Today, there are dozens, if not hundreds, of masterful pianists and music composers from all parts of the world. Ethiopia has given birth to most influential music composers such as Mulatu Astatike, the 90 plus-year old Emahoy Tsige Mariam Gabbro, Samuel Yirga and the likes. Most notably, Saint Yared, a composer and a choreographer who lived in Aksum in the 6th Century AD, is credited for inventing the melody /zema/ of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church.