Alfi Kabiljo

Alfi Kabiljo
Kabiljo in 2014
Background information
Birth nameAlfons Kabiljo
Born(1935-12-22)22 December 1935
Zagreb, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now Croatia)
Died1 April 2025(2025-04-01) (aged 89)
Zagreb, Croatia
Occupation(s)Composer, musician
Websitehttp://alfi-kabiljo.com/

Alfons "Alfi" Kabiljo (Croatian pronunciation: [âlfi kabǐːʎo]; 22 December 1935 – 1 April 2025) was a Croatian composer and musician. He was composing for over 60 years.[1] 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. His musicals have been performed over 2000 times.[1][2]

Life and career

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.[2] Although he received a degree on the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Zagreb, Kabiljo never made use of it.[1] He has spent most of his life in the Zagreb neighborhood of Šalata, although he stayed in Paris for a short while.[3] Kabiljo was a president of the Croatian Composers' Society (Croatian: Hrvatsko društvo skladatelja) and a member of the FIDOF organization.[2]

Alfi wrote his first song when he was eight years old.[1]

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.[2] Kabiljo is the author of one of the greatest Croatian patriotic songs, Tvoja zemlja, which was performed by Vice Vukov.[4]

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.[2] 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.[1]

Kabiljo died on 1 April 2025, at the age of 89.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Skender, Melisa (2 March 2004). "'Jalta, Jalta' će ponovo puniti kazališta" ['Jalta, Jalta' will pack theatres again]. Nacional (in Croatian). No. 433. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Alfi Kabiljo". Croatian Pop Music (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 28 December 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2008.
  3. ^ Iličković, Mladen (14 May 2007). "KBC Šalata sustavno truje Zagrepčane". H-Alter (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2008.
  4. ^ Ožegović, Nina (13 October 2008). "Alfi Kabiljo - kralj hrvatskog mjuzikla" [Alfi Kabiljo - King of Croatian musicals]. Nacional (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 30 May 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  5. ^ ALFI KABILJO (Zagreb, 22. prosinca 1935. – Zagreb, 1. travnja 2025.) (in Croatian)

Further reading

  • Snješka Knežević, Aleksander Laslo (2011). Židovski Zagreb. Zagreb: AGM, Židovska općina Zagreb. ISBN 978-953-174-393-8.
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