p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;" dir="ltr" strong span style="font-family: Arial;" span style="font-size: small;" Husain Sabsaby The musician /span /span /strong /p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;" dir="ltr" span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana;"   /span /p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;" dir="ltr" span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" Husain Sabsaby was born in Syria, from a well known family of musicians. His father gave him his first lesson in music at the age of six. /span /p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;" dir="ltr" span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" Husain joined the Arabic institute of music located at Halab (a major city in Syria) and was sponsored by the late musician Mr. Nadeen Ali al Darweesh. /span /p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;" dir="ltr" span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" After that he continued his music journey and was taught by Mr. Mohammed Abdul Kareem (the Prince of Bouzouki), and a fine selection of Turk musicians. /span /p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;" dir="ltr" span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" Mr. Munir Basher (the famous Iraqi OUD Player) had opened a new and a wide horizon in playing techniques, which pushed Sabsaby forward and put him among the finest OUD players in our modern time. /span /p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;" dir="ltr" span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"   /span /p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;" dir="ltr" span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" He established several traditional and modern music bands such as "the OUD and Guitar duets, span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"     /span the OUD and OUD duets" he was also involved in establishing the five member band for Arabic music, were he was and still one of its members, in addition to his post as the band music director. /span /p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;" dir="ltr" span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"   /span One of the major contributions of this band was the performance at the "The Glitter of the Amaween in Cordoba / Spain" which was attended by the Syrian President Dr. Bashar Al- Assad and his majesty King Juan Carlos of Spain. /span /p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;" dir="ltr" span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"   /span /p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;" dir="ltr" span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" He is a member of several local and international music communities, and was one of the arbitrators in the Arabic OUD community of traditional music (a subsidiary organization of the Arab League). /span /p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;" dir="ltr" span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"   /span /p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;" dir="ltr" span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" Participated in the 3 sup rd /sup and 4 sup th /sup international gathering for OUD in Tatwan / Morocco. span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"   /span /span /p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;" dir="ltr" span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"   /span /p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;" dir="ltr" span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" He participated in the international OUD gathering in span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"   /span Jarash Festival, Jordan. /span /p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;" dir="ltr" span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"   /span /span /p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;" dir="ltr" span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" One of his most important works was Ahl Al Ibdaa' (The People of Creativity), a television documentary show which presented a soloist in each episode. The show was broadcasted on the Syrian National Television weekly. /span /p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;" dir="ltr" span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"   /span /p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;" dir="ltr" span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" He performed on various stages all around the world as a solo player. Countries such as Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Turkey, Malaysia, Spain, Holland, Finland, and the USA are fine examples. /span /p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;" dir="ltr" span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"   /span /p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;" dir="ltr" span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" He also participated in several Arabic and International Festivals and won many prizes as well as certificates of honor. For example, the third and fourth Oud Conventions in Morocco, The Cairo Opera House's Improvisations with Naseer Shamma, The School of Sultan Qabus for Arts and Music in Oman, span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"   /span The Culture House in Tunisia, an Arabic music workshop in The Academy of Sibelius in Helsinki Finland for two years, 2008 and 2009, the Tunisian Dar Al Asram Music Festival. /span /p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;" dir="ltr" span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"   /span /p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;" dir="ltr" span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" He headed and was a member of several jury committees in various competitions and Arabic music festivals; /span /p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;" dir="ltr" span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" The International Oud Competition, Amman Jordan. /span /p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;" dir="ltr" span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" The yearly Syrian Artist Syndicate enrollment exams. /span /p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;" dir="ltr" span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" The Arabic Music Convention, Cairo Egypt. /span /p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;" dir="ltr" span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" The International Oud Competition, in the Holly Spirit University of Kaslik, Lebanon. /span /p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;" dir="ltr" span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" He also span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"   /span directed and headed the Second Damascus International Oud Competition 2009 which was held by Solhi Al-Wadi Institute. /span /p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;" dir="ltr" span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"   /span /p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;" dir="ltr" span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" It is important to mention that he has recorded around 70% of the Syrian Drama soundtracks (oud solos), including theme songs and inserts. /span /p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;" dir="ltr" span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"   /span /p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;" dir="ltr" span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" He has published 12 CDs so far. Haneen (Missing) is considered to be one of the most successful projects yet as it combines the Oud with the Western guitar in a romantic atmosphere. /span /p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;" dir="ltr" span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"   /span /p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; text-align: left;" dir="ltr" span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" Lastly, he published a book under the name of The Artworks of the OUD by Famous Players of the Modern History. This book comprises hundreds of works by famous Oud players from the 20 sup th /sup century. span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"     /span /span /p p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: kashida; margin: 0cm -1.1pt 0pt -9pt; text-align: justify; text-kashida: 0%;" dir="rtl" span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="AR-SA" span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"               /span /span /p