Ashot Satyan was born on January 18, 1906 in Merv, Khanate of Khiva [now Turkmenistan]. Ashot was a composer, known for Sevani dzknorsnere (1939), Araratyan dashti aghchike (1949) and Anait (1947). Ashot died on September 30, 1958 in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, USSR [now Armenia].