Huosain S.
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Husain Sabsaby The musician
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.
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.
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.
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.
He established several traditional and modern music bands such as "the OUD and Guitar duets, 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.
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.
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).
Participated in the 3rd and 4th international gathering for OUD in Tatwan / Morocco.
He participated in the international OUD gathering in Jarash Festival, Jordan.
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.
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.
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, 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.
He headed and was a member of several jury committees in various competitions and Arabic music festivals;
The International Oud Competition, Amman Jordan.
The yearly Syrian Artist Syndicate enrollment exams.
The Arabic Music Convention, Cairo Egypt.
The International Oud Competition, in the Holly Spirit University of Kaslik, Lebanon.
He also directed and headed the Second Damascus International Oud Competition 2009 which was held by Solhi Al-Wadi Institute.
It is important to mention that he has recorded around 70% of the Syrian Drama soundtracks (oud solos), including theme songs and inserts.
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.
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 20th century.
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