Alfi Kabiljo
Alfons "Alfi" Kabiljo (22 December 1935 – 1 April 2025) was a Croatian composer and musician. He was composing for over 60 years. During that time he created an opus of more than 40 film and more than 100 episode soundtracks, eleven musicals, two musical films and two ballets.
Alfi Kabiljo

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- Born
- 1935. · Zagreb.
- Died
- 2025. · Zagreb.
- Nationality
- Croatia.
- Occupation
- composer, conductor, pianist, librettist and music arranger.
- Fields
- music, conducting, music composition and arrangement.
- Education
- University of Zagreb.
- Honours
- Camille Awards.
- Languages
- Croatian.
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Alfons "Alfi" Kabiljo (22 December 1935 – 1 April 2025) was a Croatian composer and musician. He was composing for over 60 years. During that time he created an opus of more than 40 film and more than 100 episode soundtracks, eleven musicals, two musical films and two ballets.
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Alfi Kabiljo (1935–2025) was a Croatian composer, conductor and librettist, among other activities. The composer was born and died in Zagreb.
Alfi Kabiljo studied at University of Zagreb. The composer lived in Šalata. Alfi Kabiljo was active in arrangement, conducting and libretto.
Genres include pop music. Languages used include Croatian. The composer received Camille Awards.
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His musicals have been performed over 2000 times.
Alfi Kabiljo studied at University of Zagreb. The recorded working language is Croatian. The field of work recorded is music, conducting and music composition. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are pop music. Residence is recorded at Šalata. Distinctions recorded are Camille Awards.
Kabiljo was taught music by the Croatian composer Rudolf Matz and later enrolled the Vatroslav Lisinski music school. Roger Samyn helped him brush up his composing skills. Although he received a degree on the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Zagreb, Kabiljo never made use of it. He has spent most of his life in the Zagreb neighborhood of Šalata, although he stayed in Paris for a short while.[1] Kabiljo was a president of the Croatian Composers' Society (Hrvatsko društvo skladatelja) and a member of the FIDOF organization. Alfi wrote his first song when he was eight years old.[2] Later, he wrote soundtracks for various films, including the 1991 film Scissors, starring Sharon Stone and Ronny Cox, and the 1986 film The Girl. He also wrote soundtracks for over 100 television episodes, including the Croatian TV mini-series Ljubav ili smrt, based on a novel by Ivan Kušan, the TV series Ne daj se Floki, and series about the famous inventor Nikola Tesla. His songs have been sung by award-winning singers such as Ivo Robić and Tereza Kesovija. Kabiljo is the author of one of the greatest Croatian patriotic songs, Tvoja zemlja, which was performed by Vice Vukov.[3] Kabiljo's best-selling and best known work is the musical Jalta, Jalta, for which he received the 2004 Porin award for the magnum opus.[4] To date, the musical has been released in audio format three times and it had its first premiere in 1971. All three releases were sold out decades ago. Kabiljo died on 1 April 2025, at the age of 89.[5]
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Alfi Kabiljo is recorded as composer, conductor, pianist, librettist and music arranger.
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Alfi Kabiljo died at Zagreb.
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- 1.Iličković, Mladen. KBC Šalata sustavno truje Zagrepčane. H-Alter. 14 May 2007.
- 2.Skender, Melisa. 'Jalta, Jalta' će ponovo puniti kazališta. Nacional. 433. 2 March 2004.
- 3.Ožegović, Nina. Alfi Kabiljo - kralj hrvatskog mjuzikla. Nacional. 13 October 2008.
- 4.Alfi Kabiljo. Croatian Pop Music.
- 5.ALFI KABILJO (Zagreb, 22. prosinca 1935. – Zagreb, 1. travnja 2025.)
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- Snješka Knežević, Aleksander Laslo. Židovski Zagreb. AGM, Židovska općina Zagreb. 2011. 978-953-174-393-8.
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