Darko came to Canada some 25 years ago from Croatia where he studied classical and jazz bass. In Vancouver he furthered his Jazz education at the Cap College in the nineties and embarked on a professional career in '97. Musical engagements took him touring around the world with cover bands or doing cruiseship contracts on Seabourn, Cunard and Norwegian cruise lines sailing around the world for nearly a decade before settling down in Calgary in 2005. After making himself known in Kelowna he landed a 2nd bass position in the Okanagan Symphony and has been busy playing in variety of bands around the valley including Wood, Wire & Fire.