He is of Romani background. The Boban Marković Orkestar is a
Balkan brass band from
Vladičin Han, Southern Serbia, which can be clearly heard in their music. They have won several of the most important prizes ("Golden Trumpet", "First Trumpet" and "The Best Orchestra") at the
Guča trumpet festival, called "Dragačevski Sabor", which has been held every August in Central Serbia's town of
Guča, since 1961. Boban Marković Orkestar won the "Best Orchestra" prize at 40th "Sabor" in Guča, August 2000. They won the "Best concert 2000" prize for their concert with
Felix Lajko. In Guča, at "Dragačevski Sabor", Boban Marković won "The First Trumpet" five times between 1988 and 2001. Boban Marković Brass Band also contributed a song to "Unblocked (Music from the Eastern Europe"), a compilation on Ellipsis Arts in the United States. The orchestra is featured on two tracks on "Srbija: Sounds Global", a series of
compilations released in 2000 by Radio
B92, and on the opening track of "Srbija: Sounds Global 2", which was released November 2002 by B92. They performed music for one of
Emir Kusturica's movies:
Underground as well as others in Balkan cinema. They are the main characters of the documentary film
Competition and are featured further in
Guča, a documentary about the Serbian trumpet festival. Marko Marković also played the role of Romeo in the music film
Gucha - Distant Trumpet by Dušan Milić. They have played festivals and concerts in Portugal, Greece, Switzerland, Belgium, the United States, Canada, Romania, the Netherlands, Hungary, Great Britain, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Poland, Italy, Austria, Monaco, Germany, France, Denmark, Israel, Spain, Slovenia, Slovakia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Turkey and at many wedding parties. In 2000 at the
Sziget Festival in Hungary, they played at the "World Music stage" in front of a 15,000-strong crowd. At the same time
Network Records, released the double CD "Golden Brass Summit" – Anthology of 40 years in Guča, for which Boban Marković Orkestar opens the album with 4 tracks. The regular brass band sound is improved with another two percussionists. Since October 1999 they have also been performing with the young violin player
Lajko Felix a programme arranged by Lajko Felix and Boban Marković. The band has opened up to more collaborations, one with Austrian duet
Attwenger and the other with
Frank London's Klezmer Brass All Stars Di Shikere Kapelye. Together they formed the Brotherhood of Brass. ==Personal life==