Željko Houdek Jacques was born on 14 April 1981 and now lives in Velika Gorica. He completed his primary music education (piano) and finished secondary music school (solo singing). He polished his singing techniques at seminars in France (summer 2000), Italy (summer 2001) and Greece (autumn 2001) where he worked with teacher Donna McElroy who was nominated for Grammy in 1991. In 2001 he enrolled at Berkley College of Music.

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