"A zeneszerző zenél."

Translation: The composer is making music.

[vvsey]

The composer is actually playing an instrument here.

[mizinamo]

That's what "making music" usually means in English, in my experience - i.e. not creating music but performing music.

[vvsey]

OK, thanks for the confirmation.

To compose is "zenét szerezni".
"A zeneszerző zenét szerez".

"Szerezni" is very close to "get" or "acquire". Mostly "acquire", I think. But it is also used for "to author", as in this case.

[Sergiy_Chilyak]

So if the "zenét szerezni" is to "make music", then "zenél" is to "play music"?
If so, then Duo is giving here wrong translation as “The composer is making music”

[illexsquid]

Not really. Duo is correct. "Make music" in English is usually used for producing the sounds, not composing. "Zenét szerezni" is not "make music" but "compose music". I agree that it is a confusing sentence; the composer is not doing what composers usually do.

[Ishana92]

I like how these two words are dervied from the same thing but don't mean the same action.

[RayRay71625]

The composer is playing - gets a couple of bad notes