Bands

He no longer competes when the Serbian brass festival in Guca hands out awards for the best handling of instruments. Boban Markovic has conquered the Balkan genre to a point where he was asked to withdraw from competition. The others should also have a chance.

Junior – wunderkind Marko Markovic – is now in front and at the helm when the brass band continues its international career that picked up speed with the soundtrack to Kusturica’s gallows-humourous war film Underground.

Father and son front an orchestra that leaves the audience dizzy in a cloud of Eastern European brandy, brass, gaudy tone colours and high tempos.

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