Urlić was born and raised in Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia (nowadays Bosnia and Herzegovina) from parents who were musicians. In 1991, he had joined pop-rock band Kosa, where he played keyboards. Two years later, he had enrolled Sarajevo Music Academy but withdrew shortly due to War in Bosnia. In Summer 1994, he accompanied Sarajevo's musicians and Indian conductor Zubin Mehta who performed Mozart's Requiem at the Sarajevo City Hall concert. By the end of the year, he had left Sarajevo and joined the Bruno Orchestra on their three-month Italy tour. Later, he decided to move permanently to Zagreb, Croatia. Urlić earned his degree in violin from the Academy of Music, University of Zagreb in 1998.[2]
