
The Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar are a Roma brass band from Vladicin Hal in the south of Serbia. They were founded in 1984 by Boban Markovic under the name Boban Markovic Orkestar and are one of the most famous Roma brass bands ever. In 2004, Boban Markovic officially handed over leadership of the band to his son Marko. Since then, the band are called the Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar.
The Ekrem Mamutovic Orkestar are a Roma brass band from Vranje, a town in the southeast part of Serbia. Vranje is not far from the border to Kosovo, Macedonia and Bulgaria. The head of the band is, as the name implies, trumpeter Ekrem Mamutovic who stems from one of the oldest families of Roma brass musicians with a long standing in Serbia.