated with the Austrian group Attwenger and with Frank London.

Listening

Listening tip. Listen to Mundo čoček. Notice how the brass and the percussion lay down a dancing rhythm and how the trumpet plays over it with fast ornaments.

Discography

Studio albums

Categories: ArtistsBalkan brass