Asaf Zeynally

In 1920, the family moved to Baku, Azerbaijan, where Zeynally continued his education at a military school, at which he also learned to play the trumpet.

[1] In 1923, Zeynally enrolled in the newly established musical college (which would be later named after him) where he was taught by prominent composer Uzeyir Hajibeyov.

Encouraged by Hajibeyov, Zeynally enrolled in the composer program at the Azerbaijan State Conservatoire upon graduating from the musical college in 1926.

Among his works produced that year, there was the romance Olkam ("My Country"), children's suite, Garabagh shikastasi for a symphonic orchestra, and other folk songs adjusted for Western instruments.

Asaf Zeynally died in 1932, at the age of 23, of an illness, never getting to compose the monumental symphony dedicated to Baku that he had planned earlier.