Aldin Kurić was born in
Jajce,
Bosnia and Herzegovina which was then a part of
SFR Yugoslavia, where he enrolled in elementary music school, Department of harmonics, simultaneously playing the
piano and
guitar. To this day he remains a multi-instrumentalist. At the age of sixteen he randomly got a tape of jazz fusion band
Weather Report and decided to start learning
bass guitar. He lived in
Jajce until he was eighteen years old and then went into the army. He later studied medicine in
Sarajevo. There he met many musicians, including many
jazz musicians and played in many jam sessions in the city as a bass guitarist. At the same time, he fell deeply in love with Bosnia's traditional folk songs,
Sevdalinka and started to perform them under the name Al'Dino. He became well known by playing in prestigious
Sarajevo restaurants and reveals another hidden love for singing. At the beginning of the
Bosnian War, he went to
Stuttgart, Germany and began playing
bass guitar with Bosnian artists such as
Dino Merlin,
Hari Mata Hari,
Halid Bešlić,
Safet Isović,
Haris Džinović, and many other
pop and
Bosnian folk singers, and simultaneously studied
jazz and played with international musicians at clubs. He played as a "
one man band" in German and Italian
restaurants and sang in seven languages under the name Al'Dino. He returned to Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1998 and recorded the first songs for his first solo album,
Odlaziš. The title song became the first big hit in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 2002, Al'Dino released his second album titled
Na drugoj adresi that also featured several hits, "Sanjam bolji svijet", "Sedam godina", "Sve će ovo jednom proći". His third album,
Kopriva, was released in 2004 and is his biggest hit to date was the song of the same name, which crossed the borders of Bosnia, and became a hit in
Serbia,
Montenegro, and
Macedonia. Another song off of the album - "Čaršija", is considered the anthem of Bosnian immigrants. The album
Kopriva was proclaimed the album of the year and received the prestigious award "Davorin" at "Grand Prix" Radio Festival in
Zenica, eight Bosnian music awards "Oscar popularity," "Hit in 2007" in Serbia. At the
Serbia's Radio Festival "Feras" he won first place with the song "K'o ljudi", a duet with Serbian singer
Goca Tržan. The year 2009, marked the release of Al'Dino's fourth album titled,
Stariji, in which the ballads "I sad me po tebi poznaju" and "Nikad me se ne spava" a duet with
Mostar Sevdah Reunion stand out. In March 2010, Al'Dino releases the single "Srce se predalo." At the end of July 2011, he released his fifth album titled
Zavjet ljubavi. He is signed with the record label Hayat Production. ==Albums==