The Baku Musical College (now the Azerbaijan National Conservatory Music College) is a state college of professional secondary education in

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and one of the leading secondary musical schools of

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Asaf Zeynalli Baku College of Musuc is a four-year special secondary school. About 1,400 students study and 400 pedagogues teach there. More than 8,000 musical personnel studied in this college since its foundation. Nazim Kazimov, "Honored Art Worker of Azerbaijan" is the chairman of the college.

History

In 1885, Antonina Yermolayeva, alumni of the

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, opened a private music school with the support of her sisters Yelizaveta and Yevgeniya. Antonina Yermolayeva became director of the school. Musical classes under the Baku department of the "Musical Union of

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" were opened on the basis of this school in 1901. Antonina Yermolayeva was in charge of them too. Education in these classes was professional. In 1916, musical courses were transformed into a musical school. Pedagogical staff of the school mainly consisted of alumni of Russian conservatoires. Education was based on the curriculum which was accepted in

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and

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, in the beginning of the 19th century. In, 1922,

Uzeyir Hajibeyov Uzeyir bey Abdulhuseyn bey oghlu Hajibeyov (18 September 188523 November 1948) was an Azerbaijanis, Azerbaijani composer, musicologist and teacher. He is recognized as the father of Azerbaijani classical music. He composed the music of the Az� ...

, eminent Azerbaijani composer, led the school. New faculties, where foundation of theory and play on Eastern instruments was also taught along with the European instruments, were opened in time of Uzeyir Hajibeyov's direction (1922-1926 and 1939–1941). In 1953, the school was named after

Asaf Zeynally Asaf Zeynalabdin oglu Zeynally (), also spelled Zeynalli (5 April 1909, Derbent – 27 October 1932, Baku), was an Azerbaijani composer. Early life Asaf Zeynally was the third child of the gardener Zeynalabdin and his wife Asband. He grew up in ...

, an Azerbaijani composer and pedagogue.

Famous alumni

Khan Shushinski Khan Shushinski (), born Isfandiyar Aslan oglu Javanshir (20 August 1901, Shusha – 18 March 1979, Baku), was an Azerbaijani khananda folk singer. Life Despite Shushinski's relation to the khans of Karabakh, his stage name derives from an episod ...

* Said Rustamov *

Sabina Babayeva Sabina Babayeva (; born 2 December 1979, Baku) is an Azerbaijani singer. She represented Azerbaijan in the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, held in Baku, Azerbaijan on 26 May 2012, with the song " When the Music Dies", as the 13t ...

Ahmad Bakikhanov Ahmadagha Mammadrza oghlu Bakikhanov (, September 5, 1892–March 26, 1973) was an Azerbaijani tar player, pedagogue. He was awarded the title People's Artiste of the Azerbaijan SSR, and Honored Teacher of the Azerbaijan SSR. Biography Ahmad B ...

* Muslim Magomayev *

Zeynab Khanlarova Zeynab Yahya qizi Khanlarova (born 28 December 1936) is a Soviet and Azerbaijani singer (soprano), People's Artist of the USSR (1980), Azerbaijan (1975), Armenia (1978). Biography Zeynab Khanlarova was born on 28 December 1936 in Baku and was ...

Alim Qasimov Alim Hamza oghlu Qasimov (; born August 14, 1957) is an Azerbaijani musician and one of the most major mugham singers in Azerbaijan. He was awarded the International Music Council-UNESCO Music Prize in 1999, one of the highest international priz ...

Lutfiyar Imanov Lutfiyar Muslum oglu Imanov (17 April 192821 January 2008), was a Soviet and Azerbaijani opera singer (dramatic tenor). Career Lutfiyar Imanov was born in Sabirabad and started his career in the arts as a teenage actor at the Sabirabad State Dr ...

* Valentin Jenevskiy

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