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The perfect climax for the festival was the next brilliant act, the Balkan Brass Battle. It actually featured two bands: Boban I Marko Markovic from Serbia “versus” Fanfare Ciocarlia from Romania. There were 25 musicians on stage, and the Serbian band played in the right half of the stage dressed in blue while the Romanians were on the left and dressed in red. The bands alternated with each other at times and played together for some pieces, all in the spirit of a playful competition!
The Serbian brothers Boban Marković and Marko Marković on trumpets and vocals even experimented with African sound with the track “Afrika Paprika,” and Romanian saxophonists Oprica Ivancea and Daniel Ivancea drifted into the Pink Panther theme, to the audience’s amazement and delight. 10 children from the audience even clambered onto the stage, and the bands cheerfully played along with them. 06/11/11
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