Zlatko Balia ( Croatian Zlatko Balija ; May 11, 1927 , Split - May 20, 1970 , Zagreb ) - Croatian violinist .
He began performing in 1945 as part of the opera orchestra of the Croatian National Theater in Osijek . He studied in Osijek , then in Vienna from Franz Brukbauer and finally in the Zagreb Academy of Music from Ivan Pinkava . In 1947 - 1964 He played in the Symphony Orchestra of Zagreb Radio and Television and in the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, since 1964 he has been the accompanist of the Croatian National Theater in Zagreb . Simultaneously, from 1957 , he played in the Zagreb quartet (in different periods, the first and second violins). Awarded a number of national music awards. He died of hepatitis C.